Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles (한국의류학회지)

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The Effect of Blog Commitment to Fashion Product Purchase and Information Reproduction Behavior -Focus on Blog Characteristic and Consumer Information Variety Seeking-

블로그 몰입이 패션제품 구매행동과 정보 재생산 활동에 미치는 영향 -블로그 특성과 소비자 정보 다양성 추구를 중심으로-

  • Kim, Seu-La (Division of Fashion Industry, Silla University) ;
  • Hong, Keum-Hee (Division of Fashion Industry, Silla University)
  • 김슬아 (신라대학교 패션산업학부) ;
  • 홍금희 (신라대학교 패션산업학부)
  • Received : 2011.02.17
  • Accepted : 2011.06.15
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

A blog has significant effect as a new online medium and as a tool to share information with its powerful networking function. Blogs are established based on personal experience and their impact is stronger than conventional media in terms of informativeness, credibility and interactivity. Such characteristics of blogs lead to blog commitment (a phenomenon that has behavioral consequences) that eventually influences consumer fashion purchase behavior. The more a consumer is interested in fashion and seeks diverse information from a wide range of media, the more personally committed they become to certain blogs; in addition, they will also post the results of their fashion product purchases on their blog to further create and reproduce information. This research discovers how blog commitment affects fashion product purchase behavior and information reproduction activity among consumers as well as explores the impact of blog characteristics and information variety seeking by individual consumers on these factors. The data was collected from 428 adults who purchased a fashion product based on information they found on a blog. The results are as follows. First, blog characteristics are composed of accessibility, interactivity, credibility of the information, and informativeness. Second, in terms of the blog commitment, informativeness, credibility, and consumer information diversification (respectively), turned out to have positive effects; in addition, accessibility and credibility had positive effects for corporate blogs. The comparison between private and corporate blogs showed that consumers tend to be more committed to private blogs. Third, in terms of the brand attitude, private/corporate blog commitment, credibility, and consumer information diversification (respectively) had a positive influence. Fourth, blog characteristics and consumer information diversification led consumers (through private/corporate blog commitment) to form a favorable attitude towards the brand and purchase products that resulted in information reproduction of the purchased product.

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