Effects of the Variation of Rhetorical Ambiguity on Advertising Persuasion : Mediating Role of the Mental Imagery and Moderating Role of the Tolerance to Ambiguity

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Mzoughi, Mohamed-Nabil ; Chaieb, Safa ; Garrouch, Karim:
Effects of the Variation of Rhetorical Ambiguity on Advertising Persuasion : Mediating Role of the Mental Imagery and Moderating Role of the Tolerance to Ambiguity.
In: Marketing : ZFP. Vol. 45 (2023) Issue 3 . - pp. 75-90.
ISSN 0344-1369
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15358/0344-1369-2023-3-75

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Rhetoric transforms a simple proposal into a more elaborate structure. There is a controversy about the impact of rhetorical figures’ complexity and about the effect of mental imagery on persuasion. There is no previous research
on the impact of different levels of ambiguity on the mental-imagery process. The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of different levels of rhetorical ambiguity on persuasion. Mental imagery is integrated
as a mediating variable, and tolerance to ambiguity as a moderating one. Structural equation modeling and analysis of variance were applied. The results show that the variation of the effect of ambiguity on emotions is a function
of the level of tolerance to ambiguity. Besides, the more the level of ambiguity increases, the more the impact on the mental imagery decreases. The mediating role of mental imagery between ambiguity and persuasion is established. The contributions apply mainly to the advertising field.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Refereed:	Yes
Subject classification:	Marketing
Institutions of the University:	Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration Faculties > Faculty of Law, Business and Economics > Department of Business Administration > Chair Business Administration XIV - Marketing and Innovation Faculties
Result of work at the UBT:	No
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
Date Deposited:	11 Dec 2023 08:31
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2023 08:31
URI:	https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/88004