ABSTRAK
Tesis ini membahas bagaimana pengaruh product placement smartphoneSamsung Galaxy SIII, pada serial drama Korea yang berjudul “To The BeautifulYou”. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kuantitatif dengan desain deskriptif. Hasilpenelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa brand awareness dan attitude toward dramatidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap attitude toward brand/product, sedangkanattitude toward actor dan attitude toward product placement berpengaruhsignifikan terhadap attitude toward brand/product. attitude toward actor danattitude toward brand/product berpengaruh terhadap purchase intention. Hasilpenelitian ini menyarankan marketer agar mampu memilih endorser yang tepatuntuk menggunakan produknya dalam product placement yang ditampilkan dalamsebuah serial drama, karena aktor memiliki pengaruh yang cukup tinggi baikterhadap attitude toward brand/product, maupun purchase intention.

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ABSTRACT
This study focused on the effect of Samsung Galaxy SIII smartphone productplacement, in Korean drama series entitled "To The Beautiful You". This researchis descriptive quantitative research design. The results of this study showed thatbrand awareness and attitude toward drama have insignificant effect on attitudetoward the brand / product, while the attitude toward the actor and attitude towardproduct placement significantly influence the attitude toward the brand / product.Attitude toward actors and attitude toward brand/product significantly influencepurchase intention. The results of this study suggest that marketers have to choosethe right endorser to use the product in product placement featured in a dramaseries, because the actor has a high enough influence both on attitude toward thebrand / product, and purchase intention.