• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제19권11호
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• pp.471-483
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• 2021

본 연구는 가상 인플루언서 마케팅의 출발선에서 가상 인플루언서에 대한 수용자의 반응을 알아보는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이에 국내에서 활동 중인 가상 인플루언서의 인스타그램에서 게시글과 댓글, '좋아요' 수와 동영상 리뷰 수를 수집하였다. 자료의 수집과 분석에는 Python 3.7과 Textom을 사용하였다. 감성 분석결과, 긍정 감성이 부정과 중립의 감성보다 높게 나타났으며, 긍·부정 모두 가상 인플루언서의 외모가 주요한 요인으로 나타났다. 중립의 감성에서 가상 인플루언서에 대한 소비자의 관심을 유추할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 가상 인플루언서에 대한 소비자의 반응을 알아보고 가상 인플루언서에 대한 긍정과 부정의 감정에 대한 요인을 파악하여, 가상 인플루언서 마케팅의 전략 수립에 도움이 될 자료를 제시했다는 것에 그 의의가 있다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제48권2호
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• pp.282-299
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• 2024

This study aimed to examine the impact of virtual influencers' characteristics on purchase intentions through attitudes toward the influencer and the brand, and to identify which factors are important depending on involvement. We used a scenario-based online survey of 320 female consumers in their twenties and thirties, and analyzed their responses through structural equation modeling using AMOS 21.0. Virtual influencers' attractiveness, reliability, familiarity, and virtuality had significant effects on consumers' attitudes toward those influencers, while their attractiveness, familiarity, and virtuality had significant effects on consumers' brand attitudes. Notably, in contrast to the other variables, virtuality had a negative effect. In addition, consumers' attitudes toward the virtual influencer significantly affected their brand attitudes and purchase intentions. We also analyzed which characteristics had significant impacts on high- and low-involvement groups. We found that reliability had the greatest influence on purchase intentions in the high-involvement group and that familiarity had the greatest influence on purchase intentions in the low-involvement group, which confirmed that the variables affecting purchase intentions differ depending on the level of involvement.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제47권2호
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• pp.295-310
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• 2023

The current virtual fashion influencers are a hyper-real prototype in that it has a higher presence than the virtual humans in the past. Also, they are leading fashion trend with more than tens of thousands of followers on social media. This study investigated the physical and social presence of virtual fashion influencer perceived by consumer and verified effects on evaluation attributes of influencers and the relationship maintenance behavior. A total of 321 Korean women in their 20s and 30s who have Instagram account participated in the online survey. The data was analyzed using AMOS 23.0. The results revealed that the physical presence had a significant impact on attractiveness of virtual fashion influencers. In case of social presence had a positive effect on friendliness and reliability of virtual fashion influencers. In addition, evaluation attributes of virtual fashion influencers' friendliness, attractiveness and reliability in the order of influence on relationship maintenance behavior. This study suggested that the development of social presence of virtual fashion influencers with friendliness and attractiveness is more important than the physical presence that has already reached a high level.