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What's Different about Fake Review?

조작된 리뷰(Fake Review)는 무엇이 다른가?

  • Jung Won Lee (Department of Corporate Management, Korea University) ;
  • Cheol Park (College of Global Business, Korea University)
  • 이중원 (고려대학교 대학원 기업경영학과) ;
  • 박철 (고려대학교 융합경영학부)
  • Received : 2020.08.27
  • Accepted : 2020.10.13
  • Published : 2021.02.28
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Abstract

As the influence of online reviews on consumer decision-making increases, concerns about review manipulation are also increasing. Fake reviews or review manipulations are emerging as an important problem by posting untrue reviews in order to increase sales volume, causing the consumer's reverse choice, and acting at a high cost to the society as a whole. Most of the related prior studies have focused on predicting review manipulation through data mining methods, and research from a consumer perspective is insufficient. However, since the possibility of manipulation of reviews perceived by consumers can affect the usefulness of reviews, it can provide important implications for online word-of-mouth management regardless of whether it is false or not. Therefore, in this study, we analyzed whether there is a difference between the review evaluated by the consumer as being manipulated and the general review, and verified whether the manipulated review negatively affects the review usefulness. For empirical analysis, 34,711 online book reviews on the LibraryThing website were analyzed using multilevel logistic regression analysis and Poisson regression analysis. As a result of the analysis, it was found that there were differences in product level, reviewer level, and review level factors between reviews that consumers perceived as being manipulated and reviews that were not. In addition, manipulated reviews have been shown to negatively affect review usefulness.

온라인 리뷰가 소비자 의사결정에 미치는 영향이 증가함에 따라 리뷰조작에 대한 염려도 증가하고 있다. 리뷰조작은 판매량을 증가시키기 위해, 진실 되지 않은 리뷰를 게시하는 것으로 소비자의 역 선택을 초래하며, 사회 전체에 큰 비용으로 작용한다. 선행연구는 대부분 데이터 마이닝 방법을 통해 리뷰조작을 예측하는 데 초점을 맞추었으며, 소비자 관점의 연구는 상대적으로 제한적이다. 그러나 소비자가 지각한 리뷰의 조작 가능성은 리뷰의 유용성에 영향을 미칠 수 있으므로 허위 여부와 상관없이 온라인 구전 관리에 중요한 시사점을 제공할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에는 소비자가 조작되었다고 평가한 리뷰와 일반적인 리뷰 간에 어떠한 차이가 있는지 분석하고, 조작된 것으로 평가된 리뷰와 리뷰 유용성 간의 관계를 분석하였다. 실증분석을 위해 LibraryThing 웹사이트의 온라인 도서 리뷰 34,711개를 다수준 로지스틱 회귀분석과 포아송 회귀분석을 활용하여 분석하였다. 분석결과 소비자가 조작되었다고 지각하는 리뷰와 그렇지 않은 리뷰 간에는 제품 수준, 리뷰어 수준, 리뷰 수준 요인들에 차이가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 조작된 리뷰는 리뷰 유용성에 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

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