Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

5-2022

Abstract

Voiceover narration is a production technique commonly used in reward-based crowdfunding videos. We posit that in these videos, hearing more narrator voices describing the crowdfunding product can systematically influence consumers’ attention and processing of the message, thereby facilitating persuasion. We employed a multi-method approach, including experimentation, natural language processing, text mining, and machine learning. Results across four studies—including real-world datasets and controlled experiments—show that the effect (1) has consequential, economic implications in a real-world marketplace, (2) is more pronounced when the message is easier to comprehend, and (3) is more pronounced when consumers have the capacity to process the narrated message. Substantive and theoretical implications are discussed.

Keywords

Crowdfunding, Video, Persuasion

Discipline

Marketing | Organizational Behavior and Theory

Research Areas

Operations Management; Marketing; Strategy and Organisation; Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources

Publication

Proceedings of the 51st Annual Conference of The European Marketing Academy, Budapest, Hungary, 2022 May 24-27

Volume

51

Publisher

European Marketing Academy

City or Country

Hungary

Comments

http://proceedings.emac-online.org/pdfs/A2022-107605.pdf

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