The Survey of The Effect of Humor Advertising in the Creation of a Brand Equity (Case Study: Mihan Brand)

This study examines the relationship between humorous advertising and the creation of brand equity and is conducted on the range of promotion and attitudes of people about the humorous advertisement of the Mihan Ice Cream brand in Chain stores of Hamedan city. For this purpose, a researcher-made questionnaire is used. Its content validity is verified by the experts, as well as the construct validity of the convergent and factor analysis. Also, to study the model’s singularity, the principal component analysis methods of the observed variables, Cronbach’s alpha and p-Dillon-Goldstein (composite reliability) are used. Testing and analyzing the hypotheses is done using the Structural Equation Method and Smart PLS software. The results show that humorous advertising has a positive and significant effect on the brand equity dimensions (brand association, perceived quality, brand loyalty) through influencing the variable of brand awareness.