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Understanding AI Advertising From the Consumer Perspective: What Factors Determine Consumer Appreciation of AI-Created Advertisements?
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In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been used to create advertising messages. This study examined the factors that influence consumers’ overall appreciation of AI-created advertisements. The findings indicate that, in addition to its direct effect on consumer reactions to AI-created advertisements, consumers’ perceived objectivity of the general advertisement creation process positively influences machine heuristic—a rule of thumb that machines are more secure and trustworthy than humans. This effect boosted consumer appreciation of AI-created advertisements. Consumers’ perceived objectivity of advertisement creation negatively influenced perceived eeriness of AI advertising, which jeopardized consumer appreciation of AI-created advertisements. Consumers’ feelings of uneasiness with robots were found to have a positive influence on both machine heuristic and perceived eeriness of AI advertising.
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“In alignment with Wu and Wen (2021), the perceived novelty and creativity offered by AI-generated advertisements did not entirely offset concerns about reliability and authenticity, especially in high-involvement contexts.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wu, L., & Jing Wen, T.
- Affiliations
- University of South Carolina (US)
- University of South Carolina
- ORCID
- Wu, Linwan
- Venue
- Journal of Advertising Research
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2021-03-23
- Volume
- 61
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 133-146
- ISSN
- 0021-8499 (ISSN-L)
- 1740-1909
- OpenAlex
- W3138769209
- Semantic Scholar
- 9e11fdcc48b54eb29e60849ccb7529178250b8c9
- Cited by
- 127
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 55 · 2025: 47 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1
- FWCI
- 2.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Advertising Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › AI in Service Interactions
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Marketing and Advertising Strategies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Marketing › Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Keywords
- AI-generated advertising, consumer perception, machine heuristic, perceived objectivity, trust in machines
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