Born for marketing? The effects of virtual versus human influencers on brand endorsement effectiveness: The role of advertising recognition

F Deng, M Tuo, S Chen, Z Zhang - Journal of Retailing and Consumer …, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of artificial intelligence technology has led to the creation of virtual
influencers that have been embraced by marketing professionals. Starting with advertising …

From pixels to fame: an empirical study of Virtual Influencers and gen Z customer engagement

H Khuat - 2023 - jyx.jyu.fi
Virtual Influencers (VIs) are artificially-generated characters that are designed to behave like
real social media influencers. These digital natives are becoming increasingly popular as …

Virtual Influencers: A Bibliometric Analysis

B Barbosa - Using Influencer Marketing as a Digital Business …, 2024 - igi-global.com
Virtual influencers are rapidly gaining significance in the digital marketing realm. This study
offers an overview of the fragmented landscape of virtual influencer research, addressing …

What We Want for Virtual Humans: Classification of Consumer Expectation Value on Virtual Influencer by Age Based on Q-methodology

JC Yun, DH Park - Knowledge Management Research, 2023 - koreascience.kr
This study focuses on consumers' perceptions of virtual influencers, which many companies
recently used for marketing. This study uses the Q methodology to derive what kind of …

Learner Engagement During Ai-Led English Classes: The Role of Social Presence and Instructor Credibility

S Lee - Available at SSRN 4532480 - papers.ssrn.com
The use of AI virtual humans as instructors has been suggested to offer a solution to the
challenges in online English classes such as students' disengagement. Moreover, with …