Survey Reveals That Digital, Social and Mobile Advertising Appearing as Content Can Be Damaging to Brand Trust

New Research From MediaBrix Finds Majority of Adults Perceive They Have Experienced Misleading Digital Advertising in the Past Year

This survey revealed that the majority of online adults who have seen advertising appearing as content1 in the past 12 months say that the ads negatively impacted or had no impact on their perception of the brand being advertised. When asked about and shown these specific ad types:

  • 62 percent of those who had seen them in the past 12 months said Twitter promoted tweets negatively impacted or had no impact on their perception of the brand being advertised
  • 72 percent of those who had seen them in the past 12 months said Facebook sponsored stories negatively impacted or had no impact on their perception of the brand being advertised
  • 85 percent of those who had seen them in the past 12 months said sponsored video ads that appear to be content negatively impacted or had no impact on their perception of the brand being advertised

Read the full press release here and see all of our great coverage in Adweek, Forbes, MediaPost, and more here.

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