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Michael LaTour

Ithaca College - School of Business
Verified email at ithaca.edu
Cited by 7205

Using fear appeals in advertising for AIDS prevention in the college-age population.

MS LaTour, RE Pitts - Journal of health care marketing, 1989 - search.ebscohost.com
A multiple-indicator model reveals the impact of AIDS prevention advertising on dimensions
of arousal and subsequent cognitive impressions of the advertisement. Exploratory results …

Ethical judgments of sexual appeals in print advertising

MS LaTour, TL Henthorne - Journal of advertising, 1994 - Taylor & Francis
… Additionally, given the potential offensiveness of strong overt sexual appeals in print
advertisements (Ford and LaTour 1993; Miller 1992b), we expect attitude toward the ad, attitude …

There are threats and (maybe) fear-caused arousal: Theory and confusions of appeals to fear and fear arousal itself

MS LaTour, HJ Rotfeld - Journal of advertising, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
… We used the same summed scales as were used in the Henthorne, LaTour, and Nataraajan
(1993) study to operationalize HA (four-point items), GA (four-point items), and Aad (six-…

Fear appeals in print advertising: An analysis of arousal and ad response

TL Henthorne, MS LaTour, R Nataraajan - Journal of advertising, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the tenability of a two-dimensional (tension and energy) formulation of
fear arousal effects in the context of print advertising. Intuitively, stimulation of fear parallels …

Female nudity in print advertising: An analysis of gender differences in arousal and ad response

MS LaTour - Psychology & Marketing, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research on the dimensionality of arousal indicates tension arousal is associated
with negative feelings and energy arousal is associated with positive feelings. Women were …

Female nudity, arousal, and ad response: An experimental investigation

MS LaTour, RE Pitts, DC Snook-Luther - Journal of Advertising, 1990 - Taylor & Francis
The present study uses a causal-modeling approach to evaluate an experimental
manipulation of female nudity in print advertising. A hypothetical model which includes a multi-…

Fear appeals as advertising strategy: Should they be used?

MS LaTour, SA Zahra - Journal of Services Marketing, 1988 - emerald.com
LaTour has written articles appearing in the Journal of Business Ethics, Social Pharmacology,
the Small Business Institute Review and several national and regional proceedings. …

Using childhood memories to gain insight into brand meaning

KA Braun-LaTour, MS LaTour… - Journal of …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
In this article, the authors introduce the concept that people's earliest and defining product
memories can be used as a projective tool to help managers more fully understand consumers…

Don't be afraid to use fear appeals: An experimental study

MS LaTour, RL Snipes, SJ Bliss - Journal of Advertising Research, 1996 - go.gale.com
LATOUR is associate professor of marketing and transportation at Auburn University in …
LaTour has published in a variety of journals including the Journal of Advertising Research, the …

Corporate social responsibility and organizational effectiveness: A multivariate approach

SA Zahra, MS LaTour - Journal of Business Ethics, 1987 - Springer
In this paper, three major themes in research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) are
identified. Of particular interest, however, is the potential link between CSR and organizational …