• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.59 no.2
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• pp.39-64
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• 2007

The purpose of this study is to find out implications which can be useful for the development of user empowerment and involvement in Korean disability services. Suggested implications are based on the earlier studies about the concept and areas of user involvement. In the theoretical review, this study compared several terminologies related to user involvement. For the depth explanation, this study described wide range of earlier studies. In addition to these descriptions, this study is exploring to show integrated theoretical framework including diverse areas, major initiatives, participation levels, models of purpose on user involvement. And to grasp ostensive understanding on specific mechanisms on participation practice, this study discussed various issues on basic assumptions, areas of involvement and supportive alternatives. Based on these theoretical examination, this study introduced concrete tasks related to policy, service organization, professional education and research to activate user participation in Korean disability services.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.111-111
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• 2011

지속가능한 수자원관리를 위한 물관리의 거버넌스구축에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 또한 물 관리기본법(안)에 의하면 유역위원회를 통한 물관리 이해당사자의 참여원칙이 중요하게 인식되고 있다. 물관리 참여는 우선, 물관리 공급자(공급기관)간의 거버넌스가 구축되어야 하고, 이후 물관리 이용자(국민)의 참여로 확대되어야 한다. 그러나 우리나라의 물관리기관이 공급자중심으로 분산되어 있어 물관리 기관간의 거버넌스 구축에 많은 초점이 맞춰져 있어, 물관리 이용자의 참여와 협력, 역할분담에 대한 논의가 미흡한 실정이다. 농업용수는 일반 생공업용수와 달리, 농업용수의 이용자가 곧 관리자였던 특성을 가지고 있다. 물론 2000년 이후 과거 농업인 중심의 조합조직이 국가(공적기관) 중심의 공사조직으로 변화되어 있지만, 아직까지도 농업용수 이용자인 농업인이 농업용수관리에 일정부분 참여하고 기여하고 있는 바가 있다. 따라서, 오랜 농업용수관리에 있어 용수이용자가 어떻게 물관리에 참여하여 왔고, 국제적인 물관리 참여형태가 어떻게 이루어져 왔는지 살펴봄으로서, 생공업용수를 비롯한 타 분야의 이용자까지 포함되는 물관리 참여를 유도할 것인지에 대한 좋은 사례가 될것이며, 이를 통하여 물 이용자와 공급자가 함께하는 거버넌스를 구축해 나갈수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.115-132
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• 2012

The purpose of this study is to examine the current status of user-contributed reviews for the Next Generation Library Catalogs, and the potential impact of user reviews available from the external sources, including Amazon.com and GoodReads.com. During the period of February 16th through April 4th, 2012, the number of holding libraries and user-contributed reviews, tags and reading lists of ten selected books were examined from the WorldCat. Also the user-contributed reviews for the same books available from Amazon.com and GoodReads.com were examined, and a case of reviews for one book was analyzed. The result shows that only a few users participated in the WorldCat, and user-contributed reviews were rarely used, when compared with tags or reading lists. Several hundred to thousand user-contributed reviews for the same books were available from Amazon.com and GoodReads.com directly linked with bibliographic records. A case of one book from Amazon.com reveals the possibility of distorting the function of user-contribution. With the introduction of the function of user-contribution, it is expected that its growth rate should be carefully observed and its potential impact on users should be thoroughly and systematically analyzed in the near future.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.49 no.1
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• pp.293-320
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• 2018

This study aims to analyze library culture-program management and propose methods for improving the program management. To achieve this research goal, this study examines current state of culture-program management and user's participation by analyzing users' participation logs of the National Library of Korea, Sejong. The users' participation logs have been accumulated from May, 2015, to December, 2017, and the logs contain 722 program data, 24,816 program participation data, and 6,729 users data. The data were used for analyzing of program management, users' characteristics, and changes based on timelines. Based on the analysis results, culture-program management problems were pointed out and future improvement methods for solving the problems were proposed. This study analyzes culture-program management in view of users using real users' participation logs, and it has significance for being different from preceding researches focusing on culture-program providers.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.211-228
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• 2022

As social media marketing becomes prevalent, it is necessary to understand the administrative role of managers in promoting user engagement. However, little is known about how community managers enhance user engagement in social media. In this research, we study how managers can boost online user participation, including clicking likes and writing comments. Using the SUR (Seemingly Unrelated Regression) model, we find out that the active participation of managers increases user engagement of both passive (likes) and active (comments) ones. In addition, we find that the number of emotional words included in posts has a positive effect on the passive engagement whereas it negatively affects the active engagement. Lastly, the congruency between posts and comments positively affects users' passive engagement. This study contributes to prior literature related to online community management and text analyses. Furthermore, our findings offer managerial insights for practitioners and social media managers to further facilitate user engagement.

• 한국노년학
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.885-903
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• 2011

This study aims at examining the extent to which older people participating in the Seniors' Job Programme do involve in policy-making and implementation processes of the programme. The study is based on qualitative interviews with seven experts among those involved in the policy process in District A of Seoul. They include civil servants of central and local governments and social workers of implementing bodies such as seniors' welfare centres and job centres. The results show that firstly, practically no direct involvement of participants is being made at the policy-making level, due mainly to the traditional top-down approach of policy process in Korea and also to prejudices of public servants concerned on the current senior citizens' capability as contributor to public policy-making. User-involvement is being made, however, at the implementation level: participants are making, although minor, suggestions for improvements of working conditions and they are being listened to by frontline social workers. Support by the implementing institutions turns out to be necessary for this. Lastly, in contrast with the present, many interview participants are expecting a more active participation from the future generation, i.e. the baby-boom generation when they would have retired. The study concludes by calling for enhancement of institutional and capacity-building support for active user involvement in the future.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2006.02b
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• pp.721-726
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• 2006

인터넷 게시판을 통한 커뮤니케이션에서는 상호작용의 결과물이 지속적으로 남아 있어, 상호작용의 당사자뿐 아니라 나중에 참여하는 다른 이용자들의 게시판에 대한 지각에도 영향을 미치게 된다. 따라서 인터넷 게시판에서의 이용자들 간의 상호작용은 게시판의 기술적 형식이나 주제뿐 아니라 게시판에 있는 기존 이용자들의 메시지를 읽고 받은 인상에 따라서도 달라질 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 게시판의 익명성과 메시지의 전문성을 독립변인으로 한 $2{\times}2$ 실험설계에 따라 가상적 CMC 상황에서 피험자들이 영화 리뷰 게시판의 글을 읽도록 하였다. 게시판 기존 이용자 집단에 대해 받은 인상의 긍정성, 모호성, 전문성, 피험자 자신과의 지각된 유사성 및 해당 게시판에 대한 참여의사를 측정하였다. 결과, 전문성이 높은 메시지를 읽은 피험자들은 게시판의 기존 이용자들이 보다 전문적이라는 인상을 받았으며, 해당 게시판에 참여하고자 하는 의사를 더 많이 표시했다. 또한 기존 이용자들에 대한 인상의 긍정성과 유사성, 참여의사 사이에는 상관관계가 있었다. 이 결과는 인터넷 게시판 이용이 기술적 요인뿐만 아니라 게시판의 기존 이용자 집단에 대한 인상에 따라서도 달라질 수 있음을 시사한다.

• Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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• v.57 no.3
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• pp.363-387
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• 2005

The purpose of this study is to find out implications which can be useful for enhancement of user participation in Korean disability services from UK community care experience. In Korea, until recently dominant issue on social services always has been the shortage of service provision. But during the recent 20 years, we experienced great expansion in quantity, as though it may be not yet enough. And more recently, disabled people and organizations began to actively argue for appropriate service in quantity and quality. Now, Korean disability policy and practice are confronted to the difficult and embarrassing task how to meet the need of disabled people with limited resources, and how to response to the disabled people's voice arguing on independence and choice. This task would require somewhat deliberate reform which might be quite different from previous one. UK's experience of implementation and development of community care system would give meaningful implications to Korean disability service policy and practice related to user participation. The results of the review on user participation issues in the UK community care give several implications to Korean disability services. Above all, consumerist approach which is the key strategy adopted by UK community care change is not appropriate for Korean disability service because of largely different service environment. The second implication is about decentralization. To enable decentralization of social service leads to enhancement of user involvement avoiding a lowering of service quality, prerequisite conditions should be secured. A third is securing and making declaration on the disabled person's right to assessment and constructing public service system operated by case management process. Fourth, formalized complaints procedure should be established. Fifth, professional education which enables professionals to encourage participation of disabled people should be developed, and the role of disability movement leading disabled users to participate on their services also should be highlighted.

• Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.63-84
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• 2016

This study aimed to investigate the extent that users participated in Facebook of U.S. state archives and the types of user responses to posts on the Facebook. For the purpose, data created between August 1st and September 30th in 2016 were collected from Facebook continuously operated by 27 state archives. The extent of user participation was measured based on the number of user comments, the number of unique commenters, and the average number of comments per post. According to the measures, top 10 Facebook of state archives were selected. Out of these, Facebook of Ohio (1st), Florida (5th) and Arkansas (10th) state archives were chosen to collect 687 user comments and 132 posts. The analysis showed that comments regarding users' emotional opinion and judgement, adding explanations to a post, and sharing personal stories occupied a large portion. Interactions among users or between a user and an archivist were also identified. With regard to posts, those for sharing information/knowledge of records held in archives were identified as a high percentage. The study suggested that archives should collect and present historical information and related records connected to users' lives, examine methods for effective communication with users via social media and facilitate publicity and outreach services of archives based on shaping and maintaining online user community through social media.

• Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.89-103
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• 2017

This paper analyzed the influence of government-owned social media's environmental characteristics on the level of users' active participation and types of message diffusion during government's crisis. The social media environment was categorized based on human interactivity and media interactivity. Users' active participation was measured based on amount of like/dislike and number of comments. User's comments were categorized through network analysis. This study found that the level of user's active participation was high on the information-provider participation type and the relationship-oriented participation type. The level of user's active participation was low on the information-provider type and the limited platform. The analysis of message diffusion type showed that a restrictive rational opinion type was found for the limited platform and diffusive or restrictive emotional opinion types were found for other types of social media environment. This study found that during MERS crisis, the government did not provide messages suitable for the social media environment, and the media environment influenced users' participation and comments. The government should provide user friendly social media environment by increasing interaction with users and should make efforts to communicate with users in crisis situation.