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Does Offline TV Advertising Affect Online Chatter? Quasi-Experimental Analysis Using Synthetic Control

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  • Seshadri Tirunillai

    (C. T. Bauer College of Business, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204)

  • Gerard J. Tellis

    (Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089)

Abstract

This study analyzes the impact of offline television advertising on multiple metrics of online chatter or user-generated content. The context is a quasi experiment in which a focal brand undertakes a massive advertising campaign for a short period of time. The authors estimate multiple dimensions of chatter (popularity, negativity, visibility, and virality) from numerous raw metrics using the content and the hyperlink structure of consumer reviews and blogs. The authors use the method of synthetic control to construct a counterfactual (synthetic) brand as a convex combination of the rivals during the preadvertising period. The gap in the dimensions of chatter between the focal brand and the synthetic brand in the test versus advertising periods assesses the influence of advertising. Offline television advertising causes a short but significant positive effect on online chatter. This effect is stronger on information-spread dimensions (visibility and virality) than on content-based dimensions (popularity and negativity). Importantly, advertising has a small short-term effect in decreasing negativity in online chatter.

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  • Seshadri Tirunillai & Gerard J. Tellis, 2017. "Does Offline TV Advertising Affect Online Chatter? Quasi-Experimental Analysis Using Synthetic Control," Marketing Science, INFORMS, vol. 36(6), pages 862-878, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormksc:v:36:y:2017:i:6:p:862-878
    DOI: 10.1287/mksc.2017.1040
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