Impact of perceived diagnosticity on live streams and consumer purchase intention: streamer type, product type, and brand awareness as moderators.

ABSTRACT: As a business innovation in the e-commerce marketplace, the use of live streams to boost sales has become an important strategy for e-tailers on major e-commerce platforms globally. However, little theoretical research has been conducted to understand the role of streamers and products in live streaming commerce. Thus, in this study, to examine consumers' perceived diagnosticity and purchase intention, we adopt a 2 (streamer type) × 2 (product type) × 2 (brand awareness) experimental design and conduct a field experiment at a university in southern China, drawing on stimulus-organism-response (SOR) theory. Our results indicate that when a product is recommended by an influential streamer during an e-commerce live stream or has high brand awareness, consumers perceive a high level of diagno

SUBMITTER: Liu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9489479 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature