The Communication Effects of Audience Situation and Message Framing on Smoking Cessation

Yang, Dong-Jenn

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2368006

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The Communication Effects of Audience Situation and Message Framing on Smoking Cessation

International Journal of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, 2013, Vol. 2(4), pp. 252-264.

13 Pages Posted: 18 Dec 2013

See all articles by Dong-Jenn Yang

Dong-Jenn Yang

I-Shou University - Department of Business Administration

Date Written: December 15, 2013

Abstract

This study examined the communication effects of smoking cessation by using message framing (positive messages/negative messages) and audience situation (smoker/nonsmoker and high/low self-efficacy). The study used 207 valid homogeneous subjects and a between-subject experiment method was employed for analyses. The results showed that the communication effects were influenced by the interactive effects of message framing and audience situation, and for smokers, positive messages have a more significant effect than negative ones. In addition, positive messages with low self-efficacy have a better effect. The study concludes that different message framing have a variety of communication effects on audiences within different self-efficacy levels and audience situations.

Keywords: Message framing, audience situation, communication effect, smoking cessation, social marketing

JEL Classification: M31, K32, I18

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Yang, Dong-Jenn, The Communication Effects of Audience Situation and Message Framing on Smoking Cessation (December 15, 2013). International Journal of Management, Economics and Social Sciences, 2013, Vol. 2(4), pp. 252-264., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2368006 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2368006