Abstract
This study investigates the influence of prior knowledge on individuals' reactions to verbal and visual advertising stimuli for a technological innovation, the compact disc player, during the first two years of its diffusion. Unknowledgeable individuals responded differentially only to visual emphasis in ads while those with prior knowledge reacted differentially to visual emphasis and verbal claims. Implications and suggestions for tailoring communications strategies to each group of individuals over the diffusion cycle are discussed.
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