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The Effect of BTS Preference on Fandom Star & Fan Community Identification and Purchase Intention - Focused on Korean and Southeast Asian -

BTS의 선호요인이 팬덤 동일시욕구와 구매의도에 미치는 영향 - 한국 및 동남아 팬을 중심으로 -

  • Kim, Yoon-Chul (Department of Audio Production, Dong-Ah Institute of Media and Arts)
  • 김윤철 (동아방송예술대학교 음향제작과)
  • Received : 2019.12.23
  • Accepted : 2020.02.25
  • Published : 2020.02.28
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Abstract

This study was initiated by the interest in identifying what the characteristics of BTS' preference is in the expanded K-Pop market. For this study, a survey was conducted to Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, and Korea where BTS is popular. The results of this study show that Vietnam and Thailand have the most positive perceptions of most of the BTS preferences, and the factors affecting the highest quality were analyzed by the differentiating sense of BTS. BTS' preference is an independent variable consisting of five factors: singers and music, a discriminative sense, global communication, meditative lyrics and Korean sentiment. And it has been shown to have a statistically significant influence on both the fandom star and the fan community at a high level. In particular, the Identification desire for fandom star shows that the discriminative sense and meditative lyrics affect the positive at a high level. Also, the identification desire for the fan community's found that the attraction of singers and music affects the highest level of affection. This study was extended to Southeast Asian and Korean fans through a wide range of survey participants, and it is meaningful that a new perspective on the BTS preference was available. Nonetheless, Failure to take into account the various variables that may affect the fandom effect and the intent to purchase, and the lack of a survey of fans in the U.S. and Europe, which has more fans worldwide, could be a limitation of the study.

본 연구는 싸이 이후 더 확대된 K-Pop 시장에서 BTS의 선호요인이 특징적으로 무엇인지를 밝혀보고자 하는 관심에서 시작되었다. 본 연구의 목적을 위해 국내를 비롯해 BTS가 인기를 끌고 있는 대만, 태국, 베트남을 대상으로 설문조사를 시행하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 살펴보면 BTS 선호요인 전체에 대해 베트남과 태국이 가장 긍정적인 인식을 하는 것으로 나타났고, 가장 높은 정(+)의 영향을 미치는 요인은 BTS의 차별적 감각으로 분석되었다. 본 연구가 동남아와 한국 팬들을 대상으로 하여 폭넓은 설문조사 대상자를 통한 확대된 연구이며, BTS 선호요인에 대한 새로운 시각에서의 규명이 가능했다는 의의에도 불구하고, 팬덤효과와 구매의도에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 다양한 변수를 고려하지 못하고, 세계적으로 더 많은 팬을 확보하고 있는 미국, 유럽 지역 팬들에 대한 의식조사를 함께하지 못한 점이 본 연구의 한계가 될 수 있을 것이다.

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