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- Title
Let's Watch Live Streaming: How Streamer Credibility Influences Brand Attitude in Esports Streamer Marketing.
- Authors
Xu, Qingru; Kim, Hanyoung; Billings, Andrew C.
- Abstract
This study explores if and how perceived Esports streamer credibility influences the audience's attitude toward the brand endorsed by the streamer. Results from a survey conducted with US adults (N = 277) show the significant and positive relationship between streamer credibility and brand attitude while identifying parasocial relationships and streamer loyalty as two factors mediating the impact of streamer credibility on brand attitude. Structural equation modeling analysis is used to reveal how perceived expertise and trustworthiness of an Esports streamer affect viewer attitudes toward the promoted brands, with theoretical and practical implications outlined.
- Subjects
ESPORTS; ENDORSEMENTS (Negotiable instruments); QUANTITATIVE research; INVESTMENTS; MIXED methods research
- Publication
Communication & Sport, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 2, p271
- ISSN
2167-4795
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/21674795211067819