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Towards a Conceptual Model of Consumer Confusion.
Mitchell, Vincent-Wayne; Walsh, Gianfranco; Yamin, Mo
Advances in Consumer Research. 2005;32:143-150.
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Abstract
As consumers are provided with ever-increasing amounts of information from more products sold through more channels and promoted in more ways, the notion of marketplace confusion is becoming Increasingly important. From the extant literature, we propose and define three types of confusion resulting from brand similarity, information load, and misleading or ambiguous information. This latter type can be regarded as an 'altered knowledge state' in which a revision of understanding occurs. We argue that confusion should be conceptualized as a state variable and that existing confusion measures have focused solely on the behavioral and cognitive outcomes of confusion, ignoring the role of affect which is also a part of confusion. The paper is the first to discuss the consequences of confusion and elaborate on consumer confusion-reducing strategies. It concludes with some research implications of the new conceptualization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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BRAND image; CONSUMER behavior; CONSUMERS -- Attitudes; CONSUMERS' preferences; PRODUCT acceptance
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- TY - JOUR Accession Number: 18936273; Mitchell, Vincent-Wayne 1Walsh, Gianfranco 2Mo Yamin 3; Affiliations: 1: City University of London 2: University of Strathclyde 3: University of Manchester; Source Information: 2005, Vol. 32, p143; Thesaurus Term: CONSUMER behaviorThesaurus Term: CONSUMERS -- AttitudesThesaurus Term: CONSUMERS' preferencesThesaurus Term: BRAND imageThesaurus Term: PRODUCT acceptance; Number of Pages: 8p; Document Type: Article