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Article published In: Strategic Communication: Beyond nation cultural adaption, images and identity
Edited by Hassan Abu Bakar and Bahtiar Bin Mohamad
[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 28:1] 2018
► pp. 61–82

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Advertising appeals and Malaysian culture norms

Scale content validation

 | Universiti Utara Malaysia
 | Universiti Utara Malaysia
 | Universiti Utara Malaysia
Published online: 19 January 2018
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Abstract
The ongoing development of the strategic communication research in the area of the advertising calls for the development and validation of the measurement instruments that can address the indulgence of the advertising appeals in a specific cultural context. Therefore, the present study examines and validate advertising appeals by considering the norms based on the GLOBE nine cultural dimensions in Malaysian context. The analysis involved data from 10 advertising expert for content validation, followed by 10 advertising expert rating and ranking of the scale of its relevance and clarity to assess the item-level content validation. The results provided to support the impact of cultural norms are substantial for Malaysian advertising, which are identified from content validation procedure.
Article outline
  • Review of literature
    • Advertising appeal
    • GLOBE cultural dimensions and Malaysia cultural context
    • Content validity assessment
      • Participants
    • Item adoption procedure
  • Data analysis
  • Discussion
    • Theoretical implications
    • Practical implications
  • Limitations and directions for future research
  • References
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