Social Influencers and Healthy Nutrition: The Challenge of Overshadowing Effects and Uninvolved Consumers

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  • Walter Von Mettenheim
  • Klaus-Peter Wiedmann
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OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)365-383
Seitenumfang19
FachzeitschriftJournal of Food Products Marketing
Jahrgang27
Ausgabenummer8-9
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 20 Jan. 2022

Abstract

In this study, the researchers investigate the issue of social influencers as endorsers of healthy nutrition. This issue is highly underexplored and involves two aspects that might pose a special challenge: (1) overshadowing and (2) consumers’ lack of involvement in healthy nutrition. Based on an experiment that included 289 valid observations, the researchers tested two influencer archetypes, namely, an attractive influencer and a sporty influencer. The data were analyzed with structural equation modeling in SmartPLS. For the attractive influencer, the researchers found a small overshadowing effect. The sporty influencer did not elicit any overshadowing. Furthermore, the sporty influencer appeared to have more favorable effects on highly involved consumers. The opposite was true for low-involved consumers: the attractive influencer had a stronger impact. Based on these surprising results, the researchers propose implications for theory and practice.

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Social Influencers and Healthy Nutrition: The Challenge of Overshadowing Effects and Uninvolved Consumers. / Von Mettenheim, Walter; Wiedmann, Klaus-Peter.
in: Journal of Food Products Marketing, Jahrgang 27, Nr. 8-9, 20.01.2022, S. 365-383.

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Von Mettenheim, W & Wiedmann, K-P 2022, 'Social Influencers and Healthy Nutrition: The Challenge of Overshadowing Effects and Uninvolved Consumers', Journal of Food Products Marketing, Jg. 27, Nr. 8-9, S. 365-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454446.2022.2028692
Von Mettenheim, W., & Wiedmann, K.-P. (2022). Social Influencers and Healthy Nutrition: The Challenge of Overshadowing Effects and Uninvolved Consumers. Journal of Food Products Marketing, 27(8-9), 365-383. https://doi.org/10.1080/10454446.2022.2028692
Von Mettenheim W, Wiedmann KP. Social Influencers and Healthy Nutrition: The Challenge of Overshadowing Effects and Uninvolved Consumers. Journal of Food Products Marketing. 2022 Jan 20;27(8-9):365-383. doi: 10.1080/10454446.2022.2028692
Von Mettenheim, Walter ; Wiedmann, Klaus-Peter. / Social Influencers and Healthy Nutrition : The Challenge of Overshadowing Effects and Uninvolved Consumers. in: Journal of Food Products Marketing. 2022 ; Jahrgang 27, Nr. 8-9. S. 365-383.
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