Beliefs about advertising in China: empirical evidence from Hong Kong and Shanghai consumers (original) (raw)

Chinese Generation Xers’ Attitude toward Advertising: Evidence from Hong Kong and Shanghai Consumers

2012

The purpose of this study is to examine Chinese Generation Xers’ attitude toward advertising and whether the ranking for ad likeability and dislikeability attributes are the same across Hong Kong and Shanghai. A telephone interview of 200 respondents in each city was conducted using a strategy of matched samples. The results show that the respondents from both cities find advertising ‘interesting and entertaining’, but ‘devious’. In terms of likeable attributes, they like ‘entertaining’, while ‘style’ is the most disliked attribute. The main difference between the two groups was found in attribute rating. The study concludes by offering several explanations for these variations.

Attitudes toward Specific Advertising Media (AM): Informative or Manipulative?

Asian Social Science, 2014

Attitudes toward advertising in general (A G ) is a concept which often raises ethical, social and cultural concerns, and yet in the context of specific media, consumers are often more positive, and find advertising entertaining, thought-provoking, amusing and informative. This paper focuses on attitudes toward advertising in three specific media (A M ) (print, television and online advertising) and aims to provide input into the design decisions of an advertising campaign. The survey is based on a sample of 425 Malaysian and international tourists, and one key finding is the positive view that respondents have about advertising in print, online and on television. In terms of attitudes to print advertising, social role and image makes the strongest unique contribution to A P ; for television advertising product information makes the strongest unique contribution to explaining attitudes to A TV ; and in terms of online advertising, hedonic pleasure makes the strongest unique contribution to explaining attitudes to A O.

Consumer Perception of Modern and Traditional Forms of Advertising

Sustainability

If a company wants to succeed in a tough competitive environment, it must consider all the options to be more visible. One of these possibilities is advertising, which exists in a considerable variety of forms. Therefore, our goal was to conduct a survey on the attitude of customers in Slovakia to several modern and traditional forms of advertising, which are used by companies for their visibility. Data were obtained from the questionnaires filled in by 244 respondents. We were interested in opinions on advertising oversaturation, the influence of advertising, annoyance by advertising, and credibility of advertising. In each of four topics, we investigated opinions on 21 different types of advertising, using non-parametric tests to determine the significance of differences, which means we used inductive statistics. According to respondents, the advertising on social networks has a higher influence than most other types of advertising. At the same time, it is not one of the most trus...

Advertising appeals and cultural values in television commercialsA comparison of Hong Kong and Korea

International Marketing Review, 2005

Purpose -The objective of this study is to investigate to what extent advertising appeals in Hong Kong and Korea are different, and whether the differences between the two countries can be attributed to the differences in nations' cultural characteristics. Hypotheses are drawn in relation to the two dimensions of Hofstede's framework -uncertainty avoidance and masculinity/femininity. Design/methodology/approach -A sample of 803 prime-time television commercials from the two countries was analyzed using Cheng and Schweitzer's classification of advertising appeals. Findings -The results show that femininity is an important variable for explaining differences in advertising between Hong Kong and Korea. Both Hong Kong and Korean advertising show no difference in values of high uncertainty avoidance, although an appeal of high uncertainty avoidance was used more often in Korean advertising. However, values of low uncertainty avoidance are more prevalent in television commercials in Korea, a country of high uncertainty avoidance, than Hong Kong, a country of low uncertainty avoidance. It is also found that the correlation between product categories and cultural values is society-based. Originality/value -This study reveals that Hofstede's framework does explain cross-cultural differences between Hong Kong and Korea and provides empirical evidences for the impact of value paradoxes on advertising in both countries, suggesting that Hofstede's framework and the value paradoxes provide a possible theory for testing the relationship of the society and its advertising content within a culture as well as across cultures.

How Young Adults Perceive Advertising: A Comparative Study of Three Ethnic Groups

The aim of this study is determine attitude of young consumers towards advertising by ethnicity. Specifically, it seeks to understand how the young adults from the Iban, Chinese and Malay communities perceive advertising. A seven-factor belief model was adopted to decompose the theory of reasoned action in order to provide theoretical basis to examine whether there is any difference in beliefs and attitude towards advertising between the three ethnic groups. A quantitative approach via questionnaire-based survey was administered at universities. As a result, 316 out of 400 copies were collected for analyses. The finding show that despite cultural differences embedded in ethnic groups, the beliefs and attitude of the three ethnic groups towards advertising are largely found to be not significantly different. They can only be differentiated with the effect of beliefs on the formation of attitude towards advertising. Implications and future studies are provided.

Audience Reaction to Commercial Advertising in China in the 1980s

International Journal of Advertising, 1995

This paper reports a secondary analysis of two data sets collected in 1987: a questionnaire survey of more than 25,000 respondents throughout China, and a survey of more than 1,000 Beijing residents. The surveys measured audience attitudes and behavior regarding commercial advertising. While some concepts overlaps have been measured in published study with different operationalization, most of the issues were touch upon issues that have not been dealt with before. The findings support the earlier conclusion that Chinese consumers supported the return of advertising. But the support was less enthusiastic than previously thought. The data also suggest that mass advertising, especially television advertising, was an effective marketing tool, and that Chinese consumers paid more attention to the informational content than the entertainment features of the advertisements. 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENT While this article was published in 1995 when Xinshu Zhao was on faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, the full-text searchable version was archived and made

Young Adults’ Attitude towards Advertising: A Multi-Group Analysis by Ethnicity

Objective – This study aims to investigate the attitude of Malaysian young adults towards advertising. How this segment responds to advertising, and how ethnic/cultural differences moderate are assessed. Design/methodology/approach – A quantitative questionnaire is used to collect data at two universities. Purposive sampling technique is adopted to ensure the sample represents the actual population. Structural equation modelling (SEM) and multi-group analysis (MGA) are utilized in analysis. Findings – The findings show that product information, hedonism, and good for economy are significant predictors of attitude towards advertising among young adults. Additionally, falsity is found to be significant among the Chinese, while social role and materialism among the Dayaks. No difference is observed in the effect of attitude on intention towards advertising by ethnicity. While homogeneity in advertising beliefs is assumed across ethnic groups, the Chinese and Dayak young adults are different in some of their advertising beliefs. Practical implications – Despite cultural effect being well-documented, young adults today seem to have similar beliefs and attitude towards advertising. Knowing what is shared and what is not for this segment is essential. Hence, it is imperative to keep track of their values in diversified communities to ensure effective communication process in advertising.