• Information Systems Review
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.97-113
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• 2005

This paper designed and implemented(programmed) a comparative shopping agent that helps consumers to shop at on-line shopping malls over Internet. At offline stores, as consumers usually tell a sales clerk about a manufacturer, functions and price range of an item they want to purchase, the sales clerk will show the products or relevant catalogues. Then the consumer will compare functions, design and prices of the product and buy it with the lowest price. PriceMeter, a comparative shopping agent, introduced in this paper, is designed best geared to this consumers' buying behavior. Basically, as consumers enter a manufacturer's name, price, features and etc. at a search window, PriceMeter will search the web and provide a list of product informations such as features and prices that meet the search conditions. Consumers can see the information in either a form of catalogue or a printing format. As consumers click specific items to examine closely, it will show prices and information about shopping malls that sell the requested items. Clicking a 'Buy' icon, the consumers will be transferred to the right web page at the linked shopping mall. The emergence of the comparative shopping agent will expedite a consumer-centered retailing economy in the age of e-commerce. As consumers are provided with a better set of product and shopping mall information, they can make better purchasing decisions and gain more bargaining power shifted from manufacturers(sellers). The presentation of this comparative shopping agent is intended to promote the consumer-centered B2C e-commerce.

• Archives of design research
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.273-280
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• 2003

Priming Effect, as a part of "Contextual Effect" is the phenomenon that pre-searched product information influences consecutive product evaluation. "Priming Effect" is different from other types of "Contextual Effects" in that pre-searched information doesn't have an direct effect on product evaluation, but an indirect effect which means that pre-searched information influences interpretation of consecutive product evaluation. On the previous theoretical background, this study investigated that how visual images can influence consumer preference and product choice, introducing concept of priming effects into the design of on-line shopping malls. This experiment adopted the digital cameras as the experimental stimulus target products and designed the individual web pages by priming the attributes of price and size. In result of analysis, the difference of product preference by priming attributes was proved to be statistically significant. In this reason, suggesting the background of commercial web page can be the significant factor in choosing products, the priming effects introduced into the design can be positively employed in online advertising.mployed in online advertising.

• Proceedings of the Korea Contents Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.475-476
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• 2019

K-pop has become a truly global phenomenon thanks to its distinctive blend of addictive melodies, slick choreography and production values, and fans all over the world buy anything to support their favorite K-pop idols. In this paper, we will design and create an online K-pop Shopping mall made not only for korean fans but also international fans. Furthermore, the site will include Official Merchandise and Unofficial merchandise thus opening a job opportunity for those who have interests in K-pop business.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.21 no.9
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• pp.117-124
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• 2021

This study attempted to analyze the influence of mobile shopping motivation on the attributes and selection of beauty applications among consumers in their 20s, and the results found the following: First, mobile shopping motivation was classified into the categories of playfulness, convenience, and impulsiveness while beauty application attributes were divided into contents, community, and continuous management. Second, mobile shopping motivation was found to have a significant influence on selection of mobile beauty applications. Specifically, playfulness affected professional brands and beauty shopping mall apps, while impulsiveness revealed an effect on online shopping malls and beauty community apps. In addition, convenience showed an influence on TV home shopping apps. Third, mobile shopping motivation had a statistically significant effect on beauty application attributes. Specifically, playfulness, convenience, and impulsiveness revealed a statistically significant influence on contents, while playfulness also affected beauty communities. In addition, impulsiveness affected continuous management.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.137-142
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• 2024

User interface (UI) functions are distorted and appear as a dark pattern that intentionally deceives or entices users. Consumers who are unaware of dark patterns are constrained in their choices, resulting in unnecessary economic damage. In this study, we aimed to investigate consumers' various shopping emotions and behavioral intentions after recognizing dark patterns in online shopping malls through qualitative research methods. As a result of the study, the rate of perception differed slightly depending on the type of dark pattern, and it was found that it induced consumer emotions such as distrust of the company, user deception, and displeasure. It has been found that the behavior after recognizing the dark pattern shows passive behaviors such as vowing to prevent recurrence and warning acquaintances rather than actively protesting to the company and demanding compensation for damages.

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.25-35
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• 2013

The main objective of this study is to investigate the structural relation between antecedents and consequences of web sites' trust of venture company. It examines consumer perceptions trust in a web site and address following research questions; what factors influence consumer trust in a web site and what specific web site cues are associated with trust, satisfaction, and intention? We test our hypothesis in a empirical data from 123 consumers across 3 web sites of venture companies. By factor analysis, the results show that web site characteristics are such as design, business function, interface, technology, community, and contents of each web site. We also find that web site characteristics such as design, interface, technology, and community can influence significantly satisfaction of web site, and design and contents of web site can influence consumer's trust. And the results show that trust influence behavioral intention through the satisfaction. The results offer important implication for web site strategies of venture company that include the manipulation of factors influencing web site trust. And the future directions of the present research are discussed.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.12 no.9
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• pp.369-378
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• 2014

The information processing capabilities of contemporary people have reached its limit as the daily life in an information society calls for prompt judgment and decisions while being overwhelmed with information. We no longer make optimal decisions after analyzing all necessary data and information and instead make automatic decisions based on just a handful of important information. Such a phenomenon can be observed not just in daily life but also on the internet. People believe they are making a rational choice when selecting and purchasing a product online, but in fact subconscious thoughts and behavior triggered immediately by certain parts of the brain without our knowing are what makes the decision. Therefore, this study seeks to investigate the cases of various UX designs where the persuasion method based on Cialdini's psychology of persuasion is applied and to suggest a direction for a more effective user interface design based on the findings.

• Archives of design research
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.421-430
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• 2003

During the past years private brand sales in supermarkets grew more rapidly then manufacturer brands. Store brand products account for more than one-fifth of total volume sales in the United States and are outpacing national brand growth. The most compelling reason for this increased presence in the market is their price differential with national brands. A general tendency of store brand sales in Korea also is on the increase over the years. On the other hand there is something yet to learn in the field of private label. The research has resulted in consumers changing their perception of store brand products from one of low quality to one of premium quality. Reduced price is not the only answer for store brand to be survive. The new marketing approach should include better packaging improved quality and specific advertising and promotional programs designed to increase customer awareness and sales of store brand products.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.17B no.1
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• pp.93-98
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• 2010

In this paper, we introduce a system that summarizes product evaluation through linguistic analysis to effectively utilize explosively increasing product reviews. Our system analyzes polarities of product reviews by product features, based on which customers evaluate each product like 'design' and 'material' for a skirt product category. The system shows to customers a graph as a review summary that represents percentages of positive and negative reviews. We build an opinion word dictionary for each product feature through context based automatic expansion with small seed words, and judge polarity of reviews by product features with the extracted dictionary. In experiment using product reviews from online shopping malls, our system shows average accuracy of 69.8% in extracting judgemental word dictionary and 81.8% in polarity resolution for each sentence.

• Food Industry
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• s.220
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• pp.66-79
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• 2011

중국 중산층의 확대로 중국 식품시장이 큰 폭의 성장세를 지속하고 있다. 특히 새로운 맛과 안전한 먹거리에 대한 국민적 관심이 높아지면서 최근 5년간 중국의 농수산 식품 수입 증가율은 22.8%로 동 기간 전제 수입증가율 15.8%를 상회했다. 세부 식품별로는 어류, 육류, 과일류 등 미가공식품들의 수입 비중이 여전히 높지만, 근년들어 제과제빵류, 낙농품, 알콜 및 음료 등 가공식품 중심으로 수입이 큰 폭으로 증가하고 있다. 중국내 도시화와 서구화된 식습관이 확산되면서 중국인들이 과거 미가공식품 중심에서 가공식품중심으로 식품소비가 바뀌고 있음을 알 수 있다. 중국인들은 한국 식품에 대해 전반적으로 만족하고 있으며 특히 경쟁국 식품과 비교할 때 품질과 맛, 디자인 강점이라고 인식하고 있는 것으로 설문조사 결과 나타났다. 가격 조건에 대해서는 바이어가 개인구매자 보다 덜 민감한 한펀 한국식품의 맛에 대해서는 젊은층이 장년층 보다 만족도가 더 높게 나타났다. 그리고 특히 한국의 육류/해산물(가공품 포함), 건강식품, 제과제빵류, 소스류(장류)는 향후 중국에서 인가를 얻을 것이라는 응답이 높게 나타났다. 실제로 작년 중국의 대한국 수입 통계를 보면 어류 당류 등 미가공식품의 비중이 여전히 높지만, 최근 5년간 제과제빵류 채소/과일조제품, 알콜/음료 등 가공식품의 수입이 빠르게 늘고 있는 추세이다. 향후대중국 식품수출 확대를 위해서 중국인들의 식습관 변화를 면밀히 모니터링함으로써 새로운 가공식품과 고급식품에 대한 수요를 파악, 상품화하는데 보다 주력해야 한다. 한류 영향으로 된장, 고추장 등 한국 전통 장류에 대한 중국인들의 관심과 기대가 높은 만큼 현지 마트 등을 중심으로 장류를 이용한 한식 요리교실 개최 등 한식을 알리기 위해 보다 적극적인 마케팅 방안을 강구해야 할 것이다. 또한 방한 중국인 관광객들이 귀국 후에 온라인 쇼핑몰을 통해 한식 식자재를 구매할 수 있는 시스템을 구축하는 것도 효과적일 것이다. 마지막으로 평소 철저한 품질관리를 통해 구제역 등의 질병을 사전에 예방하는 노력이 무엇보다도 중요하다.