I have to want to do it : gaining 'voluntary' compliance with fear, guilt, and shame appeals in social marketing campaigns
Brennan, Linda and Binney, Wayne 2008, I have to want to do it : gaining 'voluntary' compliance with fear, guilt, and shame appeals in social marketing campaigns, in Social good : from global to local. World Social Marketing Conference, National Social Marketing Centre, Brighton, UK, pp. 1-1.
This paper presents 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 fear, guilt and shame to gain voluntary compliance as the study suggests that there has been 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 prosocial decision-making; particularly in the context of social networks rather than the wider society.
Notes
Received Best Paper Award. Abstract on p.64 of linked document.
Language
eng
Field of Research
159999 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective
970115 Expanding Knowledge in Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
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