Cross-Platform

• Audience & Media Measurement
• Article

The ARF 5th Annual Privacy Study

One of the ARF’s most anticipated reports for both membership and the press, the 2022 Privacy Study surveyed 1,273 American consumers from May 14th to 27th, 2022. This was done via a Qualtrics online sample and platform. The report contains perennial questions regarding mobile and PC usage, willingness to share digital data, trust and how well privacy terms are understood. In the latest report, questions about the acceptability of using personal data under various circumstances and for various purposes were also added.

• Ad Effectiveness & ROI
• Article

What Drives Customer Online Engagement

• MSI

We have seen a significant increase in consumer participation in social media over the last decade. This can have a substantial benefit to firms. The problem is, while many consumers join platforms, they tend to spend less time on them over time. To have a sustainable social media marketing program, customer engagement must be maintained over the duration.

• Creative & Branded Content
• Article

How Do Pop-Up and Floating Ads Affect Attention and Attitudes?

• JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH

Unexpected ads—like pop-ups and floaters—affect people’s attention and attitudes differently, depending on their location, the degree of unexpectedness and the user’s task level, new research has found. The study’s findings offer fresh evidence toward helping advertisers and website service providers design attention-grabbing ads.

• Targets & Segments
• Article

What Drives Consumers to Share Their Data in Addressable TV?

• JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH

Addressable advertising on television enables better targeting and measurement of TV ad campaigns, but gaining access to consumer data is essential for its effectiveness and development. So, what can advertisers do to make people more willing to share their data? New research offers insights into developing personalization initiatives aimed at alleviating privacy concerns.

• Audience & Media Measurement
• Article

The ARF Attention Report

• ARF & THE ATTENTION COUNCIL

The ARF partnered with the UK’s Attention Council on this project, whose aim was to gauge the level of interest in attention metrics among ARF members and the Wonks community. Sixty-three participants took the survey in January of this year (2022). The qualitative study focuses on variations among the industry’s sectors in their outlook on attention metrics. The differences in outlook between researchers and the buy-side were particularly interesting.

• Audience & Media Measurement
• Article

The ARF's 4th Annual Privacy Study

• ADVERTISING RESEARCH FOUNDATION

One of the ARF’s most anticipated reports, the 2021 Privacy Study surveyed 1,280 American consumers from May 14 to the 26, 2021, via a Qualtrics online sample and platform. This report contains perennial questions regarding mobile and PC usage, willingness to share digital data, trust and how well privacy terms are understood. In the latest report, as in the 2020 version, we added questions about the acceptability of using personal data under various circumstances and for various purposes.

• Research & Data Quality
• Article

When Consumers Tune Out: A New Scale Evaluates Ad Disengagement

• JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH

Why do consumers tune out advertising messaging, and what can marketers do about it? There is plenty of research about consumer engagement, but very little on disengagement. New research has filled that gap by broadening the definition of disengagement, identifying the cause for it, and developing a scale for measuring it.

• Research & Data Quality
• Article

Aggregating Location Data for Privacy and Profit

• MSI

Using mobile location data to improve targeting marketing is a good strategy, but the downside is that it can increase consumer concern over privacy. What’s a better way to do it? Instead of aggregating data by home location, doing so by the centroid of brand sites visited can result in good predictions, while still maintaining individual anonymity.

• Targets & Segments
• Article

Can Online Social Pressure be Good for You?

• MSI

Virtual Support Communities (VSCs) can have both positive and negative consequences for users. On the one hand, VSCs provide information and emotional support, which can help members achieve health and wellness goals. On the other, the social dynamics are such that community managers or admins must understand how to control them, and how such forces affect consumer engagement.

• Targets & Segments
• Article

What Drives Consumers to Follow Influencers?

• JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH

Influencer advertising is on the rise, yet we know little about what prompts consumers to engage with the “star of the show”. A new study identifies six particular consumer segments that follow influencers, uncovering why they do so and how they react to influencer content—insights that serve as a guide to managing influencer/endorser relationships.