Exploring the Role of Regulatory Focus and Processing Fluency in the Effectiveness of Narrative versus Non-narrative Advertising: A Study about Sugar Intake in the USA
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Document Type
Article
Source of Publication
Health Communication
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Abstract
© 2020, © 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. Given that many health problems in the United States are closely related to high sugar consumption, this research examined the effectiveness of ad forms (narrative vs. non-narrative) on persuading people to limit sugar intake through an online experiment completed by 1,104 participants. It was found that individual difference of regulatory focus moderated the effect of narrative vs. non-narrative advertising. Moreover, this study revealed an underlying mechanism of how audiences processed narrative vs. non-narrative advertising differently via the mediator of processing fluency, and further resulted in different advertising effectiveness. The findings contributed in providing implications for policy makers and ad professionals to help them with the improvement of public’s health in the USA.
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Publisher
Routledge
Last Page
10
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Keywords
adult, advertising, article, controlled study, female, human, human experiment, major clinical study, male, narrative, sugar intake, United States
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Recommended Citation
Li, Kang, "Exploring the Role of Regulatory Focus and Processing Fluency in the Effectiveness of Narrative versus Non-narrative Advertising: A Study about Sugar Intake in the USA" (2020). All Works. 1616.
https://zuscholars.zu.ac.ae/works/1616
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yes
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no