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Effects of Live Commerce and Show Host Attributes on Purchase Intention: Including the Mediating Effects of Content Flow

라이브 커머스 및 쇼 호스트 특성이 구매의도에 미치는 영향: 콘텐츠 몰입의 매개효과를 포함하여

  • 김성종 (호서대학교 벤처대학원 정보경영학과) ;
  • 허철무 (호서대학교 벤처대학원 정보경영학과)
  • Received : 2021.05.10
  • Accepted : 2021.06.23
  • Published : 2021.06.30
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Abstract

Due to the development of mobile devices and streaming technology, many changes in consumption patterns have appeared. In addition, social impact is becoming an era of non-face-to-face consumption due to the panthermic environment of COVID-19. Accordingly, in line with the non-face-to-face consumption trend, we focused on the importance of live commerce, which is emerging as a new distribution channel, and tried to investigate the causal relationship that the characteristics of live commerce and show hosts have on purchase intention. The respondents of this study were 235 general adults of live commerce users. Interaction, economics, entertainment as the characteristics of live commerce and attractiveness, professionality, and awareness as the characteristics of show hosts were set as independent variables. Purchase intention was set as the dependent variable, and content flow was set as the mediating variable. As a result of the study, it was found that the characteristics of live commerce such as Interaction, economics, entertainment, and the characteristics of show hosts such as attractiveness, professionality, and awareness all had a positive (+) significant effect on purchase intention. The impact was shown in the following order: entertainment of live commerce, awareness, attractiveness, professionality of show hosts, economics, interaction of live commerce. In addition, the results of the mediating effect of content flow on purchase intention are as follows. Content flow was found to play a mediating role between interaction, entertainment, attractiveness, professionality, awareness and purchase intention. On the other hand, economics was analyzed to have no mediating effect. The implications of this study are as follows. Companies and show hosts that sell products in live commerce should sell products that can inspire consumers rather than simply sell products. In addition, it is considered that content that provides entertainment and attractions gives pleasure to consumers. If not only a well-recognized show host, but also people with high recognition in various fields such as influencers and creators, become show hosts, consumers' content flow and purchase intentions will increase. And vendors must offer interesting content development and reasonable prices. Show hosts need to focus on active communication with consumers.

모바일 기기의 발전과 스트리밍 기술의 발달로 인하여 소비 패턴에 많은 변화가 나타났다. 또한 사회적 영향이 COVID-19의 팬터믹 환경으로 인하여 비대면 소비의 시대가 되고 있는 상황이다. 이에 비대면 소비 트렌드에 맞춰서 새로운 유통채널로 부각되고 있는 라이브 커머스의 중요성에 주목하여 라이브 커머스 및 쇼 호스트의 특성이 구매의도에 미치는 인과관계를 규명하고자 하였다. 연구 대상은 라이브 커머스로 구매한 구매자 성인 235명이었다, 독립변수로는 라이브 커머스 특성으로 상호작용성, 경제성, 오락성과 쇼 호스트 특성으로 매력성, 전문성, 인지도로 설정하였다. 종속변수로 구매의도를, 매개변수는 콘텐츠 몰입을 설정하였다. 연구결과 라이브 커머스 특성인 상호작용성, 경제성, 오락성과 쇼 호스트 특성인 매력성, 전문성, 인지도는 모두 구매의도에 정(+)의 유의한 영향이 있는 것으로 나타났다. 영향력의 크기는 라이브 커머스의 오락성, 쇼 호스트 인지도, 매력성, 전문성, 라이브 커머스의 경제성, 상호작용 요인 순으로 나타났다. 또한 구매의도에 미치는 콘텐츠 몰입의 매개효과 검증결과는 다음과 같다. 매개 변수인 콘텐츠 몰입은 상호작용성, 오락성, 매력성, 전문성, 인지도와 구매의도 간 매개 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 반면 경제성은 매개 효과가 없는 것으로 분석되었다. 본 연구의 시사점은 다음과 같다. 라이브 커머스에서 제품을 판매하는 기업과 쇼 호스트는 단순히 제품을 판매한다는 영업행위보다는 소비자가 흥미를 유발할 수 있는 제품을 판매해야 한다. 또한 다양한 놀 거리와 볼거리를 제공하고 소비자에게 즐거움을 주며 쇼핑을 통하여 효익을 얻도록 하는 콘텐츠가 중요하다고 사료된다. 인지도가 있는 쇼 호스트뿐 아니라 인플루언서나 크리에이터 등 다양한 분야의 인지도가 높은 사람들이 쇼 호스트로 나설 경우 소비자의 콘텐츠 몰입과 구매의도가 높아질 것이다. 그리고 판매 업체들은 흥미로운 콘텐츠 개발과 합리적인 가격을 제시해야 하고, 쇼 호스트는 소비자와의 활발한 의사소통에 집중할 필요가 있다.

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