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When posting about products in social media backfires: the negative effects of consumer identity signaling on product interest

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Consumers frequently express themselves by posting about products on social media. Because consumers can use physical products to signal their identities, posting about products on social media may be a way for consumers to virtually signal identity. The authors propose that there are conditions in which this action can paradoxically reduce a consumer’s subsequent purchase intentions. Five experiments demonstrate that posting products on social media that are framed as being identity-relevant...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1177/0022243718821960

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Institution:
University of Oxford
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SSD
Oxford college:
Worcester College
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Publisher:
SAGE Publications Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Marketing Research Journal website
Volume:
56
Issue:
2
Pages:
197-210
Publication date:
2019-01-14
Acceptance date:
2018-08-30
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EISSN:
1547-7193
ISSN:
0022-2437
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pubs:912027
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uuid:8d05cf0d-db22-48e5-901a-f6badb4e36a7
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pubs:912027
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912027
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2018-09-05

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