The Secrecy Effect: Secret Consumption Polarizes Product Evaluations
Results from six studies show that secret consumption prompts resulted in more extreme (polarized) product evaluations. Well-liked products received more positive evaluations, and disliked products received more negative evaluations, compared to evaluations in non-secret conditions. We identify preoccupation and attitude polarization as the primary drivers for these outcomes.
Citation:
Maria A Rodas and Deborah Roedder John (2018) ,"The Secrecy Effect: Secret Consumption Polarizes Product Evaluations", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46, eds. Andrew Gershoff, Robert Kozinets, and Tiffany White, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 144-148.
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Maria A Rodas, University of Minnesota, USA
Deborah Roedder John, University of Minnesota, USA
Volume
NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 46 | 2018
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