The Impact of Cultural Symbols and Spokesperson Identity on Attitudes and Intentions

Anne-Sophie Lenoir, Stefano Puntoni, Americus Reed II and Peter Verlegh

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Abstract: In today’s multicultural societies, ethnic targeting is increasingly important for marketing. Two main approaches to target ethnic minorities have emerged: messaging consumers when their ethnic identity is most salient, and featuring spokespeople who have the same heritage as the target. We conduct replications of two articles representative of these research streams: Forehand and Deshpandé (2001) and Deshpandé and Stayman (1994). Our findings identify generational status as an important boundary condition for these ethnic targeting strategies.

Keywords: advertising; ethnicity; identity; minority targeting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C44 M31 M39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-07-23
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