Research on two television commercials found that time compression had only small effects on cognitive processing and postviewing attitudes. It appears that time compression can result in somewhat fewer ideas being played back in response to open-ended questions, inhibit both positive and negative attitudes toward the advertised brand, and depress positive emotional involvement with the execution. In this study time compression had no impact on consumer buying intentions.
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