Investigation of Relationships Among Attitudes Towards Advertising, Conspicuous Consumption and Shopping Addiction in Online Environment Cover Image

Online Ortamda Reklama Yönelik Tutum, Gösteriş Tüketimi ve Alışveriş Bağımlılığı İlişkilerinin İncelenmesi
Investigation of Relationships Among Attitudes Towards Advertising, Conspicuous Consumption and Shopping Addiction in Online Environment

Author(s): İbrahim Bozacı, Şaban Altin, İsmail Gökdeniz
Subject(s): Business Economy / Management, Behaviorism, Substance abuse and addiction, Marketing / Advertising, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: İşletme Araştırmaları Dergisi
Keywords: Online Advertisement; Attitude toward Advertising; Addiction; Shopping; Conspicuous Consumption;

Summary/Abstract: Purpose – Increased internet access, widespread use of internet, and people spending most of their time on the internet cause the emergence of problematic or addictive consumer behavior on the internet. As behavioral addiction types are one of the important and difficult to manage problems of today, in this research, it is aimed to reveal the online shopping addiction and the possible factors that may affect it. Design/methodology/approach – In the Kırıkkale province, the primary data was collected and the data obtained were analyzed by a survey conducted with convenience sampling method. In the analysis of the data, a structural equation model was used for testing hypotheses and confirmatory factor analysis was used for the structural validity of the variables. Findings – According to the research results, the idea that positive attitude towards online advertising affects online conspicuous consumption and online shopping addiction positively. In addition, it has been determined that online conspicuous consumption plays a partial mediating role in the effect of attitude towards online advertising on online addiction.

  • Issue Year: 12/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 1447-1458
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Turkish