Close encounters of the AI kind: Use of AI influencers as brand endorsers

VL Thomas, K Fowler - Journal of Advertising, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
… developed when an influencer behaves badly should result in a decrease … endorsers engage
in behaviors that are perceived poorly by consumers, the brand with which the endorser is

Athlete–brand relationships in the era of “cancel culture”: Insights, analyses, and strategic development

RMD Mesler, K Howie, J Vredenburg… - Sport marketing in a …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
… resolution can take myriad forms, but critical to this stage is … For example, being fired (eg,
Michael Vick from the Atlanta … tive endorsements or other contracts (eg, Ryan Lochte following …

The effects of pre-scandal associations of athlete endorsers and scandal types on consumer blame and eWOM

S Sato, YJ Ko, D Kim, JS Lee - International Journal of Sports …, 2023 - emerald.com
… Numerous brands and companies pursue athlete celebrities as endorsers of their products
and services. However, celebrity endorsement has been considered a double-edged sword

Celebrity endorser scandal: a literature review and future research agenda

K Wei - Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose In recent years, negative spokesperson incidents have raised significant concerns
in academia and industry. While several studies have addressed celebrity endorser scandals…

[PDF][PDF] Publicity about Athlete Endorsers Affects Responses to Ads via Motivational Activation.

GL Read, JJ Kim, S Sun, Y Seo… - Sport Marketing …, 2022 - researchgate.net
… and, thus, do not activate; negative information about the athlete endorser might become a
… that negative publicity about the endorser of an unfamiliar brand will result in less favorable …

Athlete Endorsement and the Business of Sports Amid Covid-19: Lessons from a Digital Media Consumption Enquiry

L Mobberley, J Vredenburg - Digital Marketing in Sports, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
… , and begging the question: How do we navigate appropriate endorsement practice in a
pandemic? By definition, celebrity athlete endorsement is the ability of a sporting individual to …

When should a brand cut ties with a scandalized endorser?

S Sato, A Arai, Y Tsuji, M Kay - Communication & Sport, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
… Yet this marketing communication strategy is also recognized to be a double-edged sword.
Celebrity endorsers are often involved in misbehaviors that receive keen media attention (…

The Intention Of China's Generation-Y To Abandon A Brand After A Celebrity Endorsement Scandal: A Theory Of Planned Behavior Approach

P Van Caenegem, Y Liang - 2022 - diva-portal.org
… to said endorsements. Indeed, celebrity endorsement strategies can be a double-edged
sword, … Other examples, among many others, include Ryan Lochte’s fake robbery and Maria …

Modeling the role of endorsement on brand loyalty of shooting athlete with mediating E-worth of mouth (case study: Walther Gun)

M Bahreini, H Abdolmaleki… - … in Sport Media, 2022 - sportmedia.journals.pnu.ac.ir
… Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of Endorsement on Brand … in
this study were EWord of mouth questionnaire of Bambuer (2011), Endorsement of Mahmoudi …

Consumer activism and social movements

J Vredenburg, A Spry - The Routledge Companion to …, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
… What did Ryan Lochte do? The double-edged sword of endorsers behaving badly.
International Journal of Sports Marketing and Sponsorship, 19(3), 290–305. https:// doi.org/10.1108/…