• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.159-177
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• 2022

Purpose Online reviews are critical for sales of online shopping platforms because they provide useful information to consumers. As the eCommerce market grows rapidly, the role of online reviews is becoming more important. The purpose of this study is to analyze how online reviews written by domestic consumers affect product sales by classifying the types of products. Design/methodology/approach This study analyzed how the effects of review characteristics(reviewer reputation, reviewer exposure, review length, time, rating, image, and emotional score) on the usefulness of online reviews differ depending on the product types. Subsequently, how the impact of review attributes (review usefulness, number of reviews, ratings, and emotional scores) on product sales differs according to each product type was compared. Based on the FCB Grid model, the product type was classified into high involvement-rational, high involvement-emotional, low involvement -rational, and low involvement-emotional product types. Findings According to the analysis result, the characteristics of reviews useful to consumers were different for each product type, and the review attributes affecting product sales were also different for each product type. This study confirmed that it revealed that product characteristics are major consideration in evaluating the review usefulness and the factors affecting product sales.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.113-124
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• 2024

Purpose: This study is a quantitative study and analyzes the effect of evaluating the extreme and usefulness of product reviews on sales performance by using text mining techniques based on product review big data. We investigate whether the perceived helpfulness of product reviews serves as a mediating factor in the impact of product review extremity on sales performance. Research design, data and methodology: The analysis emphasizes customer interaction factors associated with both product review helpfulness and sales performance. Out of the 8.26 million Amazon product reviews in the book category collected by He & McAuley (2016), text mining using natural language processing methodology was performed on 300,000 product reviews, and the hypothesis was verified through hierarchical regression analysis. Results: The extremity of product reviews exhibited a negative impact on the evaluation of helpfulness. And the helpfulness played a mediating role between the extremity of product reviews and sales performance. Conclusion: Increased inclusion of extreme content in the product review's text correlates with a diminished evaluation of helpfulness. The evaluation of helpfulness exerts a negative mediating effect on sales performance. This study offers empirical insights for digital market distributors and sellers, contributing to the research field related to product reviews based on review ratings.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.741-757
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• 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed our lifestyle. People spend much more time on YouTube, SNS and online shopping than before. Accordingly, the number of product review videos are steeply increasing in YouTube platform. When people watched the review videos, they might search additional information if they liked the videos. This study aims to investigate how the informativeness and the degree of attention gathering of product review videos influence on the product information sourcing intention and persuasion knowledge. We also try to find whether prior YouTube experience affects the relationship between the degree of attention gathering and persuasion knowledge. We conducted an online survey on 499 participants and analyzed using partial least square methods. Results show that 1) informativeness and the degree of attention gathering towards product review videos influence on the product information sourcing intention and user's persuasion knowledge. 2) Viewers' YouTube experiences moderate the increase of the viewers' persuasion knowledge caused by increasing the degree of viewers' attention gathering. This study implies that YouTube product review videos could be created in strategic manners. Also, it could be inferred that consumers' prior YouTube experiences may reduce negative potentials of the degree of attention gathering onto persuasion knowledge.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.85-94
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• 2019

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of customer's communication on sales performance in the online market. Research design, data, and methodology - This study uses linear regression analysis to examine the effects of product review characteristics which are the result of customer's communication, on sales performance by using product reviews of online marketplace Amazon. Result - The increase in the number of product reviews positively affected sales performance. An increase in extreme opinions in the product review has a positive effect on sales performance. The product review length has a negative effect on sales performance. Conclusions - This study has shown the online marketplace customers' communication can influence sales performance using product review big data. This study contributed to the theoretical completeness by analyzing all the products of the book category in Amazon online market. This research will complement the theories regard to the customer behavior affecting sales performance. We expect the empirical analysis result will provide empirical help to sellers, online marketplace operators, and customers. In particular, the number of letters in the product may negatively affect sales performance, so sellers need to consider this effect carefully when exposing product reviews.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.79-81
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• 2014

전자 상거래 리뷰 정보에 대한 소비자들의 의존도가 증가하고 있다. 제품 리뷰는 잠재적인 고객의 구매 결정에 있어 중요한 결정 요소이다. 제품 리뷰는 또한 상품 제조사들이 자신들의 제품에 대한 문제점을 발견하고 자신들의 경쟁자들에 대한 경쟁 정보를 수집할 수 있도록 해준다. 불행히도 많은 온라인 제품 정보들이 그 제품에 대한 진짜 고객들에 의해 만들어지지 않은 것이라는 것은 잘 알려진 사실이다. 리뷰를 쓰는 사람들은, 특정 제품의 평판을 떨어뜨리기 위해 가짜로 부정적인 리뷰를 쓰거나, 특정 제품에 대해 부당하게 긍정적인 리뷰를 써서 그 제품을 홍보하기도 한다. 이러한 리뷰들을 가짜 리뷰라고 한다. 가짜 리뷰 판별 기법은 가짜 리뷰를 판별하고 삭제하여 진실한 리뷰들만 독자에게 제공하기 위한 기법이다. 현재까지 이 문제에 대한 연구는 많이 발표되지 않았다. 본 논문에서, 우리는 관련 연구들을 조사하고 가짜 리뷰 판별 기법들에 대해 간단히 조망해 보고자 한다. 웹 스팸 및 이메일 스팸과 같은 가짜 리뷰 판별과 관련된 연구들을 소개한다. 그리고, 가짜 리뷰들을 판별하기 위한 방법들을 소개하고 요약한다. 마지막으로 가짜 리뷰 판별에 대한 연구 추세들로 결론을 맺는다.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.67-90
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• 2008

Prior to making choices among online products and services, consumers often search online product reviews written by other consumers. Online product reviews have great influences on consumer behavior because they are believed to be more reliable than information provided by sellers. However, ever-increasing lists of product reviews make it difficult for consumers to find the right information efficiently. A customized search mechanism is a method to provide personalized information which fits the user's requirements. This study examines effects of a customized search mechanism and perceived similarity between consumers and product reviewers on consumer behaviors. More specifically, we address the following research questions: (1) Can a customized search mechanism increase perceived similarity between product review authors and readers? (2) Are product reviews perceived as more credible when product reviews were written by the authors perceived similar to them? (3) Does credibility of product reviews have a positive impact on acceptance of product reviews? (4) Does acceptance of product reviews have an influence on purchase intention of the readers? To examine these research questions, a lab experiment with a between-subject factor (whether a customized search mechanism is provided or not) design was employed. In order to enhance mundane realism and increase generalizability of the findings, the experiment sites were built based on a real online store, cherrya.com (http://www.cherrya.com/). Sixty participants were drawn from a pool that consisted of undergraduate and graduate students in a large university. Participation was voluntary; all the participants received 5,000 won to encourage their motivation and involvement in the experiment tasks. In addition, 15 participants, who selected by a random draw, received 30,000 won to actually purchase the product that he or she decided to buy during the experiment. Of the 60 participants, 25 were male and 35 were female. In examining the homogeneity between the two groups, the results of t-tests revealed no significant difference in gender, age, academic years, online shopping experience, and Internet usage. To test our research model, we completed tests of the measurement models and the structural models using PLS Graph version 3.00. The analysis confirmed individual item reliability, internal consistency, and discriminant validity of measurements. The results show that participants feel more credible when product reviews were written by the authors perceived similar to them, credibility of product reviews have a positive impact on acceptance of product reviews, and acceptance of product reviews have an influence on purchase intention of the readers. However, a customized search mechanism did not increase perceived similarity between product review authors and readers. The results imply that there is an urgent need to develop a better customized search tool in order to increase perceived similarity between product review authors and readers.

• 정보과학회 논문지
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• 제43권9호
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• pp.983-997
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• 2016

온라인 상품평 양의 비약적 증가로 인해 소비자들이 유용한 상품평 만을 찾는 것이 거의 불가능에 가까워졌다. 이 연구는 온라인 상품평의 유용성을 자동적으로 평가할 수 있는 토대를 마련하는데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 상품평을 이루는 문장에 담긴 정보를 설명하는 그 대상에 따라 종류를 나눌 수 있도록 상품평 정보 분류를(Review Information Types) 제안하고, 각 정보 분류 내에서 문장의 주제 벡터 변환 방법과 군집화를 이용하여 더 세부적으로 각 문장이 어떤 정보를 제공하는지를 추출함으로써 각 상품평이 제공하는 정보에 따라 그 유용성을 평가하는 방법을 제안한다. 이러한 시도는 잠재적 소비자들이 상품평에서 상품 자체의 특성이나 상품평 제공자의 경험과 같은 정보를 배송과 같은 정보보다 중요하게 생각할 것이라는 가정에서 시작했다. 자동 상품평 유용성 평가 실험을 통해 본 연구에서 제시하는 방법이 기존의 비교 가능한 연구들에 비해 더 효과적인 것을 밝혀냈다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제35권9호
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• pp.1099-1111
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• 2011

This study identified the types of consumer review information about apparel products based on consumer satisfaction/dissatisfaction with the availability/non-availability of consumer review information for online stores. Data were collected from 318 females aged 20s' to 30s', who had significant experience in reading consumer reviews posted on online stores. Consumer satisfaction/dissatisfaction with availability or non-availability of review information on online stores is different for information in regards to apparel product attributes, product benefits, and store attributes. According to the concept of quality elements suggested by the Kano model, two types of consumer review information were determined: Must-have information (product attribute information about size, fabric, color and design of the apparel product; benefit information about washing & care and comport of the apparel product; store attribute information about responsiveness, disclosure, delivery and after service of the store) and attracting information (attribute information about price comparison; benefit information about coordination with other items, fashionability, price discounts, value for price, reaction from others, emotion experienced during transaction, symbolic features for status, health functionality, and eco-friendly feature; store attribute information about return/refund, damage compensation and reputation/credibility of online store and interactive and dynamic nature of reviews among customers). There were significant differences between the high and low involvement groups in their perceptions of consumer review information.

• 기술혁신연구
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.85-111
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 온라인 쇼핑몰 상황에서 이전사업경험, 제품속성과 온라인 고객의견이 신제품 매출성과에 미친 영향을 살펴보았다. 인터넷 쇼핑몰에서 제품 성과에 대한 연구들은 선진국 온라인 쇼핑몰을 중심으로 고객들의 구전효과에 초점을 두고 연구를 진행해 왔으며 상대적으로 기업특성이나 제품속성에 대한 연구는 미흡하였다. 본 연구에서는 중국 인터넷 쇼핑몰에서 판매중인 총 407개 TV모델들을 대상으로 기업특성, 제품속성 및 온라인 고객의견이 제품 매출성과에 미친 영향을 살펴보았다. 기업특성에서는 이전TV제조업체들의 제품이 신규 진입기업들의 제품들보다 매출성과가 높았다. 제품속성에서는 경쟁제품 대비 초기 가격수준이 낮을수록 성과가 높으며 가격할인율이 높은 경우에는 오히려 매출성과가 낮았다. 전반적인 제품의 기술경쟁력 수준이 높을수록 판매성과가 높으며 신기능의 특성에 따라 매출성과에 미친 효과는 다르게 나타났다. 제품별 온라인 고객평가 의견수가 많을수록 해당 제품의 매출성과는 높은 것으로 나타난 반면, 온라인 고객평가 점수는 매출성과에 유의한 영향관계나 나타나지 않았다. 본 연구에서는 온라인 쇼핑몰 상황에서 신제품 매출성과 향상을 위한 이론적 실무적 의의를 제시하고 향후 연구과제들을 제시하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.316-330
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• 2020

이 연구는 텍스트 마이닝을 사용하여 하드웨어 제품에 대한 리뷰, 서비스 상품에 대한 리뷰, ICT분야의 하드웨어와 클라우드 서비스가 융합된 형태의 상품을 대상으로 소비자 리뷰를 분석한다. 분석을 위해 각 리뷰의 키워드를 도출하고 토픽 도출에 사용된 단어의 차별성을 찾는다. 마지막으로 전체 리뷰를 대상으로 군집분석을 실시하고 각각의 상품군의 리뷰가 어떤 군집에 속하는지를 검토한다. 이 연구를 통해서 각 상품의 유형별로 특화되어 사용된 핵심어를 도출하였고, 토픽모델링을 사용하여 제품과 서비스의 특성을 표현하는 주제를 도출하였다. 서비스 상품 리뷰에서는 공급자의 우수성을 의미하는 professional, technician과 같은 핵심어를 도출하였고, 융합제품서비스상품으로서 아마존 에코 리뷰에서는 favorite, fine, fun, nice, smart, unlimited, useful 등의 긍정적 의미의 형용사를 도출하였다. 군집분석을 사용하여 전체 리뷰를 분석하였고, 3개의 상품 유형별 리뷰가 배타적으로 서로 다른 각각의 군집에 속하는 결과를 발견하였다. 이 연구는 소비자의 니즈(needs)를 상품의 유형별로 온라인 리뷰를 이용하여 차이점을 분석하였고 실무적으로 상품 유형에 기반한 상품기획과 마케팅 프로모션 차별화의 필요성을 제시하였다.