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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MARKETING
Volume 38, Issue 1, Pages 136-154Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijresmar.2020.04.007
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Temporal landmark; Attentional focus; Temporal-spatial congruity
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This research shows that framing temporal landmarks as either start or end influences consumers' attentional focus and judgments, affecting their preference for target objects.
A particular point in time can be framed as either the start or end of a given time period. However, limited research is available on how such temporal landmarks influence consumers' judgments. This research addresses this issue by investigating how start vs. end temporal landmarks influence consumers' attentional focus and subsequent judgments. Six studies demonstrate that framing a temporal landmark as the start of a time period shifts visual attention to the left, while framing a temporal landmark as the end of a time period shifts visual attention to the right. By changing attentional focus within the visual-spatial environment, a temporal-spatial congruity between a temporal landmark (start vs. end) and the location of a target object (left vs. right) increases people's preference for that target object. Overall, these findings provide valuable implications for marketing theory and practice. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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