Advertising mix determines consumer interest and product quality unraveling.
The article explores how advertising affects consumer behavior when choosing products. It looks at how ads influence what information is shared about a product, like quality, price, and how it compares to others. The study found that lower quality products tend to share more information in ads. Depending on how much it costs to learn about a product, ads first focus on quality, then price, and finally how the product compares to others. The research used examples from airline ads to support these findings.