The Effect Attitude of Verbal Toward and Brand the Visual Components Attitudes of and on Advertisements Advertisement

Abstract

This article presents the results of a study designed to obtain a better understanding of the effects of using valenced visual information in advertising. In the study, subjects saw advertisements for hypothetical products that contained affect-laden photo- graphs with different valences (Picture Type Manipulation). The results indicate that the affect-laden photographs had an effect on both attitude toward the advertisement (Ad) and brand attitudes; however, no differences were found in the product attribute beliefs that were formed. Photographs that were evaluated positively created more favorable attitudes toward the advertisements and brand attitudes, whereas the reverse was true for photographs that were evaluated negatively. The results of an analysis of covariance indicate that the inclusion of both the predicted attitude from structured scales (11b1ej) and elicited beliefs did not eliminate all the reliable Picture Type effects on brand attitudes; however, the inclusion of A,d did eliminate these effects. In addition, Aad was found to affect brand attitudes for advertisements that contain only copy, and evidence is presented that A,,d and brand attitudes are separate hypothetical constructs. Finally, a Dual Component model is presented to explain the effects of visual and verbal information in advertisements.