GUILT APPEALS AS A MECHANISM OF PERSUASION IN ADVERTISING

Journal Title: Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Humanitas Zarządzanie - Year 2013, Vol 14, Issue 2

Abstract

This paper presents a framework for understanding how guilt appeals serves as effective mechanism of persuasion in advertising. Past researches dealing with negative emotional appeals in persuasion more often focused on fear and anxiety than on negative self-conscious emotions like guilt or shame. A brief review of literature and preview researches is presented to confirm that guilt is a identifiable construct that can be manipulated by advertisers. The three kinds of guilt are presented, as well as usefulness of each kind is pointed out. The impact of intensity of guilt appeals, ad credibility and manipulative intents on effectiveness of guilt appeals in advertising is also considered. In conclusion several research questions in the form of broad hypotheses to measurement are offered.

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Agata Młynarska-Jurczuk

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Agata Młynarska-Jurczuk (2013). GUILT APPEALS AS A MECHANISM OF PERSUASION IN ADVERTISING. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Humanitas Zarządzanie, 14(2), 209-214. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-81360