The carryover effect of national identity activation on consumers' evaluations of ads with patriotic appeals

Hyejin Bang, Jinnie Jinyoung Yoo and Dongwon Choi

Journal of Business Research, 2017, vol. 79, issue C, 66-78

Abstract: This study examined how the activation of national identity (NI) in diverse contexts influenced how consumers subsequently evaluated ads featuring patriotic appeals. Specifically, this study proposed that the activation of NI through different priming contexts would influence the comparative persuasiveness of patriotic ad messages framed by two different regulatory foci. Findings from this study suggest that (a) when a negative NI prime (Study 1) aroused fear (vs. sadness), consumers responded more favorably to patriotic ads with a prevention-focused (vs. promotion-focused) patriotic appeal and that (b) when a positive NI prime (Study 2) aroused happiness or relief, consumers showed more favorable attitude toward the promotion-focused (vs. prevention-focused) patriotic appeal. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Keywords: Patriotic appeals; National identity; Group-emotion; Regulatory-focus framing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.05.013

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