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The best match-up of airline advertising endorsement and flight safety message

The best match-up of airline advertising endorsement and flight safety message PurposeThis paper aims to explore the effectiveness of children as advertisement endorsers in the airline context, including images of safety and reliability.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is intended to examine the advertising effect of endorsers (celebrities, CEOs, experts, consumers and children) in the context of the airline industry. A factorial experiment was conducted to test the communication effect (CE) of ten groups of advertisement combinations (five endorser types – with/without safety attribute).FindingsThe results indicate that a child endorser yielded a better CE than celebrity, CEO or typical consumer endorsers. Second, advertisements that emphasized safety had better CE than those without this emphasis. The group combining children and safety generated a better CE than most of the other groups comprising different combinations.Practical implicationsA child endorser and a safety message are recommended to be used in advertisements for airlines because flight passengers place importance on safety. Fragile image of child reinforces safety of an airline.Originality/valueThe integration of advertising endorsement and message into a conceptual model allows the current results to provide meaningful theoretical and practical implications. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management Emerald Publishing

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Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
0959-6119
DOI
10.1108/IJCHM-03-2015-0130
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Abstract

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the effectiveness of children as advertisement endorsers in the airline context, including images of safety and reliability.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is intended to examine the advertising effect of endorsers (celebrities, CEOs, experts, consumers and children) in the context of the airline industry. A factorial experiment was conducted to test the communication effect (CE) of ten groups of advertisement combinations (five endorser types – with/without safety attribute).FindingsThe results indicate that a child endorser yielded a better CE than celebrity, CEO or typical consumer endorsers. Second, advertisements that emphasized safety had better CE than those without this emphasis. The group combining children and safety generated a better CE than most of the other groups comprising different combinations.Practical implicationsA child endorser and a safety message are recommended to be used in advertisements for airlines because flight passengers place importance on safety. Fragile image of child reinforces safety of an airline.Originality/valueThe integration of advertising endorsement and message into a conceptual model allows the current results to provide meaningful theoretical and practical implications.

Journal

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality ManagementEmerald Publishing

Published: Nov 14, 2016

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