The Role of Type of Visual Design Stories on Consumers' Cognitive Processing

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Presentation

Presentation Date

2018

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Visual storytelling has always been at the core of marketing since it provides conceptual information linked to product design. The formal, expressive, and symbolic qualities of a product are experienced by the senses and can greatly influence consumers' cognitive processing. Therefore, visual design stories (VDS) that reinforce these product qualities may be most successful in communicating a product design. This study examines the effectiveness of different types of visual design stories (formal vs. symbolic/expressive) related to product qualities on subjective and objective cognitive processing. Hypotheses were tested through a mixed factorial experimental design with a nationwide sample of 265 female consumers. Findings reveal that the prevalence of both types of a VDS significantly influence the ease of decoding the product's form and structure (objective aesthetic impression). However, subjective aesthetic associations are more enhanced by a VDS related to a product's symbolic/expressive qualities through the attachment of symbolic value and meaning.

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International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference

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Cleveland, OH

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https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/itaa_proceedings/2018/presentations/14/

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