Most of us laugh at something funny multiple times during a typical day. Humor serves multiple purposes, and although there is a sizable and expanding research literature on the …
Evidence of the universal value of humor appears in its widespread use as a communication device. Despite frequent appearances in advertising, within and across national contexts …
The seventh edition of this field-leading textbook provides an accessible and rigorous presentation of major theories of persuasion and their applications to a variety of real-world …
M Eisend - Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 2009 - Springer
This meta-analysis combines 369 correlations on the effects of humor in advertising and thus quantifies, updates, and expands previous literature reviews on the effects of humor in …
C Warren, AP McGraw - Journal of Personality and Social …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
After 2.5 millennia of philosophical deliberation and psychological experimentation, most scholars have concluded that humor arises from incongruity. We highlight 2 limitations of …
This study tests a cognitive and an affective model based on extant explanations of the effects of humor along with a new affective–cognitive model. Results are derived from meta …
Consumers regularly experience humor while buying and using products, procuring services, and engaging in various consumption experiences, whether watching a movie or …
The effectiveness of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) communication has attracted increasing attention from marketing practitioners, but relatively few studies focus on the …
SS Hyun, W Kim, MJ Lee - International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2011 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was twofold: to investigate the structural relationships between patrons' emotional responses induced by advertising, their perceived value, and their …