Investigating Consumer S Sophistication, Cynicism And Efficacy On Emotion-Based Political Brand Equity Using Anes Panel Data : Moderating Role Of Partisanship
Utilising secondary data from American National Election Studies, namely the 2008-2009 panel study, this research aims to test the direct and indirect relationships between consumer‘s political sophistication and emotion-based political brand equity, and thereby emotion-based political brand equity...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/45349/ http://eprints.usm.my/45349/1/ASAAD%20HASAN%20ALMOHAMMAD.pdf |
| Summary: | Utilising secondary data from American National Election Studies, namely the 2008-2009 panel study, this research aims to test the direct and indirect relationships between consumer‘s political sophistication and emotion-based political brand equity, and thereby emotion-based political brand equity predictive power of consumer‘s voting choice. Grounded on the positive paradigm, this thesis utilises a quantitative methodology, namely, descriptive, in testing the aforementioned premises. The findings of this thesis suggest that consumer‘s sophistication, cynicism and efficacy are related to emotion-based PBE; consumer‘s partisanship alters the positive relationship between consumer‘s sophistication. |
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