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 dc.contributor.advisor Thorson, Esther eng dc.contributor.author Lee, Joonghwa, 1977- eng dc.date.issued 2012 eng dc.date.submitted 2012 Fall eng dc.description Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on June 11, 2014). eng dc.description.abstract This study employs conjoint analysis to ask which online video advertising formats consumers prefer. Research has shown that online consumers prefer to watch entertainment programming without the information of ads, yet ads are generally the heart of most online content programming business models. Thus, it is important to test whether giving people a choice of ads they have to watch helps how much they are willing to pay for entertainment content to avoid video ads, and what the influence of ad length is on those preferences. The study also looks at how other consumer responses, like advertising skepticism and attitude toward advertising in general, influence their preference structures. Choice-based conjoint experiment was employed with four attributes: ad choice (ad choice vs. no ad choice), length of online video ads (15 seconds vs. 30 seconds), number of online video ads (1 ad vs. 2 ads vs. 3 ads), and membership price ($0 vs.$1.99 vs. $4.99 vs.$9.99). Overall, 223 college students participated in the experiment. Data analysis consisted of two phases: counting analysis and multinomial logit analysis. The results indicated the impact of giving participants ad alternatives (i.e., ad choice) when using online video ads. Also, it was found that participants want to watch fewer ads and pay less money to buy membership on video sharing websites to avoid ads. However, considering the interaction effects, it is recommended using online video ads with ad choice and 15 seconds. Moreover, although participants preferred to watch fewer online video ads, when including ad choice in online video ads it is possible to increase the number of ads. Regarding the trade-offs between watching ads for free content and paying for ad-free content, negative ad perception did not generate the trade-offs, while positive ad perception supported the trade-offs. Therefore, it is possible that consumers who have positive ad perceptions may accept the option of purchasing membership on video sharing websites, which in turn gives platform providers opportunities for a business strategy for their websites. The implications of these findings for researchers and advertisers are further discussed. eng dc.format.extent pages eng dc.identifier.oclc n/a eng dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10355/43177 dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.32469/10355/43177 eng dc.language English eng dc.publisher University of Missouri--Columbia eng dc.relation.ispartofcommunity University of Missouri--Columbia. Graduate School. Theses and Dissertations eng dc.rights OpenAccess. eng dc.rights.license This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License. dc.subject Online video advertising eng dc.subject.FAST Internet videos eng dc.subject.FAST Internet advertising eng dc.subject.FAST Consumers -- Attitudes eng dc.title Conjoint analysis for effective use of online video advertising on video sharing websites eng dc.type Thesis eng thesis.degree.discipline Journalism (MU) eng thesis.degree.grantor University of Missouri--Columbia eng thesis.degree.level Doctoral eng thesis.degree.name Ph. D. eng
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