Journal of Internet Computing and Services (인터넷정보학회논문지)

Korean Society for Internet Information (한국인터넷정보학회)
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Explicating Factors explaining Self-Disclosure in the Usage of Micro-blog

마이크로 블로그 사용자의 자기노출에 영향을 미치는 요인에 관한 연구

  • 이성준 (청주대학교 언론정보학부) ;
  • 김용원 (연세대학교 방송통신정책연구센터) ;
  • 이봉규 (연세대학교 정보대학원)
  • Received : 2011.04.15
  • Accepted : 2011.07.28
  • Published : 2011.10.31
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Abstract

The current study aims to examine what determinants have influences on voluntary self-disclosure in the usage of micro-blogging. Even though the usages of micro-blogging have increased at an exponential rate in South Korea, it has been not well understood the process in which people voluntarily disclose their self-information. In this regard, we tried to examine self-disclosure process on micro-blogging based on Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB). For this purpose, attitudes towards self-disclosure, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control were set as the antecedents to self-disclosure behavior. The influences of factors including privacy concern, playfulness, informational motivation for social participation, and relational motivation on the attitude were also investigated. The results of an online survey revealed that attitude toward self-disclosure, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control anticipated the self-disclosure behavior at a statistically significant level. The attitude was not influenced by privacy concern, informational and relational motivation, but by playfulness. The implications of these results are also discussed.

본 논문의 목적은 마이크로 블로그를 사용함에 있어서 자발적인 자기 노출에 영향을 주는 요인을 살펴보는데 있다. 마이크로 블로그 사용이 폭발적으로 증가하고 있는 상황에서, 자신의 정보를 자발적으로 노출하는 사람들에 대한 연구는 아직도 부족한 실정이다. 이러한 측면에서 본 연구는 마이크로 블로그 상에서 자발적인 자기 노출의 과정을 계획된 행위이론에 근거하여 조사하였다. 이를 위해 본 연구는 자기노출에 대한 태도, 주관적 규범, 인지된 행위 통제 등의 변수를 자기 노출 행위의 선행변수로 설정하였다. 또 프라이버시 염려, 인지된 즐거움, 사회적 참여를 위한 정보 동기, 관계적 동기의 자기 노출 태도에 대한 영향 정도를 조사하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 우선 자기노출에 대한 태도, 주관적 규범, 인지된 행위 통제 등의 변수는 자기노출 행위에 대해 통계적으로 유의한 관계를 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 하지만 인지된 즐거움을 제외하곤 프라이버시 염려, 정보 동기 및 관계적 동기 등은 통계적으로 유의한 관계를 갖고 있지 않은 것으로 나타났다.

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