Abstract
A Study on Attention and Complexity of Internet Advertisement of Hierarchy of
effects(Aad¡æAb¡æPI)
Yang, Young-Jong (Assistant Professor, Dept. of
Advertising & PR, hanyang Cyber University)
The testing that has been conducted has mainly been
done with the traditional print and broadcast media;
no known examination of the internet advertising effects
has been made of the new medium that has come to be
known as the Internet. Unlike the traditional advertising
media, familiarity and experience with the internet
cannot be assumed for the majority of consumers at this
time and may play a role in advertising effectiveness.
The research wan conduct that it provides a relatively
controllable environment where computers are available
for subjects to use. A total of 340 subjects take part
in the experiment to each of the three treatments. Based
on research results, the attitudes toward internet advertising
were shown to have a very high degree of relation with
attitude toward brands, and purchase intention, verifying
that the hierarchy-of-effects is in force. Although
the theory that such layer efficacy can be applied in
the existing media is a prevailing one, it could also
be shown that it also applied in internet advertising
as well. In other words, the hierarchy-of-effects
was confirmed to have its presence felt in the form
of attitude-toward-the-ad(Aad) °E brandattitude(Ab)° Epurchase intention(PI), all regarding
internet advertising.
Moreover, complex internet advertisements
with a diverse range of changes elicited more favorable
responses than simple ones. This result can be attributed
to the fact that internet users are more likely to selectively
accommodate and digest information on their own rather
than being dictated by a theory that complexity imbues
negativity. The attention to the commercial were shown
to have a high degree of relation with attitudes toward
internet advertising.
key word: hierarchy-of-effects, Aad, Ab, PI, attention
and complexity of internet advertisement
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