• Informatization Policy
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.49-66
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• 2014

In the last few years, cloud computing has grown from being a promising business concept to one of the fast growing segments of the IT industry. However, as more and more information on individuals and companies are placed in the cloud, concerns on just how safe the computing environment is have gradually increased. In this study, it will be explored if key characteristics of cloud computing services would affect the behavioral intention to use public cloud computing services. A conceptual model is developed and seven research hypotheses are proposed for empirical testing. The proposed model is examined through structural equation analysis. The results show that perceived risk has statistically significant effect on the privacy concern of users and the privacy concern has a negative influence on the trust. Finally, the trust has a positive effect on the attitude and the attitude has statistically significant effect on use intention. Implications of these findings are discussed for both researchers and practitioners and future research issues are raised as well.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• 제10권8호
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• pp.250-258
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• 2020

This study analyzes service scape and esthetic labor, emotional reaction, coustomer behavior intention that impacts skincare coustomers' behaviors and extracts relationships of cause and effects. Using 280 surveys were conducted to estheic shop visitors in Ulsan and Geyongnam area in recent 3 months. Using 257 surveys out of the 280 surveys, the writer did actual proof analysis. The data sample is analyzed in multiple regression analysis using Statistical power analysis with 2.1 analysis. Then the statistical processing is done with SPSS 21.0 and AMOS 21.0. It is proven that customer satisfactions from that positive reactions also increase revisit intentions by creating positive ripple effects. Through discoveries of structural relationships of predisposing factors of satisfactions in esthetic and revisit intentions, this study extracts scholastic and operational implications to have positive impacts. Expanded analysis is required in further researches with consideration of various age group and regional targets.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.175-184
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• 2023

Korean Wave is now internationalized through the internet by social media, which have no space-time restrictions. This research examine the continuance use of K-Pop promotion using social media in Indonesia. In this study we apply the Expectation-Confirmation Model to analyze the effects of individual self-efficacy and perceived enjoyment on perceived usefulness, confirmation, and satisfaction of Social Media. As a research method for that purpose, the conformity of the model and the research hypothesis were verified using the structural equation model. As a result, it was found that the perceived enjoyment positively influences perceived usefulness, self-efficacy has a positive influence on perceived usefulness. We also found that confirmation positively affects both perceived usefulness and satisfaction, and that perceived usefulness positively affects satisfaction. Finally, satisfaction was found to always have a positive effect on intention to use.

• Korean Journal of Communication Studies
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.89-121
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• 2014

In order to suggest a strategy for continuous growth of webtoon, this article examined webtoon usage motivation and tried to make a prediction about culture content products and services connected with webtoon, including intention for viewing movies, based on webtoon; intention for switching to paid webtoon content, and intention for buying webtoon character products. From the point of view of Uses and Gratification Theory intentions for using webtoon and human sociocultural behavior intention are already predicted but with the usefulness of Theory of Planned Behavior Integrated Model this study extended the explanation power of prediction about webtoon related behavioral intention. Results found 5 motivational factors for webtoon usage i.e. 'seeking information', 'entertainment and access availability', 'webtoon genre characteristics', 'influence from a friend or acquaintance', and 'escapism and tension release'. Among them the ones that influenced the intention for viewing movies, based on webtoon, were found to be 'webtoon genre characteristics', 'escapism and tension release' and the 3 variables from Theory of Planned Behavior. 'Seeking information', 'entertainment and access availability', 'webtoon genre characteristics', and all the 3 variables from Theory of Planned Behavior were found to influence the intention for switching to paid webtoon content. The intention for buying webtoon based character products was affected by the motivational factors 'seeking information', 'escapism and tension release' and the behavior and subjective norms variables from Theory of Planned Behavior. Based on the uncommon results from the research several suggestions were made for the continuous growth of webtoon.

• Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.275-304
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• 2023

This study aimed to examine the mechanisms underlying digital game usage behavior by applying the Theory of Planned Behavior and the Balance Theory. It investigated the influences of attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control on the intention to use digital games, as well as the differences in the application of the Theory of Planned Behavior model based on the balance state among individuals, significant others, and digital games. A total of 315 responses from adult PC game users were collected through an online survey conducted from October 21 to 25, 2021, and were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that attitude and perceived behavioral control had a significant positive impact on the intention to continue using digital games, while subjective norms did not exert a significant influence. By categorizing groups into balanced, unbalanced, and imbalance states based on the balance relationship, the application of the Theory of Planned Behavior model showed that in the unbalanced and imbalance groups, both perceived behavioral control and attitude had a positive impact on the intention to continue using digital games. However, in the balanced group, attitude only had a positive impact on the intention to continue game usage. This study contributes to understanding digital game users by examining both individual psychological factors and the influence of others on digital game usage behavior.

• The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.135-176
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• 2020

This study is to investigate the factors affecting the usage intentions of 5G service between 5G service subscribers and non-subscribers based on the Integratively Extended Technology Acceptance Model in the initial B2C 5G service market. We designed the integratively extended technology acceptance model to find the more specific factors to affect the usage intentions by integrating the exogenous factors including the technical factors, the social factors, and the personal factors with the ETAM(Extended Technology Acceptance Model). Referring to the previous studies, we constructed the hypotheses of structural influence relationship from the exogenous factors to the dependent usage intentions factors through the mediating belief factors. We designed the 5G service usage intentions model based on these hypotheses and operational definitions of the factors. Using the analysis of SEM(Structural Equation Model), the proposed model and the hypotheses were empirically tested by the data collected from 245 subscribed respondents and 245 non-subscribed respondents. As a result, the perceived ease of use has an effect on the perceived usefulness and enjoyment, and the perceived usefulness/enjoyment and the personal innovativeness have positive effects on the usage intentions of both groups.

• 한국벤처창업학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국벤처창업학회 2018년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.93-96
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• 2018

통계청 자료에 따르면 지난해 자영업 폐업률은 전년 대비 10.2% 포인트 높은 87.9%를 기록했다. 자영업 4개 업종인 도소매업, 음식, 숙박업은 지난해 48만 3985개가 새로 생겼으며 반면 42만 5203개가 문을 닫았다. 2018년 8월 통계청 자료에 따르면 온라인쇼핑 거래액은 전년 동월 대비 19.6% 증가했고, 모바일쇼핑 거래액도 모바일 이용 확산과 간편 결제 서비스 발전 등에 힘입어 전년 동월 대비 29.7% 증가하였다. 본 연구에서는 소매업인 온라인 쇼핑몰은 매년 20%대의 성장률을 보이고 있는 점에 주목해서 온라인 쇼핑몰의 매출 성과와 연관이 있는 방문 의도에 미치는 변수를 연구하고자 한다. 해마다 판매자가 증가하고 있는 온라인 쇼핑몰 업계는 치열한 경쟁과 늘어나는 마케팅 비용을 감당하지 못해 폐업의 수순을 밟고 있는 경우가 많다. 온라인쇼핑 운영자들이 하고 있는 대표적인 마케팅 방법인 블로그, 키워드 검색광고, SNS 채널 마케팅이 온라인 쇼핑몰의 방문 의도에 얼마나 영향을 미치고 있는지 연구 조사하고자 한다. 특히 온라인 쇼핑몰에 방문하는 사람들의 개인적 특성인 충동구매 성향, 다양성 추구 성향, 자기조절 성향을 조절 변수로 하여 개인 성향에 따라 각 독립변수들과의 방문 의도 상관관계를 알아보려 한다. 독립변수들이 방문 의도와의 관계를 실증 분석하여 온라인쇼핑몰의 준비하는 예비창업자나 기창업자들에게 보다 지속적인 기업성장과 매출성과에 도움이 되고자 한다.

• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.296-305
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• 2019

With the growth of the Korean Wave and the importance of the fandom economy, it is necessary to consider the competitiveness of the Korean Wave with its fandom viewpoint. Particularly, the fandom phenomenon shows the characteristics of identifying the favorite star and actively acquiring and sharing related information in the fan community. Therefore, in this study, we examined the influence of Korean national image on consumers' intention to use Korean contents, and examined the mediating effects of fandom identification among Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese consumers. As a result of the empirical analysis, cultural image, corporate image, and product image were found to have statistically significant influence on the intention to use Korean Wave contents. In addition, star identification and pan community identification showed partial mediation in the effect of cultural images on the intention to use Korean contents. The results of this study suggest that the Korean Wave is a leading factor for the continuous development of Korean Wave, not the halo effect point for improving the national image, and the mediating effect of the fandom phenomenon is tested empirically.

• Informatization Policy
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.22-45
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• 2023

In research on the use of AI-based voice assistant services, problems related to the user's trust and privacy protection arising from the experience of service use are constantly being raised. The purpose of this study was to investigate empirically the effects of individual trust in AI and online privacy concerns on the continued use of AI-based voice assistants, specifically the impact of their interaction. In this study, question items were constructed based on previous studies, with an online survey conducted among 405 respondents. The effect of the user's trust in AI and privacy concerns on the adoption and continuous use intention of AI-based voice assistant services was analyzed using the Heckman selection model. As the main findings of the study, first, AI-based voice assistant service usage behavior was positively influenced by factors that promote technology acceptance, such as perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, and social influence. Second, trust in AI had no statistically significant effect on AI-based voice assistant service usage behavior but had a positive effect on continuous use intention. Third, the privacy concern level was confirmed to have the effect of suppressing continuous use intention through interaction with trust in AI. These research results suggest the need to strengthen user experience through user opinion collection and action to improve trust in technology and alleviate users' concerns about privacy as governance for realizing digital government. When introducing artificial intelligence-based policy services, it is necessary to disclose transparently the scope of application of artificial intelligence technology through a public deliberation process, and the development of a system that can track and evaluate privacy issues ex-post and an algorithm that considers privacy protection is required.

• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.243-262
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• 2021

The present study aims to identify the factors that affect the continuous use and discontinuance of the hospital information seeking applications(hospital apps thereafter) by employing the post acceptance model. The surveys were conducted with people who used the hospital apps from October 11 to 18, 2019. Researchers collected 125 valid data and analyzed them by using the structural equation model. The study found that the satisfaction and confirmation of expectation for the hospital apps users had significant effects on intention for continuous use and perceived usefulness, respectively. However, the perceived usefulness did not have a significant effect on the intention for continue use. The present study has identified the variables that influence the continuous use of these innovative technologies. The findings of the study confirmed the post acceptance model by observing the adoption and use of the hospital apps and extended the literature of the post acceptance model by discussing the unique characteristics of the hospital apps that satisfy the urgent help-seekers under emergency situations or the information needs emphasizing promptness. In addition, based on the benefits and limitations of hospital apps reported by consumers, the study provided practical implications for designing more user-friendly apps to hospital app developers or managers.