PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Martin S. Roth TI - Media and message effects on DTC prescription drug print advertising awareness AID - 10.2501/JAR-43-2-180-193 DP - 2003 Jun 01 TA - Journal of Advertising Research PG - 180--193 VI - 43 IP - 2 4099 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/43/2/180.short 4100 - http://www.journalofadvertisingresearch.com/content/43/2/180.full SO - J Advert Res2003 Jun 01; 43 AB - Despite various surveys of consumer attitudes toward direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising, little is known about the effectiveness of specific advertising campaigns. This article combines brand-level advertising awareness media spending, and print advertising message strategy data to examine message effects on DTC prescription drug advertising awareness. The findings show that after controlling for media spending, several message strategies are associated with higher levels of advertising awareness. Prescriptions for DTC drug advertising campaign design and implications for future research are presented.