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Advertisement through SMS is a commonly used medium in the era of technology.
Companies are utilizing this medium of advertisement quite frequently. Rapid increase of the
usage of mobile phones has developed an innovative way of utilizing this marketing tool. Due to
the exponential growth in telecommunication industry after introduction of SMS and MMS, this
study has been conducted to investigate the consumer attitude towards SMS advertisement and its
relationship with behavior. Entertainment, irritation, product involvement and appeal were used
in order to investigate the attitude of the consumer. A questionnaire was used to examine the
relationships among variables of the study. Overall 350 usable responses were gathered. SEM
was used to obtain the results of the overall model. Results of the study indicate that (1) product
involvement, appeal and entertainment have a positive impact on attitude towards advertisement.
Only irritation was found to be negatively insignificant. (2) Relationship between consumer attitude
towards SMS advertising and attitude was positively significant. (3) Positive and direct relationship
between attitude and consumer behavior was also found. (4) Permission appeared to be significant
on consumer attitude towards mobile advertisement, which confirmed that prior permission is
required to gain the positive response of the consumer. (5) Consumers are attracted by rewards
therefore monetary benefits was also found to be a significant factor.
Wajeeha Aslam, Maria Batool, Zia Ul Haq. (2016) Attitudes and Behaviour of the Mobile Phones Users towards SMS Advertising: A Study in an Emerging Economy, Journal of Management Sciences, Volume 3, Issue 1.
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