The Impact of Team's Identification Congruence Between Football Celebrities and Fans on Celebrities Credibility, Advertising, and Brand
- 1 July 2019
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IGI Global Scientific Publishing in International Journal of Online Marketing
- Vol. 9 (3) , 1-22
Abstract
This research aims to find out and analyze the impact of team's identification congruence between football celebrity and fans on fans' attitudes towards credibility of the celebrity, advertising, and brand in a sample of four major fans groups via social media. A quantitative approach was applied through a questionnaire of 377 football fans in an Egyptian league that was distributed, collected and statistically analyzed. The findings revealed that the fans' attitudes towards credibility of the spokesperson, advertising, and brand are statistically and significantly affected by team's identification congruence between football celebrity and fans. The most vital recommendation of this research is that: team's identification congruence between football celebrity and fans should be taken into consideration before designing the advertising.Keywords
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