Journal of Digital Convergence (디지털융복합연구)

The Society of Digital Policy and Management (한국디지털정책학회)
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A Classification of Car-related Mobile Apps: For App Development from a Convergence Perspective

차량용 모바일 앱의 분류: 융복합 관점의 앱 개발을 위해

  • Zhang, Chao (College of Business Administration, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) ;
  • Wan, Lili (College of Business Administration, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) ;
  • Min, Daihwan (Department of Digital Management, Korea University Sejong Campus)
  • 장차오 (한국외국어대학교 경영대학) ;
  • 완리리 (한국외국어대학교 경영대학) ;
  • 민대환 (디지털 경영학과)
  • Received : 2016.12.25
  • Accepted : 2017.03.20
  • Published : 2017.03.28
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Abstract

This study selected car-related mobile apps for app developers suffering from low revenue and classified car apps assisting users in driving or managing a car. A total of 697 car apps were classified into eight categories. Most apps are in four categories: car news & information (28%), locating service (23%), car rental service (15%), safe/efficient driving service (12%). The remaining categories are buying & selling, driver's communication, maintenance management, and expenses monitoring. Many apps are simple and too similar in their main functions. Only a few apps are designed to be more comprehensive and have functions in two or more categories. For the practicality of the categorization scheme, this study checked the inter-rater reliability in two tests and got 0.886 and 0.828. The result from this study suggests functions that are not implemented yet or need to be combined. Future research will focus on identifying promising car apps or designing multi-functional car apps.

다수의 앱 개발업체가 사업에 어려움을 겪고 있는 상황에서 수익을 높일 수 있는 분야로 본 연구에서는 자동차용 앱을 선정하고, 자동차를 운전하거나 관리하는 용도로 쓰이는 모바일 앱을 분석하여 분류하였다. 총 697개의 자동차용 앱(애플의 앱 스토어에서 273개와 구글 플레이 스토어에서 424개)을 분류한 결과 8개 집단으로 나뉘었는데, 대부분 차량 뉴스 및 정보(28%), 위치 서비스(23%), 대여 서비스(15%), 안전/효율 운전(12%) 집단에 속하였다. 나머지는 매매, 운전자 소통, 유지보수 관리, 경비 관리용 이었다. 하지만, 다수의 앱들이 주 기능면에서 너무 비슷한 경우가 많았고, 단지 소수의 앱만이 둘 이상의 집단에 속할 만큼 다양한 기능을 제공하고 있었다. 분류 체계의 실용성을 높이기 위하여 분류자간 신뢰성 검사를 두 번에 걸쳐 실시한 결과 Cohen's Kappa 값이 0.886과 0.828로 수용할 만한 수준이었다. 본 연구의 결과는 자동차용 앱 개발업체가 기존 앱이 제공하지 않는 기능을 발굴내거나 다기능을 복합한 앱을 개발하는데 유용할 것이며, 향후 유망 앱을 찾기 위한 방안을 연구할 필요가 있다.

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