Abstract
This study investigated the effects of pop-up windows and animation on online users' orienting response and memory for Web advertisements. All participants (N = 60) in a mixed-design factorial experiment were exposed to four online portal Web sites, each containing a banner ad that was either animated or static and a pop-up ad that was also either animated or static. Their orienting responses during reception of the online sites were measured via heart-beats using electrocardiogram (ECG). Recall and recognition memory for ads and portal Web sites were measured via a postexposure paper-and-pencil questionnaire. Hypotheses derived from visual attention, motion effect, distinctiveness, bio-informational, and limited-capacity theories were tested. The results fully supported the proposition that pop-up ads elicit orienting responses. Ad recognition was lower whereas ad recall was higher for pop-up ads compared to banner ads. In addition to main effects, the data revealed several interaction effects, with implications for theory.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 537-567 |
| Number of pages | 31 |
| Journal | Communication Research |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Oct 2004 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Language and Linguistics
- Communication
- Linguistics and Language