Objectives - This work, focused on the skincare realm, aims at investigating the relationship between the model’s level of idealization in an advertising and the purchase intention for the sponsored product, through the mediators of social comparison and facial appearance’s self-satisfaction. Methodology – Firstly, in-depth interviews have been conducted to further investigate how the process of comparison with models happens in females. Secondly, a questionnaire has been created to quantitatively test all the hypotheses posed. Key results – Young females are confirmed to be engaging in social comparison processes with the models shown in advertising and it has been proven that the model’s level of idealization impacts the direction of th...
Forms of body decoration exist in all human cultures. However, in Western societies, women are more ...
This paper examines how consumers’ body satisfaction, beliefs about the malleability of their appear...
Digital Influencers are taking advantage of social media rise to position themselves as effective br...
Women from across the globe purchase and consume cosmetics in order to achieve their appearance goal...
Abstract from short.pdf."December 2013.""A Thesis presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School at...
Using social comparison theory as a basis, this dissertation proposes that female preadolescents and...
Highly attractive models are intended to impact psychologically on message receivers and improve awa...
Vanity appeals and social comparison in advertising can be an effective means of driving purchase be...
Previous research suggests that people high in social comparison and body dissatisfaction perceive a...
“Real” advertising, or advertising products using more “realistically” sized models, has recently be...
This thesis aims to investigate the relationships between vanity, social comparison and purchase beh...
This study investigates the effect of social comparisons with media models on women's body image bas...
Being female models are identical to have an attractive physical appearance such as a tall, thin and...
Introduction The study aims to collaborate to a better understanding of a social phenomenon that h...
This paper examines how young Portuguese women between 18 and 30 years old are influenced by cosmet...
Forms of body decoration exist in all human cultures. However, in Western societies, women are more ...
This paper examines how consumers’ body satisfaction, beliefs about the malleability of their appear...
Digital Influencers are taking advantage of social media rise to position themselves as effective br...
Women from across the globe purchase and consume cosmetics in order to achieve their appearance goal...
Abstract from short.pdf."December 2013.""A Thesis presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School at...
Using social comparison theory as a basis, this dissertation proposes that female preadolescents and...
Highly attractive models are intended to impact psychologically on message receivers and improve awa...
Vanity appeals and social comparison in advertising can be an effective means of driving purchase be...
Previous research suggests that people high in social comparison and body dissatisfaction perceive a...
“Real” advertising, or advertising products using more “realistically” sized models, has recently be...
This thesis aims to investigate the relationships between vanity, social comparison and purchase beh...
This study investigates the effect of social comparisons with media models on women's body image bas...
Being female models are identical to have an attractive physical appearance such as a tall, thin and...
Introduction The study aims to collaborate to a better understanding of a social phenomenon that h...
This paper examines how young Portuguese women between 18 and 30 years old are influenced by cosmet...
Forms of body decoration exist in all human cultures. However, in Western societies, women are more ...
This paper examines how consumers’ body satisfaction, beliefs about the malleability of their appear...
Digital Influencers are taking advantage of social media rise to position themselves as effective br...