Acceptance of product placement in social networking sites: the mediating role of materialism
Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication
ISSN: 2514-9342
Article publication date: 16 February 2022
Issue publication date: 25 July 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the predictors of product placement acceptance in social networking sites (SNSs) and the mediating role of consumer materialism in the relationship between SNSs usage frequency and product placement acceptance.
Design/methodology/approach
A survey was conducted with a structured questionnaire for a sample of 327 SNSs users in Sri Lanka. The collected data were analyzed using partial least squares–structural equation modeling with Smart PLS to test the hypotheses derived.
Findings
The results of this study revealed that SNSs usage frequency and consumer materialism positively predict the acceptance of product placement in SNSs and materialism partially mediates the relationship between SNSs usage frequency and product placement acceptance in SNSs.
Originality/value
This study fills the gap in the existing literature by finding the factors that predict the acceptance of product placement in SNSs and the mediation effect of consumer materialism in the relationship between SNSs usage frequency and acceptance of product placement in SNSs.
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Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the constructive comments provided by the reviewers, to improve the quality of the manuscript.
Author disclosure statement: No competing financial interests exist.
Citation
Wijesundara, T. and Kumara, S. (2023), "Acceptance of product placement in social networking sites: the mediating role of materialism", Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication, Vol. 72 No. 6/7, pp. 612-627. https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-04-2021-0073
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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