PSYCHOLOGY OF ADVERTISING

1. Setting the Stage. 2. How Consumers Acquire and Process Information from Advertising. 3. How Advertising Affects Consumer Memory. 4. How Consumers Form Attitudes Towards Products. 5. How Consumers Yield to Advertising: Principles of Persuasion and Attitude Change. 6. How Advertising Influences Buying Behaviour. 7. Beyond Persuasion: Achieving Consumer Compliance Without Changing Attitudes.

Bob M. Fennis works as an Professor in Consumer Behavior at the Department of marketing at Groningen University, the Netherlands. His research interests include persuasion, social influence processes and the dynamics of "automatic" consumer behavior. His research focuses on such issues as the effectiveness of marketing and selling techniques, advertising effects, and nonconscious influences on consumer goal pursuit and purchase behavior. Wolfgang Stroebe is Professor of Social Psychology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He is a former president of the European Association of Social Psychology, a Fellow of numerous psychological societies (e.g., BPS, APS) and co-editor (with Miles Hewstone) of the European Review of Social Psychology. One of his major research interests is strategies of attitude and behaviour change, and he has published widely on this topic.

"As a comprehensive, yet readable, book of reference for academics and their students working in the areas of advertising, business studies and in more general areas such as attitude formation and attitude change, the book will be very valuable." - Dinah Bisdee, King's College London, UK, in Social Psychological Review "The Psychology of Advertising is a rich source of ideas about methodology, theory, and research that advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in areas of consumer psychology, promotional strategy, integrated marketing, and advertising as well as other disciplines such as business and communication will find interesting and accessible. The book would make a useful tool for professionals working in fields such as advertising, public health, public services, and political communication who are interested in responding to Dill Scott's call for educating practitioners in psychology." - Debra Merskin, University of Oregon, in PsycCRITIQUES "This book is extremely well-written. The authors have done an outstanding job of explaining and summarizing complex topics in a manner that advanced undergraduates and graduate students can understand and appreciate. The book is thorough, accurate and scientifically grounded and is the most sophisticated and advanced summary of the host of psychological processes that influence advertising effectiveness." - Frank R. Kardes, College of Business, University of Cincinnati, USA "This book provides an impressive, elaborate and thoroughly researched review of the academic literature on the psychology of attitudes and attitude change, with an emphasis on advertising and consumer behaviour. It provides a well written overview of the research, I learned a lot from reading it, and enjoyed it greatly!" - Peeter Verlegh, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, The Netherlands