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http://dx.doi.org/10.14400/JDC.2021.19.11.471

The Response of Domestic Virtual Influencer'S Instagram Audience  

Han, Ki-Hyang (Dept. of Fashion Design, Konkuk University)
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Journal of Digital Convergence / v.19, no.11, 2021 , pp. 471-483 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to find out audience' response of virtual influencer at the starting line of virtual influencer marketing. Therefore, posts, comments, number of likes, and video reviews were collected from Instagram of virtual influencers active in Korea. Python 3.7 and Textom were used for data collection and analysis. Sentimental analysis showed that the rate of positivity was higher than the rate of negativity and neutrality. The appearance of virtual influencer was found to be a major factor in both positive and negative. Consumers' interest in virtual influencer could be inferred from the neutral sensibility. This study is meaningful in that it presented data to help establish strategies for virtual influencer marketing by examining consumer reactions to virtual influencer and identifying factors of positive and negative emotions toward virtual influencer.
Keywords
Virtual influencer; Instagram; Social big data analysis; Comment analysis; Semental analysis;
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