Impact of Print Media on Consumer Buying Behaviour

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Studies have shown that people spend more time reading and are more engaged with print publications than with their digital counterparts. Brand and product awareness are also higher with print, as are trust and customer loyalty – which means the customer experience is

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This paper explores published articles that report on results from research conducted on various methods of persuasion. The articles, however, vary in their definitions and utilization of the methods of persuasion and their relationship with consumers. Based on psychological principles that direct human behavior, Robert Cialdini’s (2007), 6 principals of persuasion suggests that face to face interactions are most effective in emphasizing knowledge and authority. This paper examines Berger and Berger’s (2012) scientific research evidence to substantiate the major role of technology and mass media in the persuasion of consumers. The use of persuasion to control people for the sole benefit of the persuader is examined in Ridout and Franz’s (2011) research of persuasive ads and who is affected by ad exposure. This book also presents evidence to support this research. Shen and Dillard’s (2013) research suggests mass media contributes great influence on the thinking and behavior of consumers’ and is scientifically proven to be the universal source of information. This paper will examine the impact of media coverage of elections and how it persuades the electorates ' behavior, it will explore the effects of mass media on political power and show how media simultaneously disrupts and defends the status quo, including the advantages and disadvantages during election campaigns. Shrum’s (2012) research suggests that marketers integrate products in the media by injecting

People purchase products and services for a variety of reasons, whether it is for their own personal wants and needs, for family and friends, or for prestige. These consumers vary in age, income, education, and lifestyles. This report briefly discusses the influences involved in consumer purchases and identifies the consumer process used in order to purchase a product or service.

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Television is an integral part of our life and the advertisements on it play vital role in changing behavior of consumer through different techniques and patters used in it to persuade the consumers. The youth spent more time in watching television and they are deployed by the ads and satisfied too with the promise the advertisements are making with them. In this study the researcher aims to judge the role of television advertisements on purchase behavior of youth. This research study is done on the youth of Delhi /NCR i.e East Delhi, West Delhi, North Delhi South Delhi and Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad. The study based on 125 youth selected by random sampling method and by applying both qualitative as well as quantitative techniques of research. The hypothesis of the study is that advertisement do play dynamic role in the life of consumers specially youth in brand familiarity. The television advertisements help in making decision related to purchase and better choice.

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