Abstract
Psychologists and anthropologists have long absented that people in different cultures have different self-concepts in terms of the relation between self and other people. The separated self-schema or "separatedness" is most often attributed to Western cultures. Applies the connectedness-separateness theory to test a set of hypotheses using content analysis of advertising themes across cultures. Results revealed that "connected appeals" were used more in PRC advertising, while "separated appeals" were used more in US advertising. Target audiences and product types were, found to moderate the cultural effect. The findings were, predicted and explained by the connectedness-separateness self-schema theory. Implications and future research directions are discussed.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 145-159 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | International Marketing Review |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2001 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Business and International Management
- Marketing
User-Defined Keywords
- Advertising
- International marketing
- Marketing communications
- National cultures