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MSI: Do Ad-Blockers Help — or Hurt — Consumers?

The emerging digital advertising ecosystem is rich with opportunities, but not without its challenges. One significant yet unforeseen one has been ad blockers. These hurt publishers and advertisers. Yet, consumers believe they benefit from them, since it gives them more control over their online experience. Is this true? New research finds that ad blockers may also make it harder for new brands to break through and compete, which leads to greater market concentration.  Read the article.

Do Ad-Blockers Help — or Hurt — Consumers?

Do Ad-Blockers Help — or Hurt — Consumers?

  • MSI

The emerging digital advertising ecosystem is rich with opportunities, but not without its challenges. One significant yet unforeseen one has been ad-blockers. These hurt publishers and advertisers. Yet, consumers believe they benefit from them, since it gives them more control over their online experience. Is this true? New research finds that ad-blockers may also make it harder for new brands to break through and complete, which leads to greater market concentration.

NYCU: Consumers Want More Control of Their Personal Data

  • Posted: August 26, 2020

A KPMG survey reveals that US consumers are becoming increasingly concerned with, and distrustful of, how companies use, manage and protect their personal data. They want both corporations and the government to play an active role in protecting consumer data.

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A New Benchmark Brings Good News for Radio Advertising (Summary)

A New Benchmark Brings Good News for Radio Advertising (Summary)

  • Aaron Michelon, Steven Bellman, Margaret Faulkner, Justin Cohen, Johan Bruwer
  • JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH

Radio advertisers have been relying on earlier research that showed that as much as one-third of their audience switch stations during advertising breaks. But the authors of a forthcoming study in JAR, available now online, claim that number is misleading. Their new benchmark—about one-tenth of current estimates—could attract greater investment in this advertising medium.

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What Makes People Avoid Ads on Social Media?

What Makes People Avoid Ads on Social Media?

  • C. L. Miltgen (Audencia Business School, France), A.-S. Cases (Univ. of Montpellier), and C. A. Russell (Pepperdine Univ.)
  • JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING RESEARCH

An empirical study of Facebook data has broad implications for advertisers on social media platforms. This research found a link between consumers’ response to ads and their perceptions about intrusiveness and privacy concerns—as well as whether they were using a computer or mobile device.

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Ad Blocking & Google Chrome

  • Posted: March 1, 2018

Google’s Chrome will now block all ads on sites that don’t adhere to the ad quality standards set by the Coalition for Better Ads, an industry group that counts Google, Facebook, P&G, the Interactive Advertising Bureau, and the Association of National Advertisers among its members.

Google surveyed more than 25,000 consumers in Europe and North America on dozens of ad formats and ranked them by how “annoying” they found each one. They tested 55 desktop ad formats and 49 mobile formats and presented the findings to the group. Ultimately, the coalition defined 12 ad experiences that will trip the blocker across desktop and mobile, including pop-up ads, autoplay video with sound, prestitial ads with and without countdown clocks, large sticky ads, full-screen scroll-overs and flashing animated ads. Also, full-page ad interstitials, ads that unexpectedly play sound, and flashing ads.

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