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Advertising Appeals and Cultural Values in Television Commercials: A Comparison of Hong Kong and Korea

Title
Advertising Appeals and Cultural Values in Television Commercials: A Comparison of Hong Kong and Korea
Author
문영숙
Keywords
advertising; Hong Kong; South Korea; national cultures
Issue Date
2005-03
Publisher
MCB U P LIMITED
Citation
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING REVIEW, v. 22, No. 1, Page. 48-66
Abstract
Purpose - The objective of this study is to investigate to what extent advertising appeals in Hong Kong and Korea are different, and whether the differences between the two countries can be attributed to the differences in nations' cultural characteristics. Hypotheses are drawn in relation to the two dimensions of Hofstede's framework - uncertainty avoidance and masculinity/femininity. Design/methodology/approach - A sample of 803 prime-time television commercials from the two countries was analyzed using Cheng and Schweitzer's classification of advertising appeals. Findings - The results show that femininity is an important variable for explaining differences in advertising between Hong Kong and Korea. Both Hong Kong and Korean advertising show no difference in values of high uncertainty avoidance, although an appeal of high uncertainty avoidance was used more often in Korean advertising. However, values of low uncertainty avoidance are more prevalent in television commercials in Korea, a country of high uncertainty avoidance, than Hong Kong, a country of low uncertainty avoidance. It is also found that the correlation between product categories and cultural values is society-based. Originality/value - This study reveals that Hofstede's framework does explain cross-cultural differences between Hong Kong and Korea and provides empirical evidences for the impact of value paradoxes on advertising in both countries, suggesting that Hofstede's framework and the value paradoxes provide a possible theory for testing the relationship of the society and its advertising content within a culture as well as across cultures.
URI
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/02651330510581172/full/htmlhttps://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/110240
ISSN
0265-1335
DOI
10.1108/02651330510581172
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COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION[E](언론정보대학) > ADVERTISING & PUBLIC RELATIONS(광고홍보학부) > Articles
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