TY - BOOK
T1 - Sponsorship effectiveness and message placement in live broadcasts
T2 - Assessing the influence of sport-specific factors and state of the art research approaches
AU - Herold, Elisa
N1 - Kumulative Dissertation
PY - 2024/6/26
Y1 - 2024/6/26
N2 - Despite the significant growth of sport sponsorship and attention research in general, sport sponsorship evaluation continues to be an object of debate within the literature and it seems challenging to offer a universal evaluation solution for companies. In line with the ongoing debate, in-stadium message placement presents unique challenges, however, has been repeatedly questioned. As during live broadcasts, the in-stadium messages share the screen with the media content that holds the audience’s primary interest, sponsor messages are typically processed by consumers as peripheral signals rather than central ones. In contrast to the peripheral nature of sponsor messages displayed during live broadcasts, the sport game is the core element, which the consumers are interested in the most. However, the influence of sport-specific factors on sponsorship effectiveness has rarely been researched so far. Furthermore, academics and practitioners alike advocate the need for advanced sponsorship evaluation calling for more reliable measures of sponsorship effectiveness and more connectivity between theory and practice. Thus, this dissertation aims to close these gaps by investigating the influence of two sport-specific factors that might affect consumers’ visual attention allocation towards sponsor messages: in-stadium spectators and the sport game itself. Furthermore, an AI approach was utilized to address the need for enhanced application of academic findings for practitioners. Based on the concept of multi-sided markets and the predictions of the LC4MP model, multi-level modelling revealed a significant association of in-stadium spectators and the game with consumers’ visual attention allocation on sponsor messages. Both factors can be conceptualized as significant determinants of sponsorship effectiveness throughout sport live broadcasts. Additionally, testing two AI models, one aligned with theoretical predictions, the other one adapted due to available data of practitioners, demonstrated applicability of research results for practitioners and enhanced sponsorship effectiveness based on a timely evaluation approach.
AB - Despite the significant growth of sport sponsorship and attention research in general, sport sponsorship evaluation continues to be an object of debate within the literature and it seems challenging to offer a universal evaluation solution for companies. In line with the ongoing debate, in-stadium message placement presents unique challenges, however, has been repeatedly questioned. As during live broadcasts, the in-stadium messages share the screen with the media content that holds the audience’s primary interest, sponsor messages are typically processed by consumers as peripheral signals rather than central ones. In contrast to the peripheral nature of sponsor messages displayed during live broadcasts, the sport game is the core element, which the consumers are interested in the most. However, the influence of sport-specific factors on sponsorship effectiveness has rarely been researched so far. Furthermore, academics and practitioners alike advocate the need for advanced sponsorship evaluation calling for more reliable measures of sponsorship effectiveness and more connectivity between theory and practice. Thus, this dissertation aims to close these gaps by investigating the influence of two sport-specific factors that might affect consumers’ visual attention allocation towards sponsor messages: in-stadium spectators and the sport game itself. Furthermore, an AI approach was utilized to address the need for enhanced application of academic findings for practitioners. Based on the concept of multi-sided markets and the predictions of the LC4MP model, multi-level modelling revealed a significant association of in-stadium spectators and the game with consumers’ visual attention allocation on sponsor messages. Both factors can be conceptualized as significant determinants of sponsorship effectiveness throughout sport live broadcasts. Additionally, testing two AI models, one aligned with theoretical predictions, the other one adapted due to available data of practitioners, demonstrated applicability of research results for practitioners and enhanced sponsorship effectiveness based on a timely evaluation approach.
M3 - Dissertations
BT - Sponsorship effectiveness and message placement in live broadcasts
PB - Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln
CY - Köln
ER -