Title
Music in television advertising and other persuasive media
Document Type
Conference Paper in Published Proceedings
Department
Communications and Media Studies
Publication Date
2013
Abstract
This chapter presents an overview of theories and research on the role of music in television advertising and other persuasive media. Using the Elaboration Likelihood Model as a theoretical framework for attitudinal change, the chapter examines the multiple roles music may play in advertising. On the one hand, music may increase or decrease viewers’ motivation and ability to elaborate on a persuasive message, thereby guiding viewers to use the central or peripheral route. On the other hand, music may provide information (e.g., affect-as-information) in the persuasive message that is processed within either route. To delineate these effects, music as a means to attract attention, facilitate recall, and construct meanings is also examined. Findings of these strands of research have also been applied recently to audio branding, enhancing implicit learning, and the creation of virtual atmosphere.
Recommended Citation
Shevy, M., and Hung, K. (2013). Music in television advertising and other persuasive media. In S. Tan, A. J. Cohen, S. D. Lipscomb, and R. A. Kendall, The Psychology of Music in Multimedia (Chapter 14). Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.