Affect as information about liking, efficacy, and importance.

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Content and process priming: A review ☆ (2014, unknown): “The affect-as-information hypothesis proposes that an affective state produces feelings that can influence judgments about unrelated stimuli (Clore & Storbeck, 2006; Schwarz & Clore, 1983, 1988).”
Hiring as Cultural Matching (2012, background): “Moreover, people use their feelings as measures of quality, assuming that people who make them feel good are good (for a review, see Clore and Storbeck 2006).”
Emotional Information Management and Responses to Emotional Appeals (2011, background): “Affect as information theory suggests that an emotion, as a felt state, can serve as information that affects how we process persuasive messages (Albarracin and Kumkale 2003; Clore and Storbeck 2006; Schwarz and Clore 1983, 1988).”
Priming social media and framing cause-related marketing to promote sustainable hotel choice (2020, background): “The findings are consistent with previous research demonstrating the role of affective priming in generating intended emotions, which in turn influence judgments (Clore & Storbeck, 2006; Kim et al., 2012).”