TY - JOUR
T1 - Brand-placement effectiveness and competitive interference in entertainment media
T2 - brand recall and choice in kid’s video-game advertisements
AU - Hang, Haiming
PY - 2014/6
Y1 - 2014/6
N2 - Is brand-placement effectiveness immune to competitive interference? This study explored that question in the context of entertainment media, specifically children's video games. Results showed that brands placed in a video game were recalled by only a minority of children and that brand choice was significantly influenced even when the placement was not recalled - suggesting that brand placement may influence children's choice without any explicit cognitive processes. The data further demonstrated that the presence of a competing brand placement may have a negative impact on focal-brand choice. When exposed to a competing brand placement, children were less likely to choose the target brand at test than those who had not been exposed. Thus, advertisers need to negotiate for exclusiveness when placing brands in entertainment media. Furthermore, the dissociation between brand recall and brand choice suggests advertisers should use multiple methods to measure brand placement effectiveness.
AB - Is brand-placement effectiveness immune to competitive interference? This study explored that question in the context of entertainment media, specifically children's video games. Results showed that brands placed in a video game were recalled by only a minority of children and that brand choice was significantly influenced even when the placement was not recalled - suggesting that brand placement may influence children's choice without any explicit cognitive processes. The data further demonstrated that the presence of a competing brand placement may have a negative impact on focal-brand choice. When exposed to a competing brand placement, children were less likely to choose the target brand at test than those who had not been exposed. Thus, advertisers need to negotiate for exclusiveness when placing brands in entertainment media. Furthermore, the dissociation between brand recall and brand choice suggests advertisers should use multiple methods to measure brand placement effectiveness.
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UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.2501/JAR-54-2-192-199
UR - http://www.jar.warc.com/Contents/RecentIssues.asp?Issue=Vol.%2054%2C%20No.%202%2C%202014#Articles
U2 - 10.2501/JAR-54-2-192-199
DO - 10.2501/JAR-54-2-192-199
M3 - Article
VL - 54
SP - 192
EP - 199
JO - Journal of Advertising Research
JF - Journal of Advertising Research
SN - 0021-8499
IS - 2
ER -