The perceived risk and the high involvement product purchase: Location-based advertisements using fearful and sensual appeals as risk reduction strategy in condom purchases

The goal of this research was to investigate the perceived risk of purchasing condoms and the risk-reducing effects of location-based advertisements. For the research, a quantitative approach was used. A questionnaire was distributed to 238 participants, using the Internet and physical distribution....

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Autores principales: Ivy E.D. Schultz, Michelle H. Kovacs, Dirk P. Janssen
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:882f39c207c44a1081a9a830fad2ce672021-12-02T14:07:31ZThe perceived risk and the high involvement product purchase: Location-based advertisements using fearful and sensual appeals as risk reduction strategy in condom purchases2331-197510.1080/23311975.2016.1254387https://doaj.org/article/882f39c207c44a1081a9a830fad2ce672016-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2016.1254387https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975The goal of this research was to investigate the perceived risk of purchasing condoms and the risk-reducing effects of location-based advertisements. For the research, a quantitative approach was used. A questionnaire was distributed to 238 participants, using the Internet and physical distribution. This study found that 66% of the sample perceived social risk during the purchase of condoms. Of this percentage, 39% stated that embarrassment has stopped them from purchasing the product. Location-based advertisements were perceived negative, however also perceived informative by almost half of the sample. This study implies that advertisements have a positive effect on the perceived risk since the majority of the sample stated that their perceived purchase embarrassment was reduced after seeing the sensual (65%) and fearful (59%) advertisement.Ivy E.D. SchultzMichelle H. KovacsDirk P. JanssenTaylor & Francis Grouparticleconsumer behaviorrisk reductionperceived riskembarrassmentlocation-based advertisingBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2016)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic consumer behavior
risk reduction
perceived risk
embarrassment
location-based advertising
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle consumer behavior
risk reduction
perceived risk
embarrassment
location-based advertising
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Ivy E.D. Schultz
Michelle H. Kovacs
Dirk P. Janssen
The perceived risk and the high involvement product purchase: Location-based advertisements using fearful and sensual appeals as risk reduction strategy in condom purchases
description The goal of this research was to investigate the perceived risk of purchasing condoms and the risk-reducing effects of location-based advertisements. For the research, a quantitative approach was used. A questionnaire was distributed to 238 participants, using the Internet and physical distribution. This study found that 66% of the sample perceived social risk during the purchase of condoms. Of this percentage, 39% stated that embarrassment has stopped them from purchasing the product. Location-based advertisements were perceived negative, however also perceived informative by almost half of the sample. This study implies that advertisements have a positive effect on the perceived risk since the majority of the sample stated that their perceived purchase embarrassment was reduced after seeing the sensual (65%) and fearful (59%) advertisement.
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author Ivy E.D. Schultz
Michelle H. Kovacs
Dirk P. Janssen
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title The perceived risk and the high involvement product purchase: Location-based advertisements using fearful and sensual appeals as risk reduction strategy in condom purchases
title_short The perceived risk and the high involvement product purchase: Location-based advertisements using fearful and sensual appeals as risk reduction strategy in condom purchases
title_full The perceived risk and the high involvement product purchase: Location-based advertisements using fearful and sensual appeals as risk reduction strategy in condom purchases
title_fullStr The perceived risk and the high involvement product purchase: Location-based advertisements using fearful and sensual appeals as risk reduction strategy in condom purchases
title_full_unstemmed The perceived risk and the high involvement product purchase: Location-based advertisements using fearful and sensual appeals as risk reduction strategy in condom purchases
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