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The Effect of the Character Attribute of Charged Mobile Messenger Emoticons on the Purchase Intention

모바일 메신저 유료 이모티콘의 캐릭터 속성요인이 구매의도에 미치는 영향

  • Kim, Jun-Su (Department of Media and Visual Communications, Hannam University)
  • 김준수 (한남대학교 멀티미디어학부 미디어영상전공)
  • Received : 2016.12.27
  • Accepted : 2017.02.25
  • Published : 2017.02.28
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Abstract

Character of emoticon is considered suitable for expressivity in the digital era mixing and using contents of conversation with images in the course of having a talk with the other party in the mobile space. For the foregoing, this study carried out multiple regression analysis having factors of character attribute such as awareness, friendliness, self-expressivity and image differentiation as independent variables, and purchase intention of purchasers as a dependent variable. Analysis results show that awareness and image differentiation had a positive influence on the purchase intention, whereas friendliness and self-expressivity exerted no significant influence on the purchase intention.

이모티콘 캐릭터는 모바일 공간에서 상대와 대화하는 가운데 대화내용과 이미지를 혼용하여 사용함으로써 디지털 시대의 표현성에 적합하다. 이러한 관점에서 모바일 콘텐츠 산업의 시장 확장에 이모티콘 캐릭터의 역할은 중요한 부분을 차치한다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 맥락에서 최근 산업적으로 급성장하고 있는 모바일메신저 유료 이모티콘의 캐릭터 속성이 구매의도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가를 분석함으로써 소비자구매형태를 확인하는 것이 그 목적이다. 이를 위해 독립변인을 캐릭터 속성요인인 인지성, 친근성, 자아표현성, 이미지차별성으로, 종속변인은 유료 구매자의 구매의도로 하여 다중회귀분석을 실시하였다. 분석결과, 인지성과 이미지차별성은 구매의도에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고, 친근성과 자아표현성은 구매의도에 유의미한 영향력이 없는 것으로 나타났다.

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