Impact of the Congruence Between an AI Model’s Personal Life Settings and Product Characteristics on Product Attractiveness in Advertisement

Research on the advertising effectiveness of models has emphasized the importance of congruence between a model’s physical and internal characteristics and the product’s attributes. However, these studies have primarily focused on celebrity and non-celebrity human models. Recently, the use of AI-gen...

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Main Authors: Takehiro Ebitani, Takumi Kato
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Language:Japanese
Published: Japan Marketing Academy 2025-01-01
Series:Maketingu rebyu
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/marketingreview/6/1/6_2025.006/_html/-char/en
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description Research on the advertising effectiveness of models has emphasized the importance of congruence between a model’s physical and internal characteristics and the product’s attributes. However, these studies have primarily focused on celebrity and non-celebrity human models. Recently, the use of AI-generated models in advertising has gained attention due to their low cost and low risk. This study addresses the research question: “Does the congruence between an AI model’s personal life setting and product characteristics enhance product attractiveness in advertising?” Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to investigate this question showed that setting the AI model’s attributes to married with children enhanced product attractiveness in a detergent advertisement. This finding suggests that insights from previous research on celebrity and non-celebrity models can also be applied to AI models, which do not have real personal lives, thereby extending academic knowledge and providing practical implications for marketers.
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Maketingu rebyu
advertising model
generative ai
ai influencer
internal characteristics
title Impact of the Congruence Between an AI Model’s Personal Life Settings and Product Characteristics on Product Attractiveness in Advertisement
title_full Impact of the Congruence Between an AI Model’s Personal Life Settings and Product Characteristics on Product Attractiveness in Advertisement
title_fullStr Impact of the Congruence Between an AI Model’s Personal Life Settings and Product Characteristics on Product Attractiveness in Advertisement
title_full_unstemmed Impact of the Congruence Between an AI Model’s Personal Life Settings and Product Characteristics on Product Attractiveness in Advertisement
title_short Impact of the Congruence Between an AI Model’s Personal Life Settings and Product Characteristics on Product Attractiveness in Advertisement
title_sort impact of the congruence between an ai model s personal life settings and product characteristics on product attractiveness in advertisement
topic advertising model
generative ai
ai influencer
internal characteristics
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