Celebrity Influences on Consumer Decision Making: New Insights and Research Directions

Throughout human history, people expressed admiration for heroes who possessed extraordinary abilities and achieved superhuman goals. For many, modern-day celebrities fulfil this role and are prominent in various marketing communications activities. This paper addresses the literature review gaps an...

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Main Authors: Moraes, Marcela, Gountas, John, Gountas, Sandra, Sharma, Piyush
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75465
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description Throughout human history, people expressed admiration for heroes who possessed extraordinary abilities and achieved superhuman goals. For many, modern-day celebrities fulfil this role and are prominent in various marketing communications activities. This paper addresses the literature review gaps and provides an in-depth review of the psychological and social psychological perspectives which are relevant to the celebrity endorsement literature. The contributions of this paper consist of a detailed analysis of most important consumer-celebrity relationships, key emotional drivers (e.g., envy and admiration) of celebrity influence and the development of an original conceptual model. The conceptual model pulls together the past research and identifies new research gaps, which synthesises different research perspectives and provides a sound theoretical basis guiding future researchers and marketing managers.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-754652023-01-04T04:59:58Z Celebrity Influences on Consumer Decision Making: New Insights and Research Directions Moraes, Marcela Gountas, John Gountas, Sandra Sharma, Piyush Throughout human history, people expressed admiration for heroes who possessed extraordinary abilities and achieved superhuman goals. For many, modern-day celebrities fulfil this role and are prominent in various marketing communications activities. This paper addresses the literature review gaps and provides an in-depth review of the psychological and social psychological perspectives which are relevant to the celebrity endorsement literature. The contributions of this paper consist of a detailed analysis of most important consumer-celebrity relationships, key emotional drivers (e.g., envy and admiration) of celebrity influence and the development of an original conceptual model. The conceptual model pulls together the past research and identifies new research gaps, which synthesises different research perspectives and provides a sound theoretical basis guiding future researchers and marketing managers. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75465 10.1080/0267257X.2019.1632373 Taylor & Francis fulltext
spellingShingle Moraes, Marcela
Gountas, John
Gountas, Sandra
Sharma, Piyush
Celebrity Influences on Consumer Decision Making: New Insights and Research Directions
title Celebrity Influences on Consumer Decision Making: New Insights and Research Directions
title_full Celebrity Influences on Consumer Decision Making: New Insights and Research Directions
title_fullStr Celebrity Influences on Consumer Decision Making: New Insights and Research Directions
title_full_unstemmed Celebrity Influences on Consumer Decision Making: New Insights and Research Directions
title_short Celebrity Influences on Consumer Decision Making: New Insights and Research Directions
title_sort celebrity influences on consumer decision making: new insights and research directions
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75465