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Understanding Consumer-Generated Advertising For Mainstream Fashion Goods, Athanasios Krystallis, Polymeros Chrysochou

Polymeros Chrysochou

This paper provides empirical evidence about the existence of the source effect in the context of consumer-generated advertising (CGA) for mainstream fashion goods. In particular, it investigates consumer perceptions towards the creator and the message in a CGA as opposed to a company-created ad, and if those perceptions influence general consumer attitudes towards the ad, attitudes towards the brand, as well as consumers’ purchase intention. An online 2x2 between-subjects experiment was constructed in which participants were exposed to an actual CGA or an actual company-created ad for a mainstream fashion brand; moreover, subjects were provided different information about the source …