Comedic-violence--violence depicted humorously--in advertising is growing and seems to be making a connection with certain audiences. Yet, the determining factors that affect responses to this type of appeal are unknown. To address this gap, a survey of 423 U.S. adult Internet users was conducted to test the key factors that predict attitudes toward and sharing intention for comedic-violence advertisements: � demographic (gender and age); � personality (arousal-seeking tendency and normative belief about violence in advertising); and � message-perception (perceived humor and perceived violence). While perceived humor is the key, results further shed light on the characteristics of people who are likely to enjoy and share such advertisements
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