Journal Article

·2019

Effects of Cognitive Load and Game Involvement on Affective Responses in Branded Entertainment

Ayşegül Sağkaya Güngör , Tuğçe Ozansoy Çadırcı YTU

International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of cognitive load and game involvement on consumers' affective responses while comparing single and multi-brand settings in advergames. An experiment was conducted to study the differences between single and multi-brand settings at different levels of cognitive load, with the interaction of game involvement. Results showed that although there was no significant attitude difference towards single and multi-brand settings in advergames, the players' attitude towards the main brand is more positive in a single brand setting. Second, different levels of cognitive load affect attitude towards the main brand both in single and multi-brand settings, but the attitude change is observed only in single brand setting at high cognitive load. The results of the third analysis yielded that game involvement along with high cognitive load affects all attitudes positively.

Keywords

Cognitive load Cognition Affect (linguistics) Psychology Advertising Entertainment Social psychology Business Communication

Subject Areas

Technology Adoption and User Behaviour ·Information Systems and Management ·Social Sciences
Digital Marketing and Social Media ·Sociology and Political Science ·Social Sciences
Media Influence and Health ·Literature and Literary Theory ·Social Sciences