• 한국경영정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.237-244
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• 2007

본 연구는 개인 커뮤니티의 성장 및 지속적인 발전을 위하여 국내 개인 커뮤니티의 대표적인 형태라 할 수 있는 싸이월드 미니홈피 사용자들을 대상으로 지각된 놀이성, 지각된 사용용이성, 지각된 유용성, 지각된 위험 등 개인 커뮤니티의 네가지 지각된 특성요인들이 사용자의 만족에 미치는 영향과 사용자의 만족 정도가 지속적 사용의도 형성에 미치는 상호 영향관계를 파악해 보고자 하였다. 이러한 연구목적을 달성하기 위하여 관련 선행연구에 대한 종합적 검토를 거쳐 구조화된 연구모형을 수립하였고, 미니홈피 사용자 407명을 대상으로 설문조사를 통한 실증분석을 수행한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 미니홈피의 지각된 사용용이성은 지각된 놀이성과 유용성에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 둘째, 미니홈피의 지각된 특성 중 지각된 놀이성, 지각된 사용용이성, 지각된 위험 등의 세가지 요인이 사용자의 만족에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 셋째, 미니홈피 사용자의 만족은 지속적 사용의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 한편 사용자의 만족 수준은 미니홈피의 지각된 특성과 지속적 사용의도 간의 관계에 있어 매개역할을 가지고 있음을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 분석 결과를 토대로 개인 커뮤니티 사용자의 만족도를 향상시키고, 장기적으로 충성스런 회원을 유지할 수 있는 방안에 대하여 논의하였다.

• The Research Journal of the Costume Culture
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.991-1002
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• 2010

Nowadays, personal media is a new tool for communication as digital cameras and mobile phones are developing rapidly. We are concerned over Cyworld users who could have different personal characteristics which will influence on buying patterns in on line shopping behaviors. The purpose of this research was to observe fashion attitudes and purchase behavior of Cyworld mini homepage users, for establishing marketing strategies by understanding consumers. For this study, one line survey was used for 500 male and female subjects who are 20 to 40 years old. Only reliable 441 questionnaires were used for analysis. The SPSS program was used for frequency, K-means cluster, t test, and chi-square test. A total of 441 respondents were clustered on the basis of 8 item self-disclosure scale, using the K-means procedures. The results indicated that respondents were clustered into two segments; 267 respondents(active attitude towards self-disclosure) and 164 ones(not active). We examined fashion attitudes in mini home page and buying behavior by self-disclosed variable. Those who are involved actively in self expression and self-disclosure considered more fashion style and trend. The major motivates of web surfing was finding a good design, and good price. High self-disclosure group tends to search many shopping mall for right design and low self disclosure group tends to search them for the right price. High self-disclosure group tend to shop the fashion products more, while low self disclosure group tend to purchase books more through the internet. We realized that active group in self-disclosure purchased their clothing accidently when they visit Cyworld.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.8 no.8
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• pp.128-146
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• 2008

Cyworld has created a new social phenomenon that relationship between people and communities could be built by committing to digital writing. It has altered the way of people's writing attitudes from self-confessed to self-describing and self-broadcasting ways in which one regards oneself as the center of the cyber world. The purpose of this paper is to identify the shift in one's writing attitudes and how he/she develops technologies of the self in the Cyworld space. Quantitative and qualitative methods support the result; The analysis of 100 Cyworld users' mini-homepages show how the visual images in Cyworld affects their way of digital writing and the analysis of the change of writing habit due to sharing data how virtual 'family' that has been created by Cyworld. I categorize the characteristics of digital writing into three; 1)Visualization of technologies of the self 2)Networked technologies of the self 3)Sharing secretes. The aim of writing in Cyworld is not to keep the secrete but to share and, eventually, texts are circulated in the networked society where one is participated(Cyworld family). Therefore, the usage of images plays a significant role in Cyworld communities because the opened secretes are usually prepared to be presented on the basis of trustworthy toward other members.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.122-137
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• 2010

Blogs are a new type of media that have recently become popular on the World Wide Web and have influence throughout society. The purpose of this study is to examine social motivations influencing intention of blog usage. Based on Technology Acceptance Model and Motivation Theory, this study considered perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, reputation, reciprocity, enjoyment of helping, social identity as the determinants of influencing the intention to use of blog. The suggested model was empirically evaluated using online survey data collection from 342 users of popular blog site in Korea (NAVER Blog, Cyworld minihompy, Daum Blog, and Yahoo Blog). The results revealed that perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, reciprocity, and social identity affect directly the intention of blog usage. Furthermore, social identity has moderate effect via reciprocity and enjoyment of helping on blog usage. This study contributes to a theoretical understanding of the factors as social motivation that affects the usage of blogs. Also, the results of this study provide blog service providers useful strategic insights and service guidelines to enhance user's intention of blogs practically.