Journal article
Textual paralanguage and its implications for marketing communications
Journal of consumer psychology, Vol.27(1), pp.98-107
01/2017
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcps.2016.05.002
Abstract
Both face-to-face communication and communication in online environments convey information beyond the actual verbal message. In a traditional face-to-face conversation, paralanguage, or the ancillary meaning- and emotion-laden aspects of speech that are not actual verbal prose, gives contextual information that allows interactors to more appropriately understand the message being conveyed. In this paper, we conceptualize textual paralanguage (TPL), which we define as written manifestations of nonverbal audible, tactile, and visual elements that supplement or replace written language and that can be expressed through words, symbols, images, punctuation, demarcations, or any combination of these elements. We develop a typology of textual paralanguage using data from Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. We present a conceptual framework of antecedents and consequences of brands' use of textual paralanguage. Implications for theory and practice are discussed. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of Society for Consumer Psychology.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Textual paralanguage and its implications for marketing communications
- Creators
- Andrea Webb Luangrath - University of IowaJoann Peck - University of Wisconsin–MadisonVictor A. Barger - University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of consumer psychology, Vol.27(1), pp.98-107
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jcps.2016.05.002
- ISSN
- 1057-7408
- eISSN
- 1532-7663
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2017
- Academic Unit
- Marketing
- Record Identifier
- 9984380386102771
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