How young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups

The aim of this study is determine attitude of young consumers towards advertising by ethnicity. Specifically, it seeks to understand how the young adults from the Iban, Chinese and Malay communities perceive advertising. A seven-factor belief model was adopted to decompose the theory of reasoned ac...

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Main Authors: Hiram, Ting, Ernest Cyril, de Run
Format: Proceeding
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/590/
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Ernest Cyril, de Run
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description The aim of this study is determine attitude of young consumers towards advertising by ethnicity. Specifically, it seeks to understand how the young adults from the Iban, Chinese and Malay communities perceive advertising. A seven-factor belief model was adopted to decompose the theory of reasoned action in order to provide theoretical basis to examine whether there is any difference in beliefs and attitude towards advertising between the three ethnic groups. A quantitative approach via questionnaire-based survey was administered at universities. As a result, 316 out of 400 copies were collected for analyses. The finding show that despite cultural differences embedded in ethnic groups, the beliefs and attitude of the three ethnic groups towards advertising are largely found to be not significantly different. They can only be differentiated with the effect of beliefs on the formation of attitude towards advertising. Implications and future studies are provided.
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spelling unimas-5902016-04-14T06:39:42Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/590/ How young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups Hiram, Ting Ernest Cyril, de Run BF Psychology H Social Sciences (General) The aim of this study is determine attitude of young consumers towards advertising by ethnicity. Specifically, it seeks to understand how the young adults from the Iban, Chinese and Malay communities perceive advertising. A seven-factor belief model was adopted to decompose the theory of reasoned action in order to provide theoretical basis to examine whether there is any difference in beliefs and attitude towards advertising between the three ethnic groups. A quantitative approach via questionnaire-based survey was administered at universities. As a result, 316 out of 400 copies were collected for analyses. The finding show that despite cultural differences embedded in ethnic groups, the beliefs and attitude of the three ethnic groups towards advertising are largely found to be not significantly different. They can only be differentiated with the effect of beliefs on the formation of attitude towards advertising. Implications and future studies are provided. 2013 Proceeding NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/590/1/how%20young%20adults%20perceive%20advertising%20%28abstract%29.pdf Hiram, Ting and Ernest Cyril, de Run (2013) How young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups. In: 5th Asia Pacific Marketing and Management Conference (APMMC), (2013, 20-22 November), Hilton Kuching Hotel, Kuching, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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H Social Sciences (General)
Hiram, Ting
Ernest Cyril, de Run
How young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups
title How young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups
title_full How young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups
title_fullStr How young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups
title_full_unstemmed How young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups
title_short How young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups
title_sort how young adults perceive advertising: a comparative study of three ethnic groups
topic BF Psychology
H Social Sciences (General)
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/590/
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/590/1/how%20young%20adults%20perceive%20advertising%20%28abstract%29.pdf