University Youth Attitudes towards Electronic Advertisements and their Relationship to the Behavior of the Consumer A Field Study of a Sample of Students of the College of Mass-Communication / University of Baghdad as a Model

Abstract

This research aims at identifying the communicative habits and content reflections on the communication process, especially the young audience which is one of the main group for whom the announcements are made. Because young people face life with passion and aspiration making them respond to each effect used by the media in the design of the advertising using all the effective techniques, attractive methods for young children like depending on drama, technical tricks, music and logos easily to be remembered and responded to the desires of the young in their entertainment. This research also aims at identifying the impact of the internet as a channel of commercial advertising on the purchasing behavior of young people at the universities and determine the importance of the internet advertisings' elements for them, as well as specifying the causes of their preference to some websites other than others The researcher uses a descriptive survey method by applying it on a simple random sample of students from the College of Media at the Universities of Baghdad. The researcher ends with several conclusions. One of its most important is that the Internet advertisings draws attention to the advertised product but not the required distinctive image. There are 15% of them do not support this, and 25% of respondents completely agree with the motivations of online advertisings towards the purchase. The others are fluctuating between supporters and opponents because these advertisings represent a new situation for the internet users and students of the universities. In addition, online advertisings help students of the universities to develop a criterion for evaluating the advertised products indirectly due to its newness. The research ends with some recommendations. One of the most important recommendations is to focus on taking into account the use of a beautiful melody commensurate with the nature of the product advertised and choose famous and beloved song when using a dance song style and the manufactures interested to announce must take into account the ease of use and download speed when they design webs. Also, webs' designs must fit the needs and tastes of the target audiences a constantly updated the site.