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Memory for televised advertisements as a function of program context, viewer-involvement, and gender

Memory for televised advertisements as a function of program context, viewer-involvement, and gender This study examined the recall of car and food advertisements within either a car or food television program to investigate the relationship between recall, program content, and viewer involvement. The participants, 92 (52 male, 40 female) sixth-form (high school) students, aged between 16–17 years, were randomly assigned to one of four conditions. As predicted, advertisements placed within a program of dissimilar content were recalled significantly better than if placed within a program of similar content. A gender bias in recall was found with females recalling female-orientated products significantly better than males. Viewer-involvement ratings factored onto three factor clusters: enjoyable, cheerful, and humorous. Negative correlations were shown between cheerfulness and recall in the car program, and positive correlations were shown between cheerfulness and recall in the food program. Finally, implications of the results were considered. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Communication & Medicine de Gruyter

Memory for televised advertisements as a function of program context, viewer-involvement, and gender

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de Gruyter
Copyright
© Walter de Gruyter
Subject
Articles
ISSN
1612-1783
eISSN
1613-4087
DOI
10.1515/COMMUN.2006.011
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Abstract

This study examined the recall of car and food advertisements within either a car or food television program to investigate the relationship between recall, program content, and viewer involvement. The participants, 92 (52 male, 40 female) sixth-form (high school) students, aged between 16–17 years, were randomly assigned to one of four conditions. As predicted, advertisements placed within a program of dissimilar content were recalled significantly better than if placed within a program of similar content. A gender bias in recall was found with females recalling female-orientated products significantly better than males. Viewer-involvement ratings factored onto three factor clusters: enjoyable, cheerful, and humorous. Negative correlations were shown between cheerfulness and recall in the car program, and positive correlations were shown between cheerfulness and recall in the food program. Finally, implications of the results were considered.

Journal

Communication & Medicinede Gruyter

Published: Jun 1, 2006

Keywords: TV advertisement; free and cued recall; program content; viewer involvement

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