First Advisor

Brandon Reich

Date of Award

5-22-2020

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Business: Marketing and University Honors

Department

Business

Language

English

Subjects

Advocacy advertising, Marketing -- Study and teaching (Higher), Persuasion (Psychology), Persuasion (Rhetoric)

DOI

10.15760/honors.884

Abstract

The present research aims to explore whether marketing education creates a positive or negative reaction towards advocacy advertising in general. To test this, consumers with varying levels of marketing education were either interviewed or surveyed to gauge their level of persuasion knowledge, advertising appreciation, and overall reactions to advocacy advertising. Thus, a combination of qualitative (interviews) and quantitative (survey) methods were employed. Interview results suggested that those with greater marketing education held more favorable attitudes toward advocacy advertising, and survey results illustrated a strong correlation between those with more marketing education and one’s appreciation for advocacy advertising, which influenced positive reactions to the ads that were shown. However, there was no relationship between marketing education and one’s persuasion knowledge, and persuasion knowledge in turn had no effect on reactions to the ads themselves. These findings help support the importance of marketing education at the college level, and its ability to create a critical understanding of artistic styles, and in acknowledgement of advertising’s ability to shape cultural meaning.

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Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33091

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