Finding the Right Shade of Green: The Effect of Advertising Appeal Type on Environmentally Friendly Consumption

There are two forms of advertising appeals for environmentally friendly products and policies: those that provide consumer benefit (e.g., cost savings) and those that provide societal benefit (e.g., lower emissions). This research examines the role of decision-making and consumption contexts on the...

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Published inJournal of advertising Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 128 - 141
Main Authors Green, Todd, Peloza, John
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 01.04.2014
Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Group LLC
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Accountability
Advertising
Analysis
Conflict
Consumer behavior
Consumption
Decision making
Green marketing
Green products
Konsumentenverhalten
Marketing
Marketing research
Pollution control
Studies
USA
Werbepsychologie
Öko-Marketing
Öko-Produkt
United States
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Summary:There are two forms of advertising appeals for environmentally friendly products and policies: those that provide consumer benefit (e.g., cost savings) and those that provide societal benefit (e.g., lower emissions). This research examines the role of decision-making and consumption contexts on the efficacy of each appeal. The results of three studies indicate that in contexts where consumers experience heightened public accountability they are more responsive to other-benefit appeals, and in more private settings they favor self-benefit appeals. We replicate this finding across multiple samples, product categories, and consumption and decision-making contexts. Our findings reconcile previously conflicting research on the efficacy of either appeal type and provide guidance for marketers seeking to promote environmentally friendly consumption.
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ISSN:0091-3367
1557-7805
DOI:10.1080/00913367.2013.834805