Examining the Factors that Influence Advertising Avoidance on Social Media: The Case of Vietnam

This research was designed to provide insights into why customers avoid advertising on social media. The current stream of literature is highlighting that advertising value, privacy concern, and perceived relevance of ad are the most common predictors of advertising avoidance on this platform. There...

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Main Author: Vuong, Hoang Phuong
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45348/
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description This research was designed to provide insights into why customers avoid advertising on social media. The current stream of literature is highlighting that advertising value, privacy concern, and perceived relevance of ad are the most common predictors of advertising avoidance on this platform. Therefore, this study examined the relationships between these predictors and advertising avoidance in the context of social media in Vietnam. The study found that perceived entertainment value of ads can influence affective avoidance, behavioral avoidance and cognitive avoidance on Facebook but only behavioral avoidance on Youtube. Secondly, the study found that privacy concern can influence affective avoidance, behavioral avoidance and cognitive avoidance on Youtube but only affective avoidance on Facebook. Thirdly, it was found that perceived relevance of ad has no significant impact on advertising avoidance on any platform. Finally, the data report that Vietnamese social media users tend to avoid ads more on Youtube than on Facebook.
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spelling nottingham-453482018-04-17T15:23:30Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45348/ Examining the Factors that Influence Advertising Avoidance on Social Media: The Case of Vietnam Vuong, Hoang Phuong This research was designed to provide insights into why customers avoid advertising on social media. The current stream of literature is highlighting that advertising value, privacy concern, and perceived relevance of ad are the most common predictors of advertising avoidance on this platform. Therefore, this study examined the relationships between these predictors and advertising avoidance in the context of social media in Vietnam. The study found that perceived entertainment value of ads can influence affective avoidance, behavioral avoidance and cognitive avoidance on Facebook but only behavioral avoidance on Youtube. Secondly, the study found that privacy concern can influence affective avoidance, behavioral avoidance and cognitive avoidance on Youtube but only affective avoidance on Facebook. Thirdly, it was found that perceived relevance of ad has no significant impact on advertising avoidance on any platform. Finally, the data report that Vietnamese social media users tend to avoid ads more on Youtube than on Facebook. 2017-09-14 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45348/1/Final.pdf Vuong, Hoang Phuong (2017) Examining the Factors that Influence Advertising Avoidance on Social Media: The Case of Vietnam. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] Advertising Avoidance Advertising Avoidance Predictors Social Media Social Media Advertising
spellingShingle Advertising Avoidance
Advertising Avoidance Predictors
Social Media
Social Media Advertising
Vuong, Hoang Phuong
Examining the Factors that Influence Advertising Avoidance on Social Media: The Case of Vietnam
title Examining the Factors that Influence Advertising Avoidance on Social Media: The Case of Vietnam
title_full Examining the Factors that Influence Advertising Avoidance on Social Media: The Case of Vietnam
title_fullStr Examining the Factors that Influence Advertising Avoidance on Social Media: The Case of Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Examining the Factors that Influence Advertising Avoidance on Social Media: The Case of Vietnam
title_short Examining the Factors that Influence Advertising Avoidance on Social Media: The Case of Vietnam
title_sort examining the factors that influence advertising avoidance on social media: the case of vietnam
topic Advertising Avoidance
Advertising Avoidance Predictors
Social Media
Social Media Advertising
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45348/