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Increasing the Effectiveness of Location-Based Advertising

Description: Location-based ads are defined as any ads that are sent by an identified source to consumers' mobile devices when they are around the advertised product/store. Although mobile ad spending is said to have accounted for 68% of all digital ad spending in 2020, knowledge of how businesses can use mobile and location-based technology to reach their customers effectively is limited. Thus, the purpose of this three-essay format dissertation is to review the literature on LBA and identify the gaps in t… more
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Date: August 2022
Creator: Thapa, Sajani
Partner: UNT Libraries

Two Essays Examining the Effects of AIVA Search on Cognition, Emotion and Choice

Description: AI-enabled virtual assistants (AIVAs) have become increasingly popular (e.g., Amazon Alexa, Google Home) and assist consumers with various tasks, including home automation, access to media, entertainment, and shopping. Essay 1 focuses on the outcomes of consumers' lost autonomy after information search using AIVAs versus an online search engine (e.g., Google). Drawing on research in advances in AI technology, I predict that interacting with AIVAs (versus online search engines) will lead to seve… more
Date: May 2022
Creator: Pricer, Laura
Partner: UNT Libraries
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