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How Chinese young consumers respond to gendered advertisements

How Chinese young consumers respond to gendered advertisements Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of advertisements with different female role portrayals in a second-tier city with “first-class opportunities.” Chinese girls and women represent a huge market for personal as well as household goods. Design/methodology/approach – An experimental study was conducted using a convenience sample of 216 male and female participants aged 17-21 years in Changchun, China. Participants were asked to respond to print advertisements using traditional and modern female images including housewife, cute female, female with classical beauty, sporty, career-minded and neutral (tomboy). Findings – Results revealed that female participants responded more favorably toward advertisements using female images than male participants. There was no difference in the responses to the six different female images among both male and female participants. Research limitations/implications – Young consumers in China are not sensitive to the different female images used in the print advertisements. Advertisers can, therefore, enjoy flexibility in the selection of female gender roles for advertisements. Originality/value – Little is known about how marketers and advertisements can best communicate with young consumers in China using advertisements with different female images. This study fills this literature gap. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Young Consumers Emerald Publishing

How Chinese young consumers respond to gendered advertisements

Chan, Kara; Leung Ng, Yu; Liu, Jianqiong
Young Consumers , Volume 15 (4): 12 – Nov 11, 2014
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Emerald Publishing
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1747-3616
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10.1108/YC-09-2013-00398
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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of advertisements with different female role portrayals in a second-tier city with “first-class opportunities.” Chinese girls and women represent a huge market for personal as well as household goods. Design/methodology/approach – An experimental study was conducted using a convenience sample of 216 male and female participants aged 17-21 years in Changchun, China. Participants were asked to respond to print advertisements using traditional and modern female images including housewife, cute female, female with classical beauty, sporty, career-minded and neutral (tomboy). Findings – Results revealed that female participants responded more favorably toward advertisements using female images than male participants. There was no difference in the responses to the six different female images among both male and female participants. Research limitations/implications – Young consumers in China are not sensitive to the different female images used in the print advertisements. Advertisers can, therefore, enjoy flexibility in the selection of female gender roles for advertisements. Originality/value – Little is known about how marketers and advertisements can best communicate with young consumers in China using advertisements with different female images. This study fills this literature gap.

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Young Consumers – Emerald Publishing

Published: Nov 11, 2014

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