The negative effect of virtual endorsers on brand authenticity and potential remedies

X Song, Y Lu, Q Yang - Journal of Business Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Although more and more brands are partnering with virtual endorsers for marketing, little is
known about whether this approach benefits brands. Drawing on Entity-Referent …

Between skepticism and identification: a systematic mapping of adolescents' persuasion knowledge of influencer marketing

NS Borchers - Journal of Current Issues & Research in Advertising, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
How well are adolescents prepared to competently cope with sponsored influencer content?
This article provides a systematic mapping of influencer-specific dispositional persuasion …

Employees as corporate influencers: Exploring the impacts of parasocial interactions on brand equity and brand outcomes

S Egbert, C Rudeloff - International Journal of Strategic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Due to the disruption of the media industry, strategic communication has become
increasingly important for media companies to build intangible organizational assets such …

Can you tolerate influencer marketing? An empirical investigation of live streaming viewership reduction related to influencer marketing

YS Choi, Q Wu, JY Lee - Journal of Business Research, 2025 - Elsevier
Live streaming viewership has grown rapidly in recent years, driven by its unique features of
bidirectional, real-time interaction and personalized content. These qualities have …

How the impact of social media influencer disclosures changes over time: discounting cues and exposure level can affect consumer attitudes and purchase intention

NJ Evans, DC Balaban… - Journal of …, 2022 - journalofadvertisingresearch.com
Despite substantial research on disclosure-related effects in social media influencer
advertising, less is known about the impact of varied exposure levels on social media …

The effect of sponsored video customization on video shares: the critical moderating role of influencer and brand characteristics

L Chen, Y Chen, Y Pan - European Journal of Marketing, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to empirically test how sponsored video customization (ie the
degree to which a sponsored video is customized for a sponsoring brand) affects video …

Influencer marketing in the digital ecosystem

AT Rosário, PR Lopes, FS Rosário - … marketing applications within …, 2023 - igi-global.com
Influencer marketing is a marketing strategy used in the digital ecosystem to promote
products or services through influencers or influential people in the digital environment …

When influencers promote unhealthy products and behaviours: the role of ad disclosures in YouTube eating shows

S An, S Ha - International Journal of Advertising, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the role of sponsorship disclosures in YouTube eating shows that
include a large amount of unhealthy food. To see the mechanism through which …

The impact of product evaluation on appreciative engagement in social free sampling: a persuasion knowledge model perspective

J Liao, Y Ye, F Li, K He - Journal of Research in Interactive Marketing, 2025 - emerald.com
Purpose Social free sampling (SFS) campaigns are an increasingly popular marketing
practice in which firms provide trial users with free sampling products and collect posted trial …

Understanding users' AI manipulation intention: An empirical investigation of the antecedents in the context of AI recommendation algorithms

T Kim, I Im - Information & Management, 2025 - Elsevier
This study examines antecedents that drive platform users to manipulate artificial
intelligence (AI) recommendation algorithms. Based on the persuasion knowledge model …