The effect of location on perceived intrusiveness of mobile ads

We report on two studies researching the effect of mobile location-based ads to perceived intrusiveness of those ads. For the reported studies, shoppers received an ad on a smartphone in a simulated 3D supermarket (projected in 4 rear-projection screens each 3.6 meters wide by 2.6 meters high). Participants received either a location-congruent ad (showing a product on a shelf near the consumer), or a location-incongruent ad (the advertised product was not near the consumer). Our results show that consumers perceive less intrusiveness when receiving location-congruent ads.