Journal article
Corporate Advertising as Inoculation against Negative News: An Experimental Investigation of Efficacy and Presentation Order Effects
Journal of current issues and research in advertising, v 24(2)
01 Sep 2002
Abstract
One objective of corporate advertising is to build a positive image for the organization in order to immunize it against the impact of negative news in the future. An experiment was conducted to test if a corporate ad could inoculate an audience with initially positive attitudes toward the organization against a negative news report about the organization. Study participants exposed only to a negative news report had more positive attitudes toward the organization than participants who saw the news report in addition to an image ad. Participants' initial attitudes were found to be the most potent predictor of final attitudes toward the organization, suggesting that information integration theory offers a better explanation of attitude formation than the theory of reasoned action.
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Details
- Title
- Corporate Advertising as Inoculation against Negative News: An Experimental Investigation of Efficacy and Presentation Order Effects
- Creators
- Kartik Pashupati - Michigan State University , USA ; Department of Communication , Florida State University , USALaura Arpan - Florida State UniversityAlexandre Nikolaev - Florida State UniversityAlexander G Nikolaev - Communication
- Publication Details
- Journal of current issues and research in advertising, v 24(2)
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Communication
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-69749107873
- Other Identifier
- 991019173785504721