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A Study on the Impacts of WOM Information Characteristics on WOM Effect

온라인 구전정보의 특성이 구전효과에 미치는 영향에 관한 연구

  • Choi, Young Min (Dept. of Business Administration, Dong-A University) ;
  • Bae, Sang-Wook (Dept. of Business Administration, Pukyong National University)
  • Received : 2015.12.08
  • Accepted : 2016.02.04
  • Published : 2016.02.29
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Abstract

This study empirically validate the impacts of WOM information characteristics on the WOM effect in accordance with SNS media due to the increased the WOM role under SNS. The key results showed that the more vivid, negative, and objective WOM information was, the more positive impacts on the intention to adopt information. In addition, the intention to adopt information had a positive impact on the re-WOM intention. Second, there was no significant difference between Facebook and Blog groups regarding the impacts of the WOM information characteristics on the WOM effect. This can be inferred from the fact that consumers recognize all SNS media as a single online medium regardless of their characteristics in the process of accepting and spreading information. Based on these results, this research drew the following implications. It conceptualized the information characteristics factors that influence the online information acceptance process and the relationship with WOM effects by focusing on SNS and high-tech products that are rapidly emerging. This study is also significant because it attempted to expand the characteristics of WOM information and WOM effects to Facebook and blogs, which are SNS media, and proposed a future research direction.

본 연구는 SNS상에서 발생하는 온라인 구전 역할의 증대에 따라 SNS 매체에 따른 구전정보의 특성이 구전효과에 미치는 영향관계를 실증적으로 검증하고자 하였다. 분석결과 첫째, 구전정보가 보다 생생하고, 부정적이고, 사실적일수록 정보수용의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었으며, 또한 정보수용의도가 재구전의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 구전정보의 특성이 구전정보의 효과에 미치는 영향은 페이스북과 블로그 집단 간에 유의한 차이를 나타나지 않았다. 이는 소비자는 정보를 수용하고 재구전하는 과정에서 SNS 매체의 특성과는 관계없이 모두 하나의 온라인 매체로 인식하기 때문인 것으로 유추할 수 있다. 이들 분석결과를 바탕으로 본 연구의 시사점으로는 최근 급부상하고 있는 SNS와 하이테크 제품에 주목하여 온라인 정보수용과정에 영향을 주는 정보특성 변인들을 개념화하고 구전효과와의 관계를 실증적으로 규명했으며 구전정보의 특성과 구전효과의 관계에 관한 연구영역을 SNS 매체유형인 페이스북과 블로그로 확장을 시도해보았다는 점에서 의의를 찾을 수 있다. 끝으로 향후 연구방향을 제시하였다.

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