Trust, Value and Engagement in Advertising
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July 2009 Nielsen Global Online Consumer Survey Trust, Value and Engagement in Advertising Overview Nielsen recently surveyed over 25,000 consumers online across more than 50 markets from Europe, Asia Pacific, the Americas and the Middle East on their attitudes toward trust, value and engagement of advertising. Trust and Value Engagement Trust Us Across over 50 countries measured, a When engagement is measured by the In the United States, false advertising majority of online consumers surveyed ability of advertising to convey humor, is illegal. Under the Federal Trade trust most forms of advertising and emotion and information, TV ads surpass Commission Act of 1914, amended in agree that it delivers value by promoting online video ads. 1938 to protect consumers from false competition and supporting a wide range Of those same dimensions, consumers are advertising, advertisements must be of media. most receptive to the humorous qualities “truthful and non-deceptive,” must have Trust in advertising is up: Consumers in TV and online video ads. “evidence to back up their claims” and today are more trusting of every must be fair (that is, must not be “likely Asian and Middle Eastern consumers marketing channel tracked compared to cause substantial consumer injury”). are the most likely to find the intended to two years ago, save newspaper Despite this legal reassurance, consumer humor in a TV ad, while Latin American advertising, trust in which declined a trust in advertising has varied over consumers are the most likely to find marginal 3%. time and across media. informative those TV ads that are Peer recommendation is the most intended so. Understanding consumer trust in trusted channel, trusted “completely” or advertising is as important as ever. Latin American consumers are the most “somewhat” by 9 out of 10 respondents receptive to online video ads in terms of • Commercial avoidance is becoming worldwide. all three dimensions: humor, emotion and easier. Twenty-eight percent of the Of the major paid advertising channels information. U.S. TV audience used a DVR in the (online, outdoor, print, radio, TV and first quarter of 2009 (Source: Q1 2009 theatre), television and newspaper are the A2M2 Three Screen Report, The Nielsen most trusted media. Company). North America Text message ads on mobile phones are • Social media are expanding consumers’ the least trusted paid advertising channel, In North America, online consumers under positive and negative influences winning the confidence of just 24% of the age of 20 exhibit higher than average regarding brands. Two-thirds of the consumers globally. degrees of trust in all forms of advertising. global Internet population visit member North American consumers aged 30–34 communities online (Source: Global Online search, banner and video ads are Faces and Networked Places: A Nielsen trusted by fewer than half of respondents. are the most likely to trust online advertising. Report on Social Networking’s New Latin American consumers tend to be the Global Footprint, March 2009). Female consumers in North America are most trusting of advertising, and European • Economic pressure is driving greater consumers the least trusting. more engaged than males in TV ads in the dimensions of humor, emotion and attention to ROI, and advertisers have a information, especially when it comes to vested interest in marketing investments, finding a TV ad emotionally touching. underscoring the importance of trust and engagement in advertising like never In North America, the oldest consumer before. group measured (65 and over) is the least engaged with TV advertising by these Beyond earning their trust, advertisers same dimensions, while the youngest and media companies want consumers group (under 20) registers the highest to understand the value of advertising— level of engagement with online video ads. a less concrete sentiment that can broadly affect consumer receptivity to advertising in all media. Copyright © 2009 The Nielsen Company. 1 Trust, value and engagement in Figure 1: Global Consumer Trust in Advertising by Channel advertising should be measured in a variety of ways. For the purposes of this 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% paper, Nielsen recently launched a global Recommendations from people I know 34 56 9 1 online consumer survey to measure Brand websites 13 57 26 5 trust in advertising among consumers, Consumer opinions posted online 13 57 25 5 Editorial content such as a newspaper article 10 59 27 4 partnering with the World Federation Brand sponsorships 9 54 31 6 of Advertisers (WFA) to also examine Ads on TV 8 53 33 6 the value of advertising. This approach Ads in newspapers 7 54 34 5 succeeds in gauging general consumer Ads in magazines 6 53 36 6 perceptions of advertising, while Ads in radio 6 49 38 7 Billboards and other outdoor advertising 5 49 39 6 services such as Nielsen IAG, Nielsen’s Emails I signed up for 7 48 37 8 advertising engagement measurement Ads before movies 5 47 41 7 and consultancy, can gauge similar Ads served in search engine results 4 37 48 11 perceptions and engagement on an Online video ads 3 34 51 11 Online banner ads 3 30 51 16 ad-by-ad, channel-by-channel basis. In Text ads on mobile phones 2 22 47 29 this paper, we discuss only the general and global perceptions measured by the Trust completely Trust somewhat Don’t trust much Don’t trust at all survey. What we found is, while trust and value Figure 2: Consumer Trust in Advertising by Channel (Trust Somewhat/Completely) perceptions can vary greatly by market 2007 vs. 2009 and media, global consumer trust in advertising is on the rise and most 90% consumers acknowledge the value 78% 70% 70% advertising offers. 63% 61% 63% 60% 61% 61% 59% 56% 56% 54%55% 55% In this report, we extrapolate the results 49% 49% 52% 41% 38% of our recent global survey to provide 34% 33% insights into consumer trust in advertising, 26% 24% the value consumers see in advertising and 18% certain dimensions of engagement across TV and online video ads, in particular. Ads on TV on Ads Ads in radio in Ads Trust in Advertising websites Brand Ads in magazines in Ads Online banner ads banner Online Ads before movies before Ads Ads in newspapers in Ads Brand sponsorships Brand Nielsen measured consumer trust in 16 for up signed I Emails different marketing channels by asking 2007 2009 phones mobile on ads Text consumers “To what extent do you trust Consumer opinions posted online posted opinions Consumer the following?” results engine search in served Ads Across all channels, an average 56% of know I people from Recommendations respondents indicate that they trust NB: Editorial content, billboards/outdoor advertising and online video ads not covered in April 2007 survey. advertising “completely” or “somewhat.” Peer recommendations top the list, editorial content and brand sponsorships most trusted media: 61% of global trusted by 9 out of 10 consumers; while ahead of a broad list of paid advertising consumers say they trust TV advertising— text message based ads perform the channels. This importance of peer the same percentage that trust newspaper lowest, trusted by just 24%. recommendations and consumer opinions advertising. online justifies the attention marketers Online and mobile advertising have Across the 16 measured channels, continue to pay to the use of social and perhaps the steepest hill to climb for non-media channels are more trusted consumer-generated media. than paid media channels. After peer consumer trust: in addition to text recommendations, consumers trust brand Of the paid advertising channels of online, message advertisements, online search, websites, consumer opinions online, outdoor, newspaper, magazine, radio, TV banner and video ads are the only and theatrical, TV and newspaper are the channels trusted by fewer than half of Copyright © 2009 The Nielsen Company. 2 respondents globally. The good news Figure 3: Global Trust in TV Advertising for online is that consumer trust in that medium is growing. The percentage of 74% global consumers trusting banner ads 67% 61% 62% grew 27% between 2007 and 2009 51% (from 26% to 33% of consumers). The 49% percentage trusting ads in search engine 39% 38% results grew 21% (from 34% to 41% 33% 26% of consumers). Consumers today are more trusting of every marketing channel tracked when compared to two years ago, save newspaper advertising, trust in which LA APIMEA NA EU Global Average declined a marginal 3%. Theatrical advertising saw the greatest growth in Trust completely/somewhat Don’t trust much at all trust—increasing 37% since 2007, from 38% of consumers to 52%. Figure 4: Global Trust in Newspaper Advertising 75% Trust Varies by Region 66% 61% Though TV and newspaper are the most 62% trusted advertising channels overall, 50% 50% trust in ads across both media varies 38% 39% considerably by region. Trust in TV 34% advertising is much higher than average in 25% Latin America, where 74% of consumers trust it, and lower in Europe, where just half (49%) trust it. Similarly, trust in newspaper advertising, LA NA APIMEA EU Global Average which tied as the most trusted paid advertising vehicle globally, varies as Trust completely/somewhat Don’t trust much at all a trusted source by region. As with TV, Latin Americans are the most trusting of newspaper advertising (75%), while just Figure 5: Global Trust in Online Advertising * half of Europeans trust it. The higher-than-average trust that Latin 64% 58% 57% 59% American consumers exhibit for TV and 53% newspaper advertising is consistent 47% 42% 43% 41% across almost all measured channels. In 36% all but one channel—“E-mails I signed up for”—Latin American consumers are the most likely to trust advertising; North American consumers are the most likely to trust such e-mails.