Fear, guilt, and shame appeals in social marketing |
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Authors: | Linda Brennan Wayne Binney |
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Affiliation: | a Faculty of Business and Enterprise, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn Vic, Australia b Faculty of Business & Law, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia |
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Abstract: | This paper presents the results from a qualitative study of income support recipients with regard to how they feel about advertising which overtly appeals to their sense of fear, guilt and shame. The motivation of the study was to provide formative research for a social marketing campaign designed to increase compliance with income reporting requirements. This study shows that negative appeals with this group of people are more likely to invoke self-protection and inaction rather than an active response such as volunteering to comply. Social marketers need to consider the use of fear, guilt and shame to gain voluntary compliance as the study suggests an overuse of these negative appeals. While more formative research is required, the future research direction aim would be to develop an instrument to measure the impact of shame on pro-social decision-making; particularly in the context of close social networks rather than the wider society. |
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Keywords: | Compliance Fear Guilt Shame advertising message appeals Social marketing |
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