• 경영과학
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.93-106
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• 2014

This paper investigated customers' willingness to pay (WTP) for the integrated news platform, which is a paid digital news service provided by Korean newspapers. The integrated news platform has been widely employed and regarded as an alternative to recover dramatically decreasing sales of newspapers since N-Screen era began. This study employed a conjoint analysis to examine WTP for the integrated news platform and its attributes. According to the results, WPT for the integrated news platform was estimated as 4543.6 won, which is only 30.3% of the real price. Digitalized newspaper and premium news were found to be significant attributes explaining customers' WTP. The results of this paper implies that present marketing strategies for the integrated news platform of Korean newspapers should be reconsidered and revised.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.131-152
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• 2022

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the intention of using a news media platform using block chain through media company workers in a situation where various platform services using block chain are being newly released in the media industry. Therefore, in this paper, we intend to explore the development direction of the news media platform service using the block chain in the future by deriving implications through the characteristics of the block chain, user characteristics, and self-determination factors. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted a survey on the main characteristics of blockchain, user characteristics, self-determination, resistance to innovation, etc., and designed a research model by integrating factors on the continuity of intention to use the news media platform. Findings According to the empirical analysis result, in this study, it was confirmed that the intention to use the blockchain news media platform is significantly related to decentralization, which is a characteristic variable of the blockchain, perceived risk, which is a user characteristic variable, and competence and relationship, which is a self-determination variable. In addition, it was confirmed that it affects the perceived ease of use with respect to the intention to use. In addition, in this study, news writers write more careful articles as they cannot edit articles once written, which can contribute to improving the quality of news content.

• 과학기술학연구
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.39-85
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• 2020

정보기술의 발달과 함께 가짜뉴스가 더욱 심각한 사회문제가 되고 있다. 이 문제는 언론 기관의 사실 검증 노력, 법 규제, 혹은 기술적 해법 등 개별적인 차원의 노력만으로는 제대로 관리되지 못하고 있다. 가짜뉴스의 범람은 사회의 신뢰 구조에 근본적 영향을 미치며, 결국 민주주의의 존립 기반을 위협한다. 그러므로 가짜뉴스 문제해결의 어려움에도 불구하고 어느 사회든 이 문제를 내버려 둘 수 없다. 가짜뉴스 이슈는 단순히 진위판정 문제로 한정할 수 없다. 완전한 가짜뉴스나 완전한 진짜뉴스는 드물기 때문이다. 이 문제를 통해서 우리는 불확실성을 잘 경험하고 있다. 그러므로 가짜뉴스 관리란 가짜뉴스의 완전한 제거를 의미하는 것은 아니다. 또한 가짜뉴스 문제를 개인의 합리성에만 맡길 수 없다. 반복적인 가짜뉴스는 개인의 의사결정을 쉽게 무너뜨릴 수 있기 때문이다. 이를 위해서 사회-기술적 차원의 모색이 요구되며, 다학제적이며 다영역적인 협업이 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 가짜뉴스에 대한 기존의 분석과 대응 노력을 알아보고, 기존 방식의 실패 경험을 토대로, 시민과학의 접근법을 통하여 가짜뉴스 관리를 위한 새로운 공공적 온라인 플랫폼을 제시하고자 한다. 이 모델은 가짜뉴스를 수집하고 분석하고 수용자가 반응하는 과정을 근본적으로 재설계할 것이다. 여러 분야의 사람들이 각자의 역량에 따라서 각자의 여유 만큼의 노력을 동원하여 이 플랫폼에 참여하고 기여할 수 있다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.2008-2013
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• 2010

철도 승강장의 매점은 현재 신문판매대, 표준 간이매점, 간이매점(복권방)등의 형태로 운영되고 있다. 따라서 신문이나 잡지등은 쉽게 불에 붙기 때문에 화재의 발화원이 되며, 대구 지하철 화재사고와 마찬가지로 방화의 대상이 될 수 있다. 따라서 지하철 승강장 매점화재 방지를 위하여 매점화재 시뮬레이션 기법 정립이 필요하고 이를 통한 화재방재예측능력이 필요하다. 이에 본 연구에서는 매점화재 시뮬레이션을 수행하였고 수행된 해석결과는 매점지하철 승강장 매점화재 실험결과와 비교 고찰을 통하여 해석의 신뢰도를 검토하였다.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.48-64
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• 2021

This study examines mobile news engagement-conceptualized as news exposure and participation-in the context of South Asia which has experienced tremendous growth in mobile-Internet users without receiving much attention from communication scholars. Along with demographic characteristics, this research incorporates motivational factors (grounded on uses and gratifications-U&G-approach) and news type preferences to explore their roles in mobile news engagement among urban citizens in Bangladesh. Results of a self-administered survey (N = 504) revealed that participants' mobile news engagement partially varied depending on their demographic differences, particularly gender, age, and education. Our study also unveiled that individuals' motivation for sharing information seemed to be a strong predictor of mobile news exposure and participation. In addition, Bangladeshi respondents were more likely to be interested in the hard news in terms of expressing views on news comments and sharing news via mobile platform. Conversely, preference for soft type news had a significant influence on news exposure through mobile browsing. This study provides insights into the understanding of global phenomena of mobile news engagement by unpacking the case of Bangladesh where mobile news usage seems to be an evolving state.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.370-402
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• 2015

The dynamic capabilities of social media are changing the nature of contemporary news by allowing users to communicate and create content, deliver and share newsworthy information, and consume news. News organizations engage with social media because this computer-mediated tool provides an alternative platform for delivering news and connecting with global audiences. This role of social media is conceptualized as its complementarity. However, when mass user-generated-content is constantly shared with other users, more users are attracted to indulge in news-seeking activities on social media. This phenomenon potentially fulfills users' news requirements on social media, which is contrary to what news companies envisioned when they began engaging with social media. This dichotomous role of social media, providing complementarity and showing the potential for becoming a superior news medium, is conceptualized as its competing-complementarity. This paper offers preliminary evidence of competing-complementarity by analyzing the news consumption of individuals. Such consumption is explained through the theoretical perspective of punctuated equilibrium by conceptualizing news consumption as a deep structure radically impacted by a disruptive technology. Although social media benefit news organizations, its competing potential poses serious challenges to their monopolistic controls on news production, distribution, readership, and revenue generation.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.33-48
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• 2019

The current Moon Jai-in administration in South Korea is facing serious challenges as a result of a scandal involving the manipulation of news online. Staff in Moon's camp are suspected of manipulating public opinion by creating millions of fake news comments online, contributing to Moon being elected president. This South Korean political scandal raises a number of theoretical issues with regard to new platform technologies and media manipulation. First, the incident exposes the technological limits of blocking manipulation of the news, partly because of the nature of social media and partly because of the nature of contemporary technology. Contemporary social media is often monopolistic in nature; with the majority of people are using the same platforms, and hence it is likely that they will be subject to forms of media manipulation. Second, the Korean case of news manipulation demonstrates a unique cultural aspect of Korean society. News comments and readers' replies have become a major channel of alternative news in Korea. This phenomenon is often designated as "reply journalism," since people are interested in reading the news replies of ordinary readers equally to reading news reports themselves. News replies are considered indicators of public opinion and are seen as affecting trias politica in Korean society. Third, the Korean incident of news manipulation implicates a new form of populism in the 21st century and the nature of democratic participation. This article aims to explicate key issues in media manipulation by including wider technological, cultural, and political aspects in the South Korean news media context.

• 광산업정보
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• 통권8호
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• pp.50-51
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• 2002

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2020

The popularity of social media has led to a variety of communicative behaviors among users. This study targeted Facebook as a representative social medial platform because it has the most subscribers in order to investigate factors that influence Facebook usage. In particular, because a person's behavior is based on how they are perceived by others, self-conscious behavior was examined in the study. Facebook usage and news consumption were examined to ascertain the effects of self-consciousness. An online survey was conducted to examine how private SC and public SC (SCs), affects Facebook usage (profiles and writing posts) and news consumption (clicking "like" and sharing news). 616 participants completed the survey, and results indicated that public SC was positively related to the degree of profile updating and post writing. On the other hand, private SC was positively related to the degree of news sharing. These results suggest that psychological elements significantly predict a user's behavior on Facebook.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.15-28
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• 2022

Recently, government agencies are actively adopting the platform model as a means of public policy. However, existing studies on the public platform are minimal and have focused on user experiences or the possibility of public usage of the platform model. Now the research concerning building governance structure and utilizing network effects of the platform after adopting the platform model in the public sector is keenly required. This study intended to ignite academic dialogue on the governance of public platforms in the context of digital transformation. This study focused on a case of the 'Special delivery,' a public delivery app established by Gyeonggi-do. In order to analyze the characteristics of the public platform and its governance structure, data were collected from press releases, policy reports, and news articles. Data was analyzed using the frame of Hagui's platform design factors and Ansell & Gash's collaborative governance model. The results of the public platform analyses showed 1) incompleteness in the value trade-off accounting, which was designed for platform business based on general cost-benefit analysis, and 2) a closed governance structure that limits direct participation of diverse user groups(i.e., service provider, customer) in order to enhance providers' utility by preventing customers' excessive online activities. The results of this study provided theoretical and policy implications regarding designing the strategy for accounting for value trade-offs and functioning governance structure for public platforms.