This study analyzes consumers’ attitudes towards television commercials using telephone interviews in Mumbai to provide an insight into the constructs of “advertising likeability” and “advertising dislikeability”. While there have been a number of studies which have emphasized the role of ‘liking’ a commercial as an important evaluative measurement, few studies have observed the what factors cause the ‘liking’ and ‘disliking’ of an advertisement in India. The findings raise some issues for those advertising in the Indian marketplace.
INDIAN JOURNAL OF MARKETING (ISSN 0973-8703) is a double blind peer reviewed refereed monthly journal, which was started in 1968. It is the oldest and the only monthly journal of Marketing in India. It is an authentic research publication dealing with Marketing; Advertising; Consumer Behaviour; Sales Management; Advertising & Promotion Management; Business Education; Business Information Systems (MIS); Business Law; Communication; Direct Marketing; E-Commerce; Global Business; Health Care Administration; Marketing Research; Marketing Theory & Applications; Office Administration/Management; Organizational Development; Production/Operations; Public Administration; Retailing; Sales/Selling; Services; Tourism, Hospitality & Leisure; and Industrial Organization.