A Systematic Review of Shock Advertising

Kristina Auxtova, Mary Brennan, Mary Ho

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    Abstract

    This working paper presents an ongoing systematic review of academic research into shock advertising, with the intention of helping academics, practitioners and policy makers to make sense of the nature, extent, and effectiveness of, and audience response to, the use of shock in advertising. Existing research in this field has identified a plethora of concepts and tensions in the use of language, as well as certain inconsistencies and contradictions in both the methods used and results obtained. In response, this systematic review aims to compile an authoritative synthesis of what the current evidence says- a comprehensive, objective and reliable overview of all the disparate strands of the available literature on shock advertising. Systematic review methods have been applied to search for, identify and critically appraise all relevant evidence. Currently, the search results have been retrieved from the databases, de-duplicated and 6939 results are being assessed against the initial relevance criteria. This will be followed by an assessment of study quality and finally, a synthesis and analysis, which will help identify gaps for future research and allow for a deeper and more objective understanding of the nature, extent, and effectiveness of, and audience response to, the use of shock in advertising.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationThe Academy of Marketing 2015 Conference Proceedings
    Place of PublicationLimerick
    PublisherUniversity of Limerick
    Number of pages10
    ISBN (Electronic)9781905952649
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    EventAcademy of Marketing 2015 - Limerick, Ireland
    Duration: 7 Sept 20159 Sept 2015

    Conference

    ConferenceAcademy of Marketing 2015
    Country/TerritoryIreland
    CityLimerick
    Period7/09/159/09/15

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