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2321-5763 (Online)
0976-495X (Print)


Author(s): Ankush Bhargava, Rajanikant Verma

Email(s): ankush.bhargava@hotmail.com , verma.rajanikant@gmail.com

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Address: Ankush Bhargava1, Dr. Rajanikant Verma2
1Assistant Professor, Commerce Department, Zakir Husain Post Graduate Evening College (University of Delhi), Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110002
2Associate Professor, Commerce Department, Zakir Husain Post Graduate Evening College (University of Delhi), Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, New Delhi-110002
*Corresponding Author

Published In:   Volume - 5,      Issue - 2,     Year - 2014


ABSTRACT:
A fear appeal posits the risks of using and not using a specific product, service, or idea such that if you don’t “buy,” some particular dire consequences will occur. That is, fear appeals rely on a threat to an individual’s well-being that motivates him or her toward action, e.g. increasing control over a situation or preventing an unwanted outcome. However, the scope of fear appeal is not limited in using it alone. It has been observed that fear appeal is used subliminally along with other appeals playing the lead role in various advertisement The purpose of this paper is to review and examine the fear appeal hidden in various advertisements which are classified under different appeals such as Humour, Patriotism, self esteem etc and their impact on purchase behaviour of the viewers. In particular, this paper includes the following sections: introduction, definition of a fear appeal, study of a few advertisements showing subliminal use of fear appeals, and summary.


Cite this article:
Ankush Bhargava, Rajanikant Verma. Foreign Direct Investment and Retailing – A New Way Forward. Asian J. Management 5(2): April-June, 2014 page 117-120.

Cite(Electronic):
Ankush Bhargava, Rajanikant Verma. Foreign Direct Investment and Retailing – A New Way Forward. Asian J. Management 5(2): April-June, 2014 page 117-120.   Available on: https://ajmjournal.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2014-5-2-2


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