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Narrative and Persuasion in Fashion Advertising

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ID7842478
AuthorsBarbara J Phillips (0000-0002-9812-4030), Edward F Mcquarrie (0000-0002-2713-1153)
Year2010
Volume37
Issue3
Pages368-392
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Consumer Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0093-5301 • E-ISSN: 1537-5277
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/653087
OpenAlexW2017757339
LanguageEN
Citations received55
References cited68

Narrative transportation—to be carried away by a story—has been proposed as a distinct route to persuasion. But as originally conceived, narrative transportation is unlikely to occur in response to advertisements, where persuasive intent is obvious and consumer resistance is expected. We analyze fashion ads to show how narrative transportation can nonetheless be a possible response to ads, if specific aesthetic properties are present, most notably when grotesque imagery is used. We then situate narrative transportation as one of five modes of engaging fashion advertising, each of which serves as a distinct route to persuasion. Interviews showed that consumers variously engage ads to act, identify, feel, transport, or immerse. We explain how aesthetic properties of ads call forth different modes of engagement and explore how grotesque imagery can lead to either narrative transportation or immersion. As routes to persuasion, transportation and immersion work by intensifying brand experience rather than boosting brand evaluation

Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Business · Literature · Narrative · Persuasion · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Social Psychology

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