The Effects of Virtual Influencers’ Advertising Model Characteristics on Brand Attitude among Active Seniors : The Mediating Roles of Parasocial Relationship, Advertising Innovativeness, and Attitude toward the Advertisement
This study examined the structural relationships among the advertising model attributes of a virtual influencer and para-social relationships, advertising innovativeness, attitude toward the advertisement, and brand attitude, targeting active seniors. Using an SNS advertising post featuring Rozy as the stimulus, a survey was conducted with 353 active seniors aged 50 and over, and the data were analyzed using SPSS 26.0 and SmartPLS 3.0. The results showed that realism, attractiveness, trustworthiness, and curiosity had significant positive effects on para-social relationships, attitude toward the advertisement, and advertising innovativeness, whereas expertise had no significant effect. Para-social relationships and advertising innovativeness positively influenced attitude toward the advertisement and brand attitude, and attitude toward the advertisement exerted a strong effect on brand attitude. This study explains the advertising effectiveness of virtual influencers as an integrated process of relationship formation and the perception of advertising innovativeness, and offers implications for digital advertising strategies aimed at active seniors.
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Abstract 1. Introduction 1.1 Background 2. Theoretical Background 2.1 The Concept of Virtual Influencers and Research Trends 2.2 The Advertising-Model Characteristics of Virtual Influencers 2.3 Parasocial Relationships 2.4 Advertisement Innovativeness 2.5 Attitude toward the Advertisement 2.6 Brand Attitude 3. Research Method 3.1 Research Hypotheses 3.2 Research Model 4. Empirical Analysis Result 4.1 Data Collection Method 4.2 Characteristics of Sample 4.3 Hypothesis Testing and Analysis 5. Result 5.1 Discussion 5.2 Implications of the Research 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions of Research References