Spot Length and Unaided Recall in Television: Optimizing Media Planning Variables in Advertising Breaks
Josefa D. Martín-Santana
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Pedro Reinares-Lara and Eva Reinares-Lara
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
MANAGEMENT SLANT
- A television spot's length influences recall levels, but the change in recall is not proportional to the change in spot length.
- Spots included in advertising breaks shown midprogram generate three times as much recall as those included in breaks between programs.
- Inserting spots in low-clutter advertising breaks increases recall by 40 percent, and this advantage is three times greater for spots lasting more...