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Spread of Negative Word-of-mouth of Manufacturing Companies Via Twitter: From the Supply Chain Risk's Perspective

트위터를 통한 제조 기업의 부정적 구전 확산: 공급사슬 리스크 관점에서

  • 정의범 (한신대학교 경영학과) ;
  • 유한나 (연세대학교 빈곤문제국제개발연구원)
  • Received : 2021.08.20
  • Accepted : 2021.10.12
  • Published : 2021.10.31
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Abstract

Despite the importance of the supply chain risk due to the negative word-of-mouth (NWOM) in social media, related research is insufficient. Thus, this study analyzes how the NWOM of the product is distributed through social media and the characteristics of the distributor based on social exchange theory. For this purpose, we collected information on car recalls from four companies using Twitter from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Based on the Seed Tweet, a Re-Tweet (RT) network was constructed to examine the distribution and spread of NWOM, and regression analysis was performed to test the hypothesis. As a result, it was confirmed that NWOM is a small world network structure that spreads around hub users connected to many users. Moreover, it was found that the more interactive and reciprocal relations the first distributor has, the greater the speed and scale of distribution of NWOM.

소셜 미디어상의 부정적 구전에 대한 기업의 공급사슬 리스크의 중요성과 심각성에도 불구하고 관련된 연구는 미흡한 실정이다. 이에 본 연구는 제품의 부정적 구전이 소셜 미디어를 통해 어떻게 유통되는지, 부정적 구전의 유통과 확산에 영향을 주는 주체의 특징은 무엇인지를 사회적 교환이론에 기초하여 분석하였다. 이를 위해 트위터를 이용해 미국도로교통안전국(NHTSA)에서 4개 자동차 기업의 자동차 리콜 정보를 수집하였다. 최초 트위터(Seed tweet)를 바탕으로 부정적 구전의 유통과 확산을 살펴보기 위한 RT(Re-tweet) 네트워크를 구조를 분석하여 부정적 구전 네트워크의 특징을 파악하고, 초기 유포자의 특성이 부정적 구전 확산에 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 그 결과 부정적 구전은 다수 이용자와 연결된 허브 이용자를 중심으로 확산하는 스몰월드 네트워크 구조임을 확인하였으며, 초기 유포자의 영향력이 크고 상호호혜성이 높을수록 부정적 구전 확산의 속도와 규모가 유의미하게 증가함을 발견하였다.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (NRF-2019S1A5A2A03054143)

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