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Mediating Effect of Attitude toward Advertisement on the Relationship between COVID-19 Involvement and Behavioral Intention of Social Distancing in Loss versus Gain Advertising Context

손실과 이득 메시지 프레이밍 광고상황에서 COVID-19에 대한 관여와 사회적 거리두기 실천의도와의 관계에 영향을 미치는 광고태도의 매개효과

  • Choi, Ja In (Department of advertisng & PR/Graduate School of Mass Communication, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Choi, Ja Yun (College of Nursing, Chonnam National University)
  • 최자인 (중앙대학교 광고홍보학과/커뮤니케이션 대학원) ;
  • 최자윤 (전남대학교 간호대학)
  • Received : 2021.09.03
  • Accepted : 2021.12.20
  • Published : 2021.12.28
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Abstract

Purposes of this study were to identify the relationship among involvement in COVID-19 (IiC), attitude toward advertisement (AtA), and behavioral Intention to social distancing (BItSD), and to investigate the mediating effect of AtA in a loss versus gain advertising context. The participants were 379 adults who have been consecutively living in Korea since January 2020. The participants were randomly assigned to one of two advertisements using an online survey system. We found that IiC affects BItSD since Korean adults recognize the risks and seriousness of COVID-19 infection or transmission through IiC. Induced positive attitudes or emotions through involvement in the COVID-19 preventive behaviors including social distancing and vaccination are helpful to increase the BItSD. Thus, health care and information providers should give an accurate message, which induces a positive attitude, to recognize that our world is a risk of the COVID-19.

COVID-19 감염예방을 위한 손실과 이득 메시지 프레이밍 광고상황에서 COVID-19에 대한 관여와 사회적 거리두기 실천의도와의 관계를 확인하고 이들 간 관계에서 광고태도의 매개효과를 확인하였다. 대한민국에 거주하는 19세 이상 성인 379명을 대상으로 하였다. 2개 유형의 메시지 프레이밍 중 1개 광고를 무작위 할당하여 보도록 한 후 COVID-19에 대한 관여, 광고태도 및 사회적 거리두기 실천의도를 측정하였다. COVID-19에 대한 관여가 사회적 거리두기 실천의도에 영향을 미쳤는데 COVID-19에 관여함으로써 COVID-19에 대한 위험이나 심각성을 인식하여 위험감소행위를 시도하기 때문으로 생각되어 COVID-19에 대한 관여를 높이는 전략이 매우 필요하다. 또한 광고태도가 COVID-19에 대한 관여와 사회적 거리두기 실천의도와의 관계에서 매개작용을 하였다. 따라서 병원이나 지역사회 종사 간호사가 현장에서 대중과 소통하고 정책을 보급할 때 긍정적 광고태도를 유도할 수 있는 효과적인 메시지를 제시함으로써 건강관리 리더로서 역할을 충실히 해 나가야 할 것이다.

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