Abstract:
The objectives of this research are; 1. To study the Thai WWW users' attitude and exposure toward "Banner" on the WWW. 2. To examine factors influencing users' exposure to "Banner" on WWW. 3. To examine users' attitudes toward the advantages and disadvantages to "Banner". The research methodology used in the study was a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was posted on the WWW. A total of 512 respondents answered the question were used as the sample of the study. Results indicate that most of the WWW users are aware of advertising form on the Internal called "Banner" and they tent to have moderately positive attitude toward "Banners" that they provide more details of products and services and are considered as the best tool to promote the Web Site. Simultaneously, "Banners" also irritated them. Most of WWW users visited "Banner" and they usually do not click at the same "Banner". Content is the major factor that influences them to click at it. And for those who choose to visit, the reasons are wasting time and the felling of regection of advertising. It is evident that Technologies and the Internet users are increasingly growing. It is foreseeable that in the future, the WWW users will tend to have more positive attitudes toward "Banners". Therefore "Banners" should be developed to serve the target audiences' need. They should be creatively designed, having smaller file size, providing interesting content and showing the relevancy of content and position