英文摘要 |
How the interactivity and richness (including graphics and sound effects) of an internet-based advertisement affect its advertising effectiveness is one of the issues that draw much interests from many researchers. Due to the lack of clear definitions about the level of interactivity or the degree of richness, the conclusions obtained in the researches could not be easily interpreted. This research defines three levels (low, medium and high) of interactivity, distinguishes among four levels (text, static graphics, GIF animations, and Flash animations) of graphic richness, and separates whether sound effects are present or not. A fractional factorial design, with sixteen landing pages that represent different combinations of the levels of three factors (interactivity, graphic richness, and sound effect), is employed to study the factors' relative contributions to advertising effectives. The advertising effectiveness is evaluated in four aspects-the recall of advertising messages, the valuation of advertisement, the intent of purchase, and the viewing time. A total number of 101 subjects participated in the survey. The results from this research show that, in general, the higher the level of graphic richness, and the higher the level of interactivity, the better the advertising effectiveness. In terms of recall of advertising messages, advertisements with low level of interactivity produce better results than those with high level of interactivity. However, a high level of interactivity entices the subjects to spent significantly longer time in viewing the advertisement (but not remembering the text messages), and seems to have much influence on the final selection of the actual product. |