The Mechanism of Consumer Premium Payments in Agricultural Live-Streaming under Dual Emotional Appeals: A Perspective on Warmth and Humour

Ziyi Zhou

doi:10.62051/ijsspa.v10n8.09

Authors

Ziyi Zhou School of Art Design, Academy of Fine Arts, Nanchang Normal University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330032, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.62051/ijsspa.v10n8.09

Keywords:

Agricultural Livestreaming, Warmth Appeal, Humour Appeal, Willingness To Pay a Premium, Elaboration Likelihood Model

Abstract

Against the backdrop of China's transition from poverty alleviation to rural revitalisation, agricultural live-streaming commerce has become an indispensable pathway for sustaining hard-won poverty reduction gains and advancing high-quality rural development. This paper adopts the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) as its fundamental research framework, introduces emotional resonance and perceived entertainment value as mediating variables, and constructs a theoretical model examining the impact of different emotional appeals on consumers’ willingness to pay a premium for agricultural support live-streaming. An empirical analysis of the path relationships among these variables is also conducted.The results indicate that consumers’ perceived warmth and humour appeals both have a significant positive impact on willingness to pay a premium. Emotional resonance transmits the effect of perceived warmth on consumers' propensity to pay above-market prices, whereas perceived entertainment accounts for the indirect link between perceived humour and consumers' inclination toward premium-priced purchasing. Finally, based on the research findings, recommendations are provided for optimising emotional strategies in agricultural live-streaming.

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