• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.149-157
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• 2021

This study aims to understand how an influencer's social and physical attractiveness, background and value homophily influences consumer's emotional attachment, which in turn causes user stickiness with regards the influencer's live commerce. We tested all proposed hypotheses among users of the online shopping platform "TaoBao". Ultimately, 297 questionnaires were collected by means of an online survey. The results revealed that social and physical attractiveness positively influence emotional attachment. Meanwhile only value homophily significantly affected emotional attachment, whereas background homophily did not significantly affect emotional attachment. Additionally, emotional attachment was found to significantly influence live commerce stickiness. We also investigated the moderation effect of perceived beauty trends of products sold on live commerce, where the results indicated that high beauty tends to have a higher effect on live commerce stickiness behavior. Lastly, theoretical and managerial implications have been offered.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.170-178
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• 2012

본 연구는 SNS 자기 노출 집단에 따른 이용자 동질성 인식에 어느 정도의 차이가 있는 가를 살펴보기 위한 것이다. 이를 위해 SNS 자기 노출 집단을 살펴본 결과, 이들은 적극적 노출 집단, 중간 노출 집단, 소극적 노출 집단으로 구분되는 것으로 나타났다. 주요 연구 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째 연구 문제인 SNS 자기 노출 집단별 SNS 이용 특성을 살펴본 결과, 적극적 자기 노출 집단은 트위터 접속 회수, SNS 메시지 수신 및 발신 건수 등에서 중간 및 소극적 자기 노출 집단보다 규모가 큰 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 미니홈피와 블로그 등의 온라인 활동에서는 소극적 자기 노출 집단 응답자들의 평균 점수가 다른 집단 응답자들보다 높게 나타났다. 둘째, SNS 자기 노출 집단별 인구사회학적 동질성을 살펴본 결과, 국적을 제외한 지역, 성별, 연령, 직업 등에서 모두 적극적 자기 노출 집단 이용자들의 동질성 인식이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 공유된 동질성 인식 측면에서도 적극적 자기 노출 집단 응답자들은 관심 분야, 취향, 취미, 이용자들 간의 관계 등에서 모두 동질성 인식 정도가 높게 나타났다. 반면, 의견이나 생각에 대한 동질성 인식은 가장 낮게 나타났다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.267-278
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• 2019

본 연구는 1인 게임방송 BJ에 대한 숭배와 인지된 동종 선호가 시청 충성도의 매개효과를 통해 게임 효능감에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 검증하고자 하였다. 온라인 설문 조사를 통해 1인 게임방송 시청 경험이 있는 485명의 참가자들을 표본으로 수집하였으며, 수집된 데이터는 구조방정식모형 검증을 통해 분석되었다. 완전매개효과를 가정한 연구모형과 부분매개효과를 가정한 대안모형을 제시한 뒤 두 모형을 비교하였으며, 변인들 간의 직간접 효과를 분석하기 위해 부트스트래핑(bootstrapping)을 실시하였다. 연구 결과 BJ 숭배와 인지된 동종 선호는 시청 충성도의 완전매개효과를 통해 최종적으로 게임 효능감에도 유의미한 영향을 주는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 본 연구는 1인 게임방송이 시청자들의 게임 효능감 형성에 유의미한 영향을 미친다는 점을 밝혀내어 BJ에 대한 긍정적 인식을 제공하였다는 점에서 의의를 가진다.

• 한국식품영양학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.217-225
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• 2011

The current research identified the impacts of WOM(Word-of-Mouth) regarding dining experience and the factors which were likely to influence them. Specifically, this study is examined from the perspective of WOM recipient's in on-line settings. For the purpose of this research, online survey was used and a total 203 online questionnaires of respondents who had experienced restaurant reviews and recommendations via internet last 6 month were analyzed. Overall, the results indicated that in aspects of WOM recipients, the impacts of WOM were 'visit intention', 're-WOM intention' and 'source credibility' affected 'WOM acceptance' in this process. Additionally, 'online homophily' and 'message vividness' had a positive effects(p<0.001) on builiding source credibility. By clarifying the process between on-line WOM of restaurant consumers and their actual visit, this study intend to provide basis which can be used for restaurant industry's effective marketing activity.

• Journal of Public Diplomacy
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.57-79
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• 2021

Drawing on the theories of mediated public diplomacy, intermedia agenda-building, and homophily, this study aims to compare the effectiveness of the public diplomacy efforts made by the Saudi and Qatari governments during the Gulf diplomatic crisis. The study examines the respective international agenda-building influence of the state-sponsored media from the two competing Gulf states on the regional and international media's coverage of the crisis. Results show that, compared to Saudisponsored Al Arabiya, Qatari-sponsored Al Jazeera was more effective in shaping the agendas of the regional and international media. Whereas Al Arabiya has a weak first-level agenda-building influence and a moderate-to-strong influence at the second and the third levels, Al Jazeera demonstrates a strong agenda-building influence on the foreign media outlets at all of the three levels. We also analyze the impact of political proximity and the language of the media content (English or Arabic) on the agenda-building relationships. Still, the results suggest that, compared to Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera was more successful in shaping the agendas of the regional and international news media-no matter where they are based in the allied or the opposing countries. Also, we observe a higher level of consistency between Arabic- and English-language content in Al Jazeera.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.382-406
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• 2019

We study the antecedents to tie formation on an (Facebook-like) enterprise social media platform implemented to support cross-boundary connections. Research has produced mixed findings regarding the role of social media in cultivating bridging vs. closed networks. We examine the tie formation patterns of 1,386 enterprise social media users over a two-year period. Specifically, we observe who became (or chose not s become) "friends" with whom at the dyadic level and relate the decisions to various mechanisms that affect one's network to expand, constrain, or bridge. Using logistic and OLS regressions, we find that users tend to form ties via reciprocity and transitivity (with friends of friends), both of which help expand one's network. We also find strong networking tendency toward functional and hierarchical homophily (same business unit and same rank, respectively), which is likely to constrain one's network (closed network structure). We find that one's participation in various online interest groups is likely to open one's network (bridging network structure) while no evidence found for preferential attachment. Overall, we find that enterprise social media offers features, some of which are likely to foster bridging while others foster closed networks via different mechanisms.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2013

This paper explores the influences of the traditional Chinese culture on social relations in China. It provides an introduction to the concept of Guanxi, the notion that social connections are based on socially situated reciprocity. This is different from social interaction in Western society that is based on self-interest and equity. Guanxi represents the foundation of social networks in many Eastern countries. As such, the study of social networks in China requires scholars to examine Guanxi networks. The paper demonstrates how a Guanxi perspective might be added to the examination of various theories that comprise structural (network) theory, including social capital theory, social exchange theory, cognitive and contagion theories, and the role of homophily for the study of Chinese society and its social organizations.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.7-17
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• 2017

Despite various types of online social networks having different topological and functional characteristics, the kinds of online social networks considered in social recommendations are highly restricted. The pervasiveness of social networks has brought scholarly attention to expanding the scope of social recommendations into more diverse and less explored types of online social networks. As a preliminary attempt, this study examined the information-sharing patterns of a new type of online social network - unilateral (directed) network - and assessed the feasibility of the network as a useful information source. Specifically, this study mainly focused on the presence of shared interests in unilateral networks, because the shared information is the inevitable condition for utilizing the networks as a feasible source of personalized recommendations. As the results, we discovered that user pairs with direct and distant links shared significantly more similar information than the other non-connected pairs. Individual users' social properties were also significantly correlated with the degree of their information similarity with social connections. We also found the substitutability of online social networks for the top cohorts anonymously chosen by the collaborative filtering algorithm.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2015

This paper aims to assess the feasibility of a new and less-focused type of online sociability (the watching network) as a useful information source for personalized recommendations. In this paper, we recommend scientific articles of interests by using the shared interests between target users and their watching connections. Our recommendations are based on one typical social bookmarking system, CiteULike. The watching network-based recommendations, which use a much smaller size of user data, produces suggestions that are as good as the conventional Collaborative Filtering technique. The results demonstrate that the watching network is a useful information source and a feasible foundation for information personalization. Furthermore, the watching network is substitutable for anonymous peers of the Collaborative Filtering recommendations. This study shows the expandability of social network-based recommendations to the new type of online social networks.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.320-327
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• 2021

We aim to investigate the effects of task type and user gender on the expected gender of chatbots. We conducted an online study of 381 participants who selected the gender (female, male, or neutral) for chabots performing six different tasks. Our results indicate that users expect human- gendered chatbots for all tasks and that the expected gender of a chatbot is significantly different depending on the task type. Users expected chatting, counseling, healthcare and clerical work to be done by female chatbots; professional and customer service work were expected to be done by male chatbots. A tendency for participants to prefer chatbots of the same-gendered as themselves is revealed in several tasks for both male and female users. However, this homophily tendency is stronger for female users. We conclude by suggesting practical guidelines for designing chatbot services that reflect user expectations.