Abstract
How effective is banner Ad?: Focus on Ad type
and Ad content
Yoon, Sung-Joon, Ph.D. / Assistant Professor,
Dept. of Business Administration, Kyonggi University
The primary objectives of this study were,
using data from Internet users in Korea, to determine
users' preference of banner ad through two ad properties;
ad type(text vs. image) and ad content(product information
vs. prize information) by incorporating the level of
involvement into research design.
Using between-group experimental design by
means of subjects' web-based participation in the study,
the study result showed that image-based banner ad was
significantly preferred to text-based banner ad. It
was found that the level of ad involvement had a significant
impact on the preference of banner ads. Also, image-based
banner ad had a greater effect on ad preference than
text-based banner ad in low involvement situation. Finally,
image-based banner ad was consistently preferred to
text-based banner ad regardless of involvement level
when the banner ad was product oriented.
The study findings suggest that adoption decisions
regarding banner ad's type and content should be based
on the knowledge of both the level of consumer's ad
involvement and the interface between ad type and ad
content.
* Key Word : Banner Ad, Ad Type, Ad Content, Involvement,
Preference, Text vs. Image
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