Current State: Benchmark consumers' "current state" attitudes towards:
- Relevant online advertising
- "Trade-off" preferences toward the following three options: free content with targeted ads vs. free limited content with untargeted ads vs. paying for content with no ads
Behavioral Targeting: Determine how awareness and/or education of behavioral targeting impacts consumers':
- Desire for free content supported by relevant targeted online ads
- Attitudes towards relevant online advertising
- "Trade-off" preferences
Consumer Control Solution: Assess Consumers' interest in and reaction to a consumer control solution, such as PreferenceCentral
- Interest and motivations in using
- Perceived value of key components
- Impact on consumers' attitudes & trade-off preferences
Audience Data: Evaluate consumers' relative comfort with types of audience data
- Determine attitudinal impact of knowledge that audience data is anonymous – not PII
Assess influence of consumer characteristics (i.e. Internet usage & demographics)
- Internet Usage: Lengh (years) and heaviness (hours per week) of usage, as well as frequency in engaging in specific activities (e.g., click on ads, purchase, etc.)
- Demographics: Gender, age, education, income, regions, etc.









