A Marketing Study Found That Respondents Believed That a Dark-Haired

Multiple Choice

A marketing study found that respondents believed that a dark-haired celebrity model would be more effective in selling gold jewelry than a blond-haired celebrity would if the dark-haired celebrity was not perceived to be ethnic. What two ideas of using celebrities as communication sources are most likely to be at work here?

A) Celebrities should be attractive, but not too attractive.
B) The celebrity's image should match that of the product, and blond-haired models are too common for the exclusive image of gold.
C) The celebrity's image should match that of the product and should embody cultural meaning.
D) The celebrity's image should embody cultural meanings that contrast with the product's cultural stereotypic image.
E) none of the above