Online Shopping Advertisement and Audience Believability: a Study of University of Cross River State Students

Student: Compassion Abeng Philip (Project, 2025)
Department of
Cross Rivers University of Technology, Calabar, Cross Rivers State

Abstract

This study examined online shopping advertisements and audience believability: a study UNICROSS students. The main objectives of the study were to find out the online advertisements believability among UNICROSS students and to ascertain UNICROSS students' attitude towards online advertisements.The study adopted the Cognitive Dissonance Theory, 1957, Technology Acceptance Theory, 1989 , Social Proof Theory, 1984, The methodology employed in this research is the survey research of which the questionnaire as an instrument was administered to 354 respondents who were chosen through purposive sampling technique. The study established that majority of UNICROSS students exhibit a lack of trust in online shopping advertisements,and traditional shopping is preferred to online shopping . Based on the findings, this study recommends that businesses should ensure that they are clear and honest in their marketing messages.

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online shopping unicross students theory advertisements believability research examined audience
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