Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
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Power of SNS Authenticity on Company Reputation

기업명성과 SNS 진정성의 영향력 연구

  • Jo, Jung-Yul (Dept. of PR & Advertising, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • 조정열 (숙명여자대학교 홍보광고학과)
  • Received : 2014.12.23
  • Accepted : 2015.02.20
  • Published : 2015.02.28
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Abstract

SNS is in the process of fast evolution as well. This study is about influence of authenticity and interactivity among Facebook Fan Page users. Authenticity is something people form in the process of expressing and sharing information thru SNS Facebook Fan Page. Interactivity is a level of participation of users in the process of expressing and sharing information thru SNS Facebook Fan Page. The focus of this paper is to see the power of authenticity and interactivity of SNS Facebook Fan Page users in a time of crisis. Authenticity is proven as a valuable asset for corporations for it showed a sturdy characteristic even when something terrible happened. When a crisis attacked, high authenticity user group was not willing to change their evaluation on a company reputation and image as much as low authenticity user group. Interestingly enough, the meaning interactivity level was strikingly different from what we expected. The more their level of interactivity, was the more they were likely to change their evaluation on a company in a time of crisis. A serious discussion is necessary for this contraty results.

본 연구는 최근 마케팅 활용가치가 높아지고 있는 SNS 페이스북 팬페이지의 효과에 대한 검증을 목표로 진행됐다. 특히 증가하는 위기발생가능성에 주목, SNS 페이스북 팬페이지 이용자가 지각하는 진정성이 기업위기 시 기업명성과 기업이미지에 미치는 영향에 대해 검증함으로써 SNS 진정성에 대한 실체를 규명하고자 하였다. 또한SNS의 매체특성 상 이용자의 지속적이고 활발한 상호작용성이 기업명성과 기업이미지에 어떤 역할을 하는지도 함께 검증하였다. 페이스북 팬페이지 이용자 289명이 최종 참여했다. 분석결과 페이스북 팬페이지 사용자들이 인지하는 해당기업의 진정성은 중요한 기업의 자산으로 기능할 수 있다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 평소 인지하는 진정성이 높은 사용자들은 기업에 위기가 발생했을 때에도 그 기업의 명성이나 이미지에 대한 변화가 크게 다르지 않다는 것이 드러났기 때문이다. 반면에 팬페이지 사용자들의 상호작용성은 위기상황에서 오히려 부정적이 영향을 미칠 수도 있었다. 높은 상호작용성을 특성으로 하는 사용자들의 기업평가가 더 크게 변화했기 때문이다. 상호작용성이 높다는 것이 활발하 참여만을 의미하는 것이 아니라 활발한 의견조정과도 연결될 수 있다는 것을 시사하는 결과로 새로운 논의의 필요성이 주목된다. 이 부분에 대한 후속연구가 필요해 보인다.

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