“…Many aspects of a programme have been hypothesized to in¯uence advertising eectiveness. Among the context eects that have been investigated are programme-induced viewer mood (Axelrod, 1963;Goldberg and Gorn, 1987;Kamins, Marks and Skinner, 1991;Schumann, 1986); programme-advertisements congruity (Bello, Pitts and Etzel, 1983;Hansen et al, 1976;Horn and McEwan, 1982;Johnson, 1981;Kamins, Marks and Skinner, 1991;Lambert, 1980;Murphy, Cunningham and Wilcox, 1979); programme-induced viewer excitement (Singh, Churchill and Hitchon, 1987); attitude or liking for the programme (Clancy and Kweskin, 1971;Leach, 1981;Priemer, 1983;Schumann, 1986;Thorson and Reeves, 1986;Twyman, 1974); programme-induced viewer drive for closure (Kennedy, 1971); programme impact or appeal (Television Audience Assessment, 1984). In particular, programme-induced audience involvement has been reported to be an important context variable (Bryant and Comisky, 1991;Park and McClung, 1986;Siebert, 1978;Soldow and Principe, 1981;Thorson and Reeves, 1986;Thorson, Reeves and Schleuder, 1985).…”