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Alcohol's Getting a Bit More Social: When Alcohol Marketing Messages on Facebook Increase Young Adults’ Intentions to Imbibe

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In this paper, the effects of social media marketing of alcoholic beverages using a 2 (likes: low vs. high) × 2 (shares: high vs. low) × 3 (display ad type: alcohol ad vs. antibinge drinking PSA vs. local bank) × 6 (status update repetitions) experimental design was investigated.
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This study investigates the effects of social media marketing of alcoholic beverages using a 2 (likes: low vs. high) × 2 (shares: low vs. high) × 3 (display ad type: alcohol ad vs. antibinge drinking PSA vs. local bank) × 6 (status update repetitions) experimental design. The study examines how evaluations of alcohol marketing status updates and display advertisements predict social media users’ intentions to consume alcohol, as a function of message virality and display ad type. Participants’ viral behavioral intentions (intentions to like, share, and comment on) for status updates were strongest in predicting intentions to consume alcohol, and this relationship was strongest when the Facebook status update had high likes and shares. The article argues that alcohol marketing on social media reflects a social norm of alcohol consumption, which leads users to consume more alcoholic drinks. Findings are discussed within the framework of persuasion theories and policy changes regarding regulation of alcohol ...

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Social Media Marketing: A Literature Review and Implications

TL;DR: This article carried out content analysis and systemizing articles on social media marketing in the Web of Science database, in accordance with a variation on the systematic review approach, involving synthesis-and interpretation-based assessment.
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Marketing to Youth in the Digital Age: The Promotion of Unhealthy Products and Health Promoting Behaviours on Social Media

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore emerging evidence about the extent of exposure to marketing of these harmful products through social media platforms and potential impacts of exposure on adolescent health, with the purpose of describing innovative campaigns and highlighting lessons learned for creating effective social media interventions.
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Social drinking on social media: Content analysis of the social aspects of alcohol-related posts on Facebook and Instagram

TL;DR: In terms of content and processes, alcohol posts on social media are social in nature and a part of young people’s everyday social lives and interventions aiming to decrease alcohol posts should therefore focus on the broad social context of individuals in which posting about alcohol takes place.
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User generated content presenting brands on social media increases young adults’ purchase intention

TL;DR: On Facebook, companies not only actively spread branded content themselves, but also encourage users to do so as discussed by the authors. Hence, persuasive messages blend into the stream of content, making it increasingly d...
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The Effects of Digital Marketing of Unhealthy Commodities on Young People: A Systematic Review

TL;DR: One of the key findings was that marketers used peer-to-peer transmission of messages on social networking sites to blur the boundary between marketing contents and online peer activities, which provided insights on how digital marketing exerts effects on young people.
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