By conceptualizing suspicion as a mindset, this research investigates the carryover effects of suspicion on the processing of subsequent unrelated persuasion attempts. The first two studies provide Read More »
This paper examines the effects of consumer perceptions about the level of health claim support, inferences of advertisers’ manipulative intent (IMI) and consumer health issue involvement on Read More »
Literature concerned with logo strategy suggests that the aesthetic appeal of brand logo significantly influences consumer reactions. The main purpose of this research is to study the influence of Read More »
Two experiments tested whether social exclusion increases consumers’ susceptibility to advertising strategies that appeal to the need to belong. Socially excluded (vs. socially accepted) Read More »
Food marketers have to decide whether scientifically sound, but cumbersome health claims are to be preferred over claims triggering health-related associations in a non-scientific, storytelling Read More »