• Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.49-60
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• 2023

This study endeavors to answer four research questions: (a) Who are the celebrities? (b) How popular are they? (c) What do they post on social media platforms? (d) How do their followers react to them? Following quantitative methods, this study analyzes the top 195 Facebook celebrities of Bangladesh and their 9,441 Facebook posts' interactions. The result suggests that actors, music-related celebrities, and sports stars are the most popular celebrities. While male celebrities have a higher frequency, female celebrities have higher average followers than their male counterparts. Celebrities mostly share photos on Facebook, perhaps to recreate their public images and provide regular updates to their followers. The followers also engage the most in photos with affection and surprise reactions. Their reactions to celebrities' Facebook content are highly positive. Some strengths and limitations of this study are also discussed.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.284-295
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• 2019

셀러브리티들은 한 시대의 지배적인 문화를 형성하기도 하며, 새로운 유행을 선도할 수 있는 영향력을 가진 대상이다. 서울 패션 위크에 참석하는 국내 여성 셀러브리티들은 자신만의 패션 미학을 대중들에게 노출함으로써 패션 리더로서의 이미지를 구축하기도 하며, 컬렉션을 개최하는 패션디자이너들의 브랜드 홍보 및 판매를 촉진시키는 결과를 창출한다. 본 연구는 최근 5년간 서울 컬렉션에 나타난 여성 셀러브리티들의 패션 스타일의 분석을 토대로 여성 셀러브리티들의 패션 경향을 파악하는데 목적이 있다. 내용분석에 따른 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 직선형의 스트레이트 실루엣, 무채색의 활용, 문양이나 장식이 없는 경우가 높은 비중을 차지하고 있음에 따라 셀러브리티들은 모던하면서도 미니멀한 스타일을 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 슬림 실루엣과 프린세스 실루엣, 원피스 드레스나 스커트의 착용, 부드러운 소재나 러플의 장식을 통하여 전통적인 여성미를 드러내는 페미닌 스타일을 선호하고 있었으며, 원피스 드레스에 재킷을 매치한 형태 또한 다수 나타남에 따라 남성미가 절충된 시크 페미닌 스타일로의 변화를 시도하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 박시 실루엣, 화려한 컬러들이 믹스된 멀티 컬러, 반짝이는 소재와 그래픽이나 레터링의 문양, 다수의 디테일이 높은 비중을 차지하고 있음에 따라 유행의 선도자로서의 강렬한 존재감을 드러내는 맥시멀 스타일을 추구하는 것으로 나타났다.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.101-116
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• 2014

In the year 2013, Warren Buffett was named one of the most influential people of the year by TIME magazine. When people are exposed to such news, they show strong interest in who the influential people are and how those people became so successful. Likewise, people show strong attachment to other prominent figures as well. This social phenomenon indicates that people perceive well-known persona like business leaders, TV stars or sports stars etc. as human brands of intangible assets. As the role of these human brands is becoming more important, people tend to develop stronger attachment toward them. Another notable modern social phenomenon is people's pursuit of life-satisfaction and social well-being. People desire to increase their quality of life by having quality time with family and friends, and also by building attachment towards celebrities, sports stars, and so on. The main objective of this study is to examine how attachment toward human brands affects quality of life. While existing studies on human brands examined antecedents of attachment, e.g., some needs fulfillment such as A-R-C needs (autonomy, relatedness and competence needs) fulfillment, this study focuses on the outcome variables of attachment, e.g., how attachment toward human brands affects stress relief and life satisfaction through self-efficacy. Based on previous research, we divided human brands into two types: heroes and celebrities. Heroes are defined as people who have considerable and lasting importance on both societal and individual levels, and celebrities are defined as people who are well-known but have little or no short-term impact on society and individual levels. This study focuses on how attachment toward each type of human brands, celebrities and heroes, affects the quality of life or well-being. This study focuses on three important outcome variables; stress relief, life satisfaction, and self-efficacy, (three variables) which have been recently gaining importance, especially in the domain of positive psychology. Major findings from the present study show that although celebrities draw attachment from people by providing fun and entertainment or providing stress relief, they have weak influences on the wellbeing or efficacy of individuals at a deeper level. In contrast, attachment toward heroes helps people live better by providing meaning and positively influencing life satisfaction through self-efficacy (Frankl 1997). These results are consistent with the main tenet of 'positive psychology' which seeks "to find and nurture genius and talent and to make normal life more fulfilling" (Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi 2000). Considering the fact that certain celebrities are perceived as heroes to some, we can conclude that celebrities can become heroes if they provide meaning and value to the lives of people. This study contributes to the research stream of human brands since the most current leading research (e.g., Thomson 2006) indicated the need to look at the resulting effect of attachment on life satisfaction through self-efficacy. Another important contribution is that we empirically documented the different effects of celebrities and heroes. As expected, this study shows that heroes more deeply influence the lives of individuals in the long term while celebrities do so rather shallowly in the short term. The issues of the influence of heroes on the individuals' lives need to be further investigated in relation with the perspective of positive psychology.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.549-561
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• 2019

This study investigated the impact of appearance pressure from celebrities' social media upon internalization of mesomorphic ideal and muscularity dissatisfaction and the moderating role of time spent on social media in the relationships among variables in a sample of young Korean men (N=247). Those men who regularly participate in physical activities more than three times a week were included in our sample. Structural equation modeling analysis revealed that celebrities' social media pressure directly influenced both internalization and muscularity dissatisfaction, and internalization predicted muscularity dissatisfaction. A significant mediating effect of internalization in the relationships between celebrities' social media pressure and muscularity dissatisfaction was found. However, the moderating effect of time spent on social media was not found. The present results highlight the significant and negative effects of celebrities' social media on male's body image perception. By comparing the results of this study to previous studies, we can anticipate that the effects of social media on users' body image concerns can differ between male and female in the matter of time spent on social media. Implications of the study results and suggestions for future studies are discussed.

• International Journal of Costume and Fashion
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2015

This paper examines the contemporary relationship between fashion brands and celebrities. Noting the historic role of celebrities in fashion and their current prevalence in the industry, the paper moves beyond discussion of the motives and effectiveness of celebrity endorsement, and instead explores its nature and practice in the fashion sector. The paper proposes a new definition of celebrity endorsement in fashion, offers a classification of celebrities involved in fashion brand endorsement, and presents a typology examining the contemporary means by which a fashion brand may collaborate with celebrities. The typology is defined in context of the nature, length and cost to the brand of the relationship between it and the celebrity. The methodology uses secondary sources and qualitative primary research in an exploratory agenda in order to propose conclusions and suggest ideas for further research.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.143-165
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• 2020

The rapid growth of economic transactions generated by live streaming broadcasts ("LSB") has created opportunities for retailers to increase sales. However, little is known about what impact LSB celebrities have on customers and what causes LSB celebrities to become famous. This study aimed to fill this gap by studying the economics of LSBs. This study was conducted through a para-social relationship and attractiveness theory framework. Consequently, social and task attraction were assumed to be the antecedents of the para-social relationship that induced purchase intention. This study examined the impact of relationship rewards, self-disclosure, affective interactivity, informative interactivity, and the amount of information provided on purchase intentions through LSB. Celebrities can use the results of this study to enhance their appeal to fans and promote customers' purchase on e-commerce. This study contributed to the IS field by investigate the impact of para-social relationship on the online shopping context.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제26권5호
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• pp.777-792
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• 2018

As social media has become a part of daily life, new types of online opinion leaders are emerging, and in turn, changes in traditional fashion leaders and leadership are expected. Considering such changes, this study attempted to reexamine fashion leader types and influence characteristics from the perspective of college students as fashion followers. Students were asked to write an essay identifying their fashion leader and how and why they were influenced by him or her. Sixty essays entitled "My Fashion Leader" were collected and content-analyzed. A total of 78 fashion leaders were identified and categorized into four types including celebrities, social media influencers, friends/family/acquaintances, and people seen on the street in order of frequency. Influence characteristics of the identified fashion leaders included superiority, role model, similarity, and familiarity. Similarity was observed across all types of fashion leaders, while superiority and familiarity were identified for celebrities and friends/family/acquaintances, respectively. The results imply that celebrities, mostly those from the TV, movie, and music industries, are still important as fashion leaders in society regardless of their communication style, while friends/family/acquaintances as opinion leaders within a consumer group are important to provide information, advice, and help. However, social media influencers between the two groups are expanding the influence.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.72-82
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 트위터 상에서의 유명인과 트위터 이용자 사이에 이루어지는 트위터 매개 상호작용의 특성 및 감정 반응에 대해 탐색하였다. 이를 위해 유명인과의 트위터 매개 상호작용 유형을 '의사 교호작용', '정보 허브', 그리고 '팬덤' 등의 세 가지로 구분하였고, 유명인의 유형은 '연예인', '정치인', '전문인', 그리고 '블로거' 등의 네 가지로 분류하였다. 이렇게 구분된 트위터 매개 상호작용 및 유명인의 유형 범주에 따라 트위터 이용자들이 수행하는 트윗 행위의 특성을 분석 비교하였다. 또한 트위터 이용자들의 감정 반응을 나타내는 지표로 상정한 '이모티콘 이용'과 '감정 표현 제시' 빈도가 트위터 매개의 상호작용 유형 및 유명인 유형 범주에 따라 어떠한 차이가 있는지도 확인하였다. 분석을 위한 자료는 한국 트위터 공식 사이트를 통해 수집되었다. 공식 사이트를 활용하여 각 유형별 유명인에 대해 이루어진 트윗을 검색해 총 960개의 트윗을 수집하였고 각각의 트윗에 대한 내용 분석을 실시하였다. 분석 결과, 트위터 이용자들의 의사 교호작용 트윗 형태는 정치인과 전문가 유형에 대해서 가장 빈번했고, 팬덤 성격의 트윗은 연예인 유형에 대해서 가장 현저했으며, 정보 허브를 표방하는 트윗은 블로거 유형에 대해서 제일 빈번하게 수행된 것을 알 수 있었다. 감정 반응과 관련해서는 팬덤 유형의 트위터 매개 상호작용에 있어서 이모티콘 이용과 감정 표현의 제시 빈도가 가장 현저했다. 또 유명인 유형 중에서는 연예인에 대한 트윗에서 감정 반응이 가장 현저하게 드러났으며 이모티콘 이용 빈도는 전문인의 경우가 그 뒤를 이었고, 감정 표현 사용은 전문인과 정치인 유형이 유사한 것으로 확인되었다.

• 경영과정보연구
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.249-270
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• 2012

본 연구는 휴먼 브랜드로서 한류연예인에 대한 애착을 형성하는 요인 및 그 애착이 가져오는 결과에 대해 심도 있게 분석함으로써 휴먼브랜드에 대한 연구에 대한 심층적 연구의 필요성을 제기하는 동시에 한류의 효과 및 앞으로 마케팅 전략에 대한 시사점을 제시하는 목적을 가지고 있다. 특히, 사람 대 사람의 관계에서는 충성도보다 애착(attachments)이라는 표현이 적합하다고 판단되어 많은 마케팅 연구자들이 해당 브랜드의 마케팅 성과를 평가하는데 중요한 변수로 활용하고 있다. 본 연구의 결과는 한류연예인의 능력보다는 자아일치성과 신뢰가 더욱 브랜드 애착에 영향을 미치는 중요한 요인임으로 나타났다. 이는 소비자의 감성적인 부분이 연예인 평가에서 더 크게 작용해서 그런 것이 아닌지 유추해 볼 수 있다. 특히, 자아일치성의 개념은 아무래도 이성적 보다는 감성적 측면에서 해당소비자에 대한 평가를 나타내는 측면이라도 볼 수 있기 때문에 대체로 연예인에 대한 평가에서는 감정적 측면의 평가가 더욱 크게 기여할 수 있음을 유추해볼 수 있는 것이다. 둘째, 한류연예인의 확장제품으로 가치에 대한 영향 및 국가 이미지 개선효과를 검증한 결과, 해당 과거 일반 브랜드에서 수행된 연구들과 마찬가지로 광고모델이 좋으면 광고되는 제품에 긍정적 영향을 미치고, 해당브랜드의 차기 후속모델에 대한 관심을 높이며, 새로운 분야로의 브랜드 확장을 용이하게 하였으며 국가이미지에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.559-575
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• 2021

The popularity of K-pop, the development of diverse media and communications, and rapid globalization are increasing consumers' attachment to celebrities. These celebrities, called "Human brand", have a growing impact on consumers. However, research on idol celebrities has been conducted mainly on teenagers. Furthermore, there are limits to the studies on consumers' attachment to idol celebrities who do not advertise specific products and intention to purchase products which are not advertised but related to the idol human brand. Therefore, this study has been conducted on 301 out of 400 adult women in their twenties to forties in Korea to examine the relationship between the characteristics of the idol human brand, attachment to the idol human brand, desire to imitate the idol human brand, desire to identify with the idol human brand and its fandom community, and the effect on purchase intention. For the statistical analysis, SPSS and AMOS were used. The study found that the characteristics of the idol human brand which are trust, professionality, social attractiveness, and physical attractiveness positively influenced attachment to the idol human brand. The attachment to the idol human brand positively affected the imitation desire toward the idol human brand, and the identification desire with the idol human brand, and to identify with its fandom community. Additionally, the desire to imitate and to identify with the idol human brand and its fandom community positively affected the intention. Furthermore, the relationships between all variables were found to have a significant mediating effect.