Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
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The Moderating Effect of Characteristics of Message and SNS on the Relationship between the Direction of WOM and Consumer Attitude

구전정보방향성과 소비자태도와의 관계에 대한 메시지특성과 SNS특성의 조절효과

  • Kim, Sung-Soo (Dept. of Business Management, Korea Polytechnic University) ;
  • Ahn, Tony Donghui (Dept. of Business Management, Korea Polytechnic University)
  • 김성수 (한국산업기술대학교 경영학부) ;
  • 안동희 (한국산업기술대학교 경영학부)
  • Received : 2016.05.01
  • Accepted : 2016.06.20
  • Published : 2016.06.28
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Abstract

This study aims to explore the effect of characteristics of eWOM(Word-of-mouth) on consumer attitude in SNS(Social Network Service). The characteristics of WOM were classified into characteristics of message (polarity, verifiability, consensus) and characteristics of SNS (social presence, interaction). Data of 554 samples were collected from the university students of SNS users. The key results showed that the polarity of the WOM has a strong positive effect on consumer's attitude, and the degree of verifiability and consensus has a moderating effect on the polarity-attitude relationship. On the contrary, characteristics of SNS such as social presence and interaction have a direct effect on consumer attitude and have no significant moderating effect on the polarity-attitude relationship. This study provides an academic enhancement in the research of the relationship between the characteristics of WOM and consumer's attitude in the SNS environment. Practical implications are also drawn from these findings.

이 연구는 SNS상에서 제품에 대한 사용자의 구전정보의 특성이 소비자 태도에 미치는 영향을 실증적으로 검증하는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 특히 긍정 혹은 부정적 내용으로 나뉜 메시지와 소비자태도의 관계에 있어서, 메시지의 사실성, 동의성, 사회적 실재감, 상호작용의 조절효과가 있는지 살펴보았다. SNS 사용 대학생을 대상으로 수집한 554개 표본을 대상으로 실증분석한 결과, 구전 메시지의 방향성에 따라 소비자 태도는 유의적인 변화를 보였으며, 특히, 메시지가 판단적일 때보다 사실적일 때, 그리고 메시지에 대해 SNS사용자가 다양한 동의감을 표출할수록 더 큰 영향을 받았다. 한편, 참여자의 실재감이나 상호작용 등 SNS의 고유한 특성은 유의적인 조절효과가 발견되지 않았으며 이들은 소비자 태도에 직접 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 SNS에서의 소비자 태도 형성과정에서 메시지의 특성과 SNS특성에 따라 소비자 태도가 어떻게 영향을 받는지 학술적 연구의 범위를 확대하였고, SNS를 통해 마케팅 활동을 수행하는 실무자들에게도 유용한 시사점을 제시한다.

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