The present study has explored the effect of verisimilitude on advertising responses in the context of
storytelling advertising. Based on the theoretical premises of social judgement theory and elaboration
likelihood model, the author proposed that product involvement would have a moderating influence
on the effectiveness of verisimilitude and empirically tested the hypotheses. Consumer responses on
the four storytelling TV ads were analyzed. The results derived from the research is as follows. First,
verisimilitude has a positive effect on the consumer reponses to the storytelling advertising. The high
-verisimilitude group showed more empathic responses and formed more favorable attitude toward
the ad than the low-verisimilitude group did. Second, the product involvement moderated the
relationship between verisimilitude and advertising responses. The influence of verisimilitude on
empathic response and ad attitude was greater in the high-involvement product than in the lowinvolvement
product. In conclusion and discussion, academical and practical implications were
proposed.