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Streaming Vs. Download - Are They Similar Digital Goods? The Difference between Access-Based Digital Goods and Ownership-Based Digital Goods

접속 기반 디지털 제품과 소유 기반 디지털 제품의 차이에 관한 연구

  • 이민형 (한국과학기술원 경영대학) ;
  • 최한별 (한국과학기술원 경영대학)
  • Received : 2020.08.21
  • Accepted : 2020.09.18
  • Published : 2020.09.30

Abstract

Numerous products have been created in a digital format in the era of digitization. At an early stage, such products were provided in the format of individual digital file, requiring the individuals to own products by downloading them on the personal devices. With the development of Internet network, people began to consume digital goods in a new mode called 'streaming.' Streaming is a service provided through access-based consumption mode based on Internet network. Rather than downloading each file, individuals can utilize such product and services by connecting the network to their own devices. Access-based digital goods are distinguished from traditional ownership-based digital goods such as downloaded contents, in that permanent ownership is not allowed. Taken this into account, this study attempts to investigate how individuals' perception toward digital goods, the psychological ownership, differs according to the consumption mode. The results show that individuals feel less psychological ownership toward access-based digital goods than ownership-based digital goods. Our study provides several avenues to both theory and practice.

디지털 시대를 맞아 다양한 제품들이 디지털 형태로 출시되어 왔다. 디지털 제품 등장 초기에는 개별 디지털 파일 형태의 제품들이 등장하였고 사용자들은 각각의 제품을 개인 디바이스에 다운로드하는 방식으로 소비하였다. 네트워크 기술의 발전으로 소비자들은 '스트리밍'이라는 형태의 디지털 제품을 소비하기 시작했다. 스트리밍은 인터넷 네트워크를 통해 소비하는 '접속 기반 소비 형태'로 제공되는 서비스이다. 스트리밍 서비스의 등장으로 소비자들은 개별 파일을 다운로드하지 않고 개인 디바이스에 네트워크를 연결하여 제품과 서비스를 사용할 수 있게 되었다. 영구적인 소유가 불가능하다는 점에서 접속 기반의 디지털 제품들은 다운로드 기반 컨텐츠와 같은 전통적인 소유 기반 디지털 제품과 구별된다. 이에 본 연구에서는 개인들의 디지털 제품에 심리적 소유감이 소비 방식에 따라 어떻게 달라지는지 분석하였다. 분석 결과 개인들은 소유 기반 디지털 제품에 비해 기반 디지털 제품에 더 낮은 심리적 소유감을 느낀다는 사실을 확인하였다. 본 연구는 관련 분야에 이론적 실무적 함의를 제공한다.

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