 Sidedness, commercial intent and expertise in blog advertisingRodrigo Uribe, Cristian Buzeta and Milenka Velásquez Journal of Business Research, 2016, vol. 69, issue 10, 4403-4410 Abstract: Currently, the internet is the main product information source for many consumer goods, mainly because of the irruption of consumer reviews based on blogging. Messages placed on them are usually perceived as a reliable and independent source of information, compared to traditional advertising. Also, blogs are websites that have a high personal nature perception. Using a 2×2×2 factorial design, this study seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of blogging commercial messages, measuring the influence of the message sidedness, communicator expertise and advertising intent and tests their influence over advertising effectiveness (measured as credibility and behavioral intention). Results show the relevance of using two-sided messages, expert sources and unbiased (non-sponsored) messages in terms of increase blog credibility and behavioral intention toward the reviewed product. Interactions of the variables are also examined. Keywords: Blogging; Advertising; Message sidedness; Communicator expertise; Advertising intent (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:69:y:2016:i:10:p:4403-4410 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.04.102 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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