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The respondents were interviewed with the structured\n.ruestionnaire.\nThe respondents, especially respondents in low social class, liked to watch TV ads. They\nrreferred Korean and Chinese TV series on MWD channel. They appreciated TV ads, which\nwere dramatized humorous appeal with celebrities. They could comprehend more the\nmessages from that kind of TV ads. Although they received brand awareness from the TV\nads. they usually confirmed the message of the TV ads with message from the word of mouth\nsource. The word of mouth source included comments from friends, specialists,\nneighborhood vendors, retailers. They perceived that the products advertised on TV were low\ninvolvement products. After watching TV ads the respondents, especially from low social\nclass, made trial purchase. 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Myanmar Television Commercial and Consumer Behavior
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This study intended to learn the Myanmar consumer response behavior when a promotional message stimulates them. In this study, Myanmar TV channels were selected as rhe media by which the promotional messages are conveyed. The study contributes new tindings by exploring two new areas of studies, advertising and consumer behaviour in \ft'anmar. The specific objectives of the study are (l) to study consumer's media habits, (2) to assess consumer's attitudes toward TV commercials. (3) to analyze consumer's response behavior towards TV commercials, and (4) to examine possible business implications of consurner's response behaviour towards TV commercials. Both qualitative and quantitative studies were carried out in order to analyze thc cfl-cct of Myanmar T'V commercials on consumer behavior. A qualitative study named Focus Group Discussion (FGD) was conducted to explore new insights into the eff-ect of TV cclmmercials trn conSUmer behavior. In order to verify the findings of Focus Group Discussions. a questionnaire survey with a larger sample was also conducted. Six lbcus groups were formed with people living in Yangon area according to their social class and gender. The study' determined three social classes, low. middle, and high. Each social class was divided into two groups; a male group and a female group. 'fhen. six fbcus discussions were carried out u,ith the following guideline questions. 1 . l-hc habits of watching TV 2. Tlie usage of other media I 3. The preferred types of TV commercials 4. The perception on the majority of products being advertised on TV -5. 'fhe attitudes toward TV commercials 6. The believability of niessage from TV commercials 7. The response behavior 8. The choice of outlet for the purchase of products being advertised on TV The questionnaire survev rvith 400 respondents \\,as carried out to gather the intbnnation about the consumer behavior influenced b;- TV commercials. To compare with FGD study'. these respondents rvere selected according to the different social classes and the diltercnl .,enders. 'l'he convc'nient sample was selected lrom 2A toll'nships in Yangon CitryDevelopment Committee Area. The respondents were interviewed with the structured .ruestionnaire. The respondents, especially respondents in low social class, liked to watch TV ads. They rreferred Korean and Chinese TV series on MWD channel. They appreciated TV ads, which were dramatized humorous appeal with celebrities. They could comprehend more the messages from that kind of TV ads. Although they received brand awareness from the TV ads. they usually confirmed the message of the TV ads with message from the word of mouth source. The word of mouth source included comments from friends, specialists, neighborhood vendors, retailers. They perceived that the products advertised on TV were low involvement products. After watching TV ads the respondents, especially from low social class, made trial purchase. There were no relationships between trial purchase. source credibility, and the acceptance of TV ads. The study brings out some business implications relating to target audience selection, media strategy. message strategy, and distribution strategy for the advertisers. TV comnrercials should aim to reach the audience in all social class since they generally appreciate TV commercials. Especially, it was found out that the respondents in low social class relied on TV media more because they did not use other media. This study found out that the respondents living in Yangon preferred to MWD channel. However. it should be noted that MWD did not reach all rural areas. Therefore, the advertisers who use TV commercials should take into account the geographical target market o1'their products when they choose the TV channels. To receive the positive attitude towards TV ads. which can lead to trial pychase. the advertisers should use TV ads, which arer dramatized humorous appeal with celebrities. For reliability of the TV ads, the advertisers should be beware that the quality and the specifications of the product are consistent with the message of TV ad. So far there is no relationship between the acceptance of TV ads and the source credibility. Advertising on TV is the appropriate strategy for the advertisers who produce andlor sell the lor.r-involvement products in large scale. One reason that the advertising on TV should accompaltv large-scale production is to reach the huge market of low involvement products by, using efficient distribution scheme. The other reason is to maintain the price con-rpetitiveness through allocating capital cxpenditure incurred b,v producing TV ads in large numbe r of products. |
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Yangon University of Economics | ||||||
Prof. Dr. Khin San Yee |