Determining Attitudinal Beliefs about Controversial Advertising
This study aims to determine the beliefs about advertising of two controversial products, namely political parties and sexual diseases prevention. The theory of reasoned action was utilized as underlying premise to elicit beliefs about controversial advertising in order to understand the formatio...
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| author | Ernest Cyril, de Run Hiram, Ting |
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| description | This study aims to determine the beliefs about advertising of two controversial products,
namely political parties and sexual diseases prevention. The theory of reasoned action was
utilized as underlying premise to elicit beliefs about controversial advertising in order to
understand the formation of attitude towards the advertising. A qualitative approach by means of
personal interview was adopted to explore the relatively unknown phenomenon. Subsequently,
43 interviews were conducted in Sarawak and the transcripts were then content-analyzed by
multiple coders. The findings show that there are 11 statements of belief for the advertising of
political parties and 6 statements for the advertising of sexual diseases prevention. Although
both types of advertising are primarily considered as a source of information, their descriptions
are largely different. While the advertising of political parties is mainly believed to be giving
misleading information and for personal interest, the advertising of sexual diseases prevention
is regarded as a form of education when executed appropriately. Therefore, the former must be
carried out with care to avoid negative responses, and the latter should be done fittingly. This
articulates the underlying consideration that there are different beliefs by type of advertising,
and about what might create controversy. |
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| spelling | unimas-86202015-08-19T02:53:23Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8620/ Determining Attitudinal Beliefs about Controversial Advertising Ernest Cyril, de Run Hiram, Ting HM Sociology This study aims to determine the beliefs about advertising of two controversial products, namely political parties and sexual diseases prevention. The theory of reasoned action was utilized as underlying premise to elicit beliefs about controversial advertising in order to understand the formation of attitude towards the advertising. A qualitative approach by means of personal interview was adopted to explore the relatively unknown phenomenon. Subsequently, 43 interviews were conducted in Sarawak and the transcripts were then content-analyzed by multiple coders. The findings show that there are 11 statements of belief for the advertising of political parties and 6 statements for the advertising of sexual diseases prevention. Although both types of advertising are primarily considered as a source of information, their descriptions are largely different. While the advertising of political parties is mainly believed to be giving misleading information and for personal interest, the advertising of sexual diseases prevention is regarded as a form of education when executed appropriately. Therefore, the former must be carried out with care to avoid negative responses, and the latter should be done fittingly. This articulates the underlying consideration that there are different beliefs by type of advertising, and about what might create controversy. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2014 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8620/1/Determining%20Attitudinal%20Beliefs%20about%20Controversial%20Advertising%20%28abstract%29.pdf Ernest Cyril, de Run and Hiram, Ting (2014) Determining Attitudinal Beliefs about Controversial Advertising. International Journal of Business and Society, 15 (3). pp. 465-476. ISSN 1511 6670 http://www.researchgate.net/publication/273694572_Determining_Attitudinal_Beliefs_about_Controversial_Advertising |
| spellingShingle | HM Sociology Ernest Cyril, de Run Hiram, Ting Determining Attitudinal Beliefs about Controversial Advertising |
| title | Determining Attitudinal Beliefs about Controversial Advertising |
| title_full | Determining Attitudinal Beliefs about Controversial Advertising |
| title_fullStr | Determining Attitudinal Beliefs about Controversial Advertising |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determining Attitudinal Beliefs about Controversial Advertising |
| title_short | Determining Attitudinal Beliefs about Controversial Advertising |
| title_sort | determining attitudinal beliefs about controversial advertising |
| topic | HM Sociology |
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