• Korean journal of communication and information
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• v.45
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• pp.113-150
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• 2009

Attempts to relax cross-media ownership have been made by conservative Party and leading dailies. A concern with the cross-ownership of media is predominant in media and political spheres. This article is about the media market concentration created by cross-media ownership. This essay is a response to the demand of the ruling camp that attempts to concentrate on media market, and to increase their influence. I have outlined issues of cross ownership. The finding of this research supported the rationale of ban on cross ownership of newspaper and broadcasting outlet.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.86-91
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• 2019

The goal of this study is to identify how different types of messages can contribute to the effectiveness of social media in healthier dietary behavior. The sample consisted of 160 participants who use social media and participants were randomly assigned to one of the four experimental conditions. The study shows that a positively framed message paired with a health focused message and a negatively framed message paired with a body image focused message exhibit a positive eWOM and message perception. This research offers direction for development of appropriate message types to improve social media effectiveness. Social media marketers and advertisers can develop social media content on healthier dietary behavior.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.71-88
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• 2023

Behaviour on social media sites need to be clearly defined so that students would know the clear distinction between the acceptable and unacceptable acts they are supposed to exhibit whenever they get on social media platforms. With the adoption of the survey approach, this study randomly selected 204 students from two renowned universities in Ghana to participate in the study. Using the theory of Technological Determinism, the results of this study indicated that technology has the power to influence human behaviour in a positive and negative manner. The results also brought out the acceptable and unacceptable behaviour that should or should not be exhibited on social media sites by students. The study established the importance of the theory of Technological Determinism to media use. It also gave a vivid description of what is right and not right on social media sites.

• Asia Marketing Journal
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.231-242
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• 2024

This research investigates how loneliness affects people's preferences for products that appear in social media ads. Four studies examine the impact of loneliness that is both measured in an established scale and situationally induced via a recall task. Individuals who experience higher levels of loneliness evaluate the same products more highly when they are advertised in a social (i.e., Instagram) compared to non-social (i.e., brand website) media platform. This effect occurs because loneliness increases people's attention to others' social evaluation of a product, and social media ads provide this information via social cues such as "likes" embedded in the ads. When the social cues are absent, the advantage of advertising on social compared to non-social media for people with high (vs. low) loneliness disappears. The findings suggest that social media ads have a unique appeal for individuals experiencing loneliness and highlight the role of social cues in shaping product evaluations.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.129-139
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• 2024

In digital marketing, the strategic use of emojis in social media advertising, particularly on the Xiaohongshu app, significantly influences consumer acceptance and purchase behavior. This study examines the impact of emoji-laden advertisements and the role of brand metaphorical warmth on consumer perceptions. Employing a tailored questionnaire, the research explores how emojis affect brand advertisement reception, filling a gap in empirical research on emoji advertising effectiveness. Findings indicate that emojis, when used judiciously, enhance consumer acceptance and contribute to a positive brand perception. However, excessive use may undermine trust. Brand metaphorical warmth emerges as a crucial factor, suggesting that emojis can effectively convey warmth, fostering a deeper emotional connection with consumers. These insights offer practical implications for refining social media marketing strategies, advocating for a balanced approach to emoji usage in advertisements to optimize engagement and influence consumer behavior.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.470-492
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• 2024

For nonprofit organizations to effectively conduct social media marketing, which is characterized by viral marketing, it is essential that members engage in voluntary and active social media marketing activities. The purpose of this study was to present and empirically analyze the factors that influence the social media marketing activities of nonprofit organization members. To this end, this paper presents a research model that combines social capital and social cognitive theory based on the theory of reasoned action. To test this research model, valid survey data were collected from 317 members of nonprofit organizations in Korea and analyzed with structural equation modeling. The main results suggest that reciprocity, shared goals, outcome expectations, and self-efficiency affect the social media marketing activity intentions of nonprofit organization members through attitude and subjective norms. These results provide practical guidelines for the revitalization of social media marketing in nonprofit organizations.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.41-65
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• 2016

What prevails in the today's research on social media is a functional view of technology. Technology is regarded as a set of technical devices used to conduct specific social functions, such as personal communication, social networking, public posting, and corporate advertising, among others. This paper proposes that such a functional view of technology renders social media research unduly limited and constrained in its scope, level, and direction of inquiry. Problematizing on some representative social media research efforts in the field of IS, this paper provides an alternative perspective, that is, to view social media as a technology-for-being that exerts a deeper level of influence on our existence, molding and shaping the nature and mode of being itself. Such a technology-for-being perspective has been rarely explored or subscribed to in the present IS social media research. Building upon the new conception of social media as a technology-for-being, this essay explores the quality of being in the context of social media. Five such qualities are discussed, including virtuality, materiality, externality, liquidity, and hybridity. The essay also explores the deep structural problems of research to guide future social media research. Six of such problems include Problematize-the-Natural, Follow-the-Actor, Welcome-the-Frankenstein, Weber-meets-Frankenstein, Freud-meets-Frankenstein, and Marx-meets-Frankenstein. The essay concludes with discussions on the implications of the essay, its limitations, and suggestions for future work.

• Journal of Distribution Science
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• v.17 no.11
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• pp.17-26
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• 2019

Purpose: Mobile media is gaining ground as an independent and core platform, and corporate interest and the expectations forstrategic use are rising in one-person media. Therefore, this study aims to establish interactivity, entertainment, information, professionalism, and up-to-date as the sub-factors of one-person media advertising properties, and to study the effect of one-personmedia advertising attributes on purchasing intention. Research design, data, and method: After collecting data from a total of 202 people, including 106 men and 96 women with the online survey method, frequency analysis and regression analysis were conducted using SPSS 25.0. Results: Research has shown that information, professionalism, entertainment, and up-to-date have a significant influence on purchasing intent. In addition, although information and expertise are found to have a significant influence on trust which shows a direct impact on the purchasing intention, the results of verification for the effect of purchasing intent through the medium of trust found to be significant in entertainment, information and up-to-date. Conclusions: There is a difference in Professionalism and Entertainment between men and women. This study provided the suggestions for establishing the most effective measures and marketing strategies in producing one-person media advertisements.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.462-474
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• 2015

This article is aimed to investigate the role of social pressure in the influential relationship of user motivation on user commitment in social media. On this purpose, user motivation in social media was divided into 3 sub-dimensions as social motivation, functional motivation and hedonic motivation and social pressure was also categorized into informational isolation pressure and conformity pressure and then it was explored that how the social pressure makes differential effects in the relationship of each dimensions of user motivation and user commitment. Major findings are as follows. First, user's social motivation and hedonic motivation in social media had significant positive influence on user commitment. Second, the informational isolation pressure showed moderating effect in the relation of functional motivation and commitment. Third, conformity pressure displayed moderating effect in the relation of social motivation and commitment. This article suggests empirical supports about the role of social pressure in the phenomena of social media use and commitment, but requires to explore more specific factors and multi-dimensional studies in regard of social pressure in social media.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.193-212
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• 2013

Despite widespread availability of communication media supported ICT(Information & Communication Technology), the influence factors and its role to the communication interaction is not clear. The main objective of this research is to examine the factors that affect to the efficient and effective means of communication interaction. The investigation focuses on the effect of four different factors such as ICT communication media characteristics, personal innovativeness, and ICT media attitude. The hypotheses have been tested with the survey of 159 smart phone users. The research summarized in this paper decomposes the influence of the characteristics of ICT media, IT personal innovativeness, and the attitude of ICT usage to the efficient and effective communication interaction.