Viral Advertising: A Field Experiment on Viral Intentions and Purchase Intentions

Author(s)

Maria Petrescu, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
John Gironda, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Pradeep K. Korgaonkar

ORCID

Maria Petrescu0000-0002-4261-6773

John T. Gironda0000-0003-0389-5340

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Internet Commerce

ISSN

1533-2861

Publication Date

2015

Abstract/Excerpt

This study conducts an investigation of viral advertising by developing and testing a model to integrate the influence of three types of video ad appeals (humor, sex, or information), ad sources (known or unknown), attitude toward the ad, attitude toward the brand, and demographics on intentions to forward an ad and purchase a brand. The model is tested by collecting data from a sample of national online consumers. The findings demonstrate the importance of ad appeals for both attitude toward the ad and viral intentions. Attitude toward the ad is also found to be a significant influencer of viral intentions, and mediator of the relationship between ad appeals and viral intentions. The study also found support for a positive relationship between viral intentions and purchase intentions.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/15332861.2015.1080057

Volume

14

Issue

3

First Page

384

Last Page

405

NSUWorks Citation

Petrescu, Maria; Gironda, John; and Korgaonkar, Pradeep K., "Viral Advertising: A Field Experiment on Viral Intentions and Purchase Intentions" (2015). HCBE Faculty Articles. 655.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/655