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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Commun.
Sec. Advertising and Marketing Communication
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1534691

Research on the Influence of Anchor Characteristics on Consumer Purchase Intentiona Case Study of Selected Anchors on Dong Yuhui's "With Hui" Live-stream Account

Provisionally accepted
  • 1 Chengdu University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China
  • 2 Chengdu College of Arts and Sciences, Chengdu, China

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    Based on previous research and combined with the S-O-R theoretical model, this study examines the characteristics of anchors on Dong Yuhui's "With Hui" Live-stream account as independent variables. The characteristics, measured by professionalism, high interactivity, fame, and attractiveness, are analyzed to determine their impact on consumer purchase intention. Perceived trust is set as a mediating variable, anticipated regret as a moderating variable, and purchase intention as the dependent variable to construct a model for reference by anchors on Dong Yuhui's "With Hui" Live-stream account. Results show that anchor characteristics significantly and positively influence purchase intention; professionalism, high interactivity, fame, and attractiveness all have a notable positive impact on purchase intention. And anchor characteristics significantly and positively impact perceived trust, with professionalism, high interactivity, fame, and attractiveness positively influencing perceived trust. Perceived trust positively affects purchase intention and perceived trust partially mediates the relationship between anchor characteristics and purchase intention, with partial mediation observed between professionalism, high interactivity, fame, and attractiveness on purchase intention. Anticipated regret moderates the relationship between perceived trust and purchase intention, with upward anticipated regret showing a negative moderating effect, while downward anticipated regret shows a positive moderating effect on the perceived trust-purchase intention relationship.

    Keywords: anchor characteristics, purchase intention, Consume, S-O-R model, Professionalism, popularity, Interactivity, attractiveness

    Received: 26 Nov 2024; Accepted: 24 Dec 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Li, Cui and Mei. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Yaoyuan Cui, Chengdu College of Arts and Sciences, Chengdu, China

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