The main role of video ads' structure on social media engagement

Abstract

Social networks play an important role in the life of today's societies. Brands create and share advertising video ads on social media networks and, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, social networks have allowed brands to communicate with their consumers, and creativity and narrative structures were important to consumers. Brands are producing video ads that show consumers' day context in order to obtain greater social media engagement. Considering that, this paper aims to study whether that goal is being achieved. The empirical research, from which we obtained 427 responses and which was tested using structural equations using the AMOS software, allows to conclude that creativity, the structure of the narrative and the consumer's congruence with the brand are determinants of engagement in social media. Further, presents practical and theoretical recommendations.