The document discusses a study comparing the effects of visual tropes versus verbal tropes in advertising. The study found that ads using verbal tropes were remembered more frequently, especially for the brand Tabasco, while ads using visual tropes were better comprehended, especially for the brand Orbit. Both types of tropes had an equal impact on attitudes toward the brands. The implications are that further research is needed on ads using both visual and verbal tropes, art direction is important, and that visual tropes can be effective, just in a different way than verbal tropes.
26. METHODS
Memory
Unaided recall: “What brands do you remember?”
Aided recall: “One of the brands advertised was Tabasco. Do you
remember this ad?”
What was remembered: “What do you remember about this ad?”
Likert scale: “This ad grabbed my attention.”
28. METHODS
Comprehension
“What do you think the ad was trying to say (its message)?”
Likert scale: “The main message of this ad was easy to understand.”
29. METHODS
Comprehension
“What do you think the ad was trying to say (its message)?”
Likert scale: “The main message of this ad was easy to understand.”
Attitude
Likert scale: “I liked this ad.”
30. METHODS
Accepted answers
“this gum will make your smile bright”
“it was a person with a lampshade on their head, and it looked like there
was a light coming from her head (presumably her teeth)”
Unaccepted answers
“i just remember that there was one”
“the girl’s head was covered”
32. RESULTS
Ads that used verbal tropes were remembered more frequently,
especially for the Tabasco brand
33. RESULTS
Ads that used verbal tropes were remembered more frequently,
especially for the Tabasco brand
Ads that used visual tropes were comprehended better, especially for
the Orbit brand.
34. RESULTS
Ads that used verbal tropes were remembered more frequently,
especially for the Tabasco brand
Ads that used visual tropes were comprehended better, especially for
the Orbit brand.
Both types of trope had equal effects on attitude for both brands.
44. IMPLICATIONS
Further study regarding ads that use both types
Art direction is important
Visual tropes do work, just in a different way than verbal tropes!