This document summarizes research on students' perceptions and attitudes toward advertising on social media. The research examined how the invasiveness of advertisements correlates with annoyance levels and how increased advertising leads to decreased social media use. Quantitative findings showed that 78% of students felt advertisers were invading their privacy and that pop-up ads and autoplaying audio were the most annoying ad features. Students also reported Facebook and Twitter as having the most annoying ads and that 73% never click on ads.
This document summarizes research on students' perceptions and attitudes toward advertising on social media. The research examined how the invasiveness of advertisements correlates with annoyance levels and how increased advertising leads to decreased social media use. Quantitative findings showed that 78% of students felt advertisers were invading their privacy and that pop-up ads and autoplaying audio were the most annoying ad features. Students also reported Facebook and Twitter as having the most annoying ads and that 73% never click on ads.
This document summarizes research on students' perceptions and attitudes toward advertising on social media. The research examined how the invasiveness of advertisements correlates with annoyance levels and how increased advertising leads to decreased social media use. Quantitative findings showed that 78% of students felt advertisers were invading their privacy and that pop-up ads and autoplaying audio were the most annoying ad features. Students also reported Facebook and Twitter as having the most annoying ads and that 73% never click on ads.
To examine students perceptions of- and attitudes towardssocial media advertising
Research Questions:
1. What are students perceptions of- and attitudes
towards- advertising on social media? 2. How do these attitudes impact students use of those social media networks?
Qualitative Research
The invasiveness of advertisements correlates with social media users level of
annoyance. Invasion of privacy leads to mixed perceptions among social media users. Increased advertising results in a decrease of social media users.
Quantitative Research
78% believe advertisers are invading
privacy.
What is your level of annoyance with
advertisements on the following social media networks?
Pop-up ads and audiomatic audio are the
most invasive type/feature. Overall, respondents believe social media advertising is annoying. Facebook and Twitter have the most annoying advertisements.
73% do not ever click on
advertisements.
Research conducted by Caroline Leonard,
Christina Daniels-Freeman, Monica Evans, Jesse Bauld, and Sean Lauwers