• Title/Summary/Keyword: American consumer

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텍스트 마이닝을 활용한 미국 노년 소비자와 애완용 로봇 간 상호작용에 대한 분석: Joy For All Companion Pets에 대한 아마존 리뷰를 중심으로 (Text-Mining Analysis on the Interaction between the American Consumers Aged over 60 and Companion Pets Robots: Focused on Amazon Reviews for Joy For All Companion Pets)

  • 정예은;이유림;정재은
    • 디지털융복합연구
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    • 제19권10호
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    • pp.469-489
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    • 2021
  • 본 연구는 정서 지원 애완용 로봇에 대한 소비자의 담론을 살펴보고 키워드를 통해 해당 제품에 대한 노년 소비자의 반응을 파악하고자 아마존 사이트 내 하즈브로(Hasbro)의 Companion Pets 제품 사용에 대한 미국 소비자들의 리뷰를 수집하고, R을 이용하여 단어 빈도분석, 토픽모델링 LDA 분석을 실시하였다. 첫째, 키워드 빈도분석 결과 애완용 로봇의 형태가 실제 동물과 유사한지에 대한 관심이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 토픽모델링 결과 5개의 토픽으로 인지, 감정, 행동적 반응이 도출되었으며 이는 긍정 및 부정으로 크게 분류되었다. 셋째, 소비자와 애완용 로봇의 상호작용에 영향을 미치는 사용자, 제품 및 환경적 특성이 확인되었다. 애완용 로봇은 반려동물을 키우기 어려운 사람들이 이를 대체하기 위하여 사용하고, 인지적 어려움이 있는 노년 소비자와 신체적 어려움이 있는 소비자가 이를 이용하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 코로나19와 같은 팬데믹 상황에서 정서 지원 기능을 수행하는 애완용 로봇에 대하여 이해하고, 소비자의 효용을 극대화하는 서비스를 제공하는데 도움을 줄 것으로 기대한다.

식용곤충 함유 반려동물 식품에 대한 국내거주 미국인 소비자 인식 및 태도 연구 (Perceptions and Attitudes of Americans in Korea toward Edible Insect-based Pet Food)

  • 김서영;배가은;양희
    • 한국응용곤충학회지
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    • 제60권4호
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    • pp.493-502
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    • 2021
  • 식용곤충 함유 반려동물 식품 시장의 성장 요인을 확인하기 위하여, 반려동물 식품시장 규모가 가장 큰 국가가 미국임을 고려하여 미국인 소비자를 대상으로 식용곤충 함유 반려동물 식품에 대한 인식과 태도를 분석하였다. 연구는 반려견을 키우는 재한 미국인 16명을 두 그룹으로 나누어 심층토론 방식으로 다음과 같은 세 가지 상황에서 진행하였다. 먼저 식용곤충 함유 반려동물 식품에 대한 자유 연상 인식을 관찰하였고, 이후 식용곤충 함유 반려동물 식품 관련 언론 정보를 제공한 후 이에 대한 태도를 분석하였으며, 마지막으로 실제 제품을 제시하여 구매 맥락에서의 소비자 태도를 확인하였다. 분석 결과, 참여자들은 식용곤충 원료에 대해 자유 연상 시 '친환경적인', '지속가능한'과 같은 환경적 가치에 대한 인식이 높고 이와 관련한 구체적 언론 정보에 대해서도 긍정적인 태도를 보였지만, 구매 맥락에서는 오히려 환경적 가치보다 '저 알레르기', '고단백질', '피부/모질 개선' 등과 같은 영양 및 건강기능적 가치를 중요하게 여기는 것으로 나타났다. 한편, '식용곤충 원료에 대한 거부감'은 일반 식품과 마찬가지로 반려동물 식품에서도 여전히 가장 중요한 부정적 요소로 나타났다. 본 연구 결과는 미국인 소비자들을 대상으로 세 가지 상황에서 식용곤충 함유 반려동물 식품의 환경적, 영양적, 건강기능적 가치에 대한 인식과 태도를 조사함으로써 식용곤충 원료 산업에서 시도하고 있는 반려동물 식품 시장 진출 전망에 대한 가능성을 확인한 것에 의의가 있다.

가정학교육과 취업방안연구 (A Study on Home Economist Education with Refrence to the Business Activities in Korea)

  • 한상순
    • 대한가정학회지
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    • 제27권2호
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    • pp.163-185
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    • 1989
  • Korean home economics education has around 100 years history. The main aims of home economics education up 1950 had not been changed, they were mainly for the improvement of household-skill to raise both standard of living and life quality as well as womanhood. After 1960's the standard of living drastically improved and the industrialization of Korean society was quite rapidly proceeded from simple to complex one. Because of these changes, I considered that the aims and the contents of home economics education should be reexamined and reshaped. This study motivated me that especially home economics major should be trained to be competent enough to work in industrialized society as much as the input to her college education. As industialization was made progress, family member's diverse role differentiation also occurred from past simple role such as house wife or girl's high school teacher among by home economics major. In this current societal change, most of the home economics major have wish to have opportunities obtaining new kinds of employment rather than obtaining merely teaching work. With this in mind I made a study on college level home economics education of the new adjustment to current and future industrialized Korean society. (1) The full number of officially admissible home economics major in 169 Korean colleges, 70 junior colleges, and one open university were as follows, 7139, 6080, and 230 respectively. The percentages of employed of employed numbers of them for the college and junior college graduates were 26.5 and 39.0 respectively. (2) The certificate qualifications issued to college home economics major are nutritionist (1st grade and 2nd grade), clothes and textilist, home economics teacher (2nd grade for high school) and kindergartener (2nd grade), The qualifications are certified after majoring each field from major departments of college of home economics by Ministrys of Labour and Education of the Korean government. The percentages of their employment are low as mentioned earlier. (3) To find out new employment opportunity for home economics graduates in home economist in business (henceforce/HEIB) status quo of consumer division for mational enterprise was surveyed. According to govermment decree of general law of consumer protection (1980), enterprise should organize bureau (offics, subdivision) on liability to consumer's complaint. Of 89.6% of the enterprise established th subdivision in which 96.2% of employee was male (3.8% was female). Of the employee college graduate and high school graduate were 93.2% and 6.8% respectively. On the employee's major acadmic backgroud (%), economics and business administration, engineering and low-political science were 39.5, 26.2 and 11.2 respectively. (4) To study on the relation between home economics and home economist in business, the aspect of historical development of HEIB, group of HEIB employing enterprise and their nature of business were tried to find out as well as perception and evaluation by enterprise on HEIB. (a) In the united States of America employed home economics major to enterprise was organized autonomously HEIB subdivision within American Home Economics Association since 1920's and the membership of HEIB was 3,000 of the AHEA membership 50,000. (b) In Japan the Japanese founder HEIB had three times the bilateral congress with the U.S.HEIB and had 10th anniversary celebration in 1988. Japanese HEIB member are not necessary to be home economics graduates but should have certificate as consumer adviser effected by the Minister of Trade and Industry. Japanese subdivision of consumer affaire within Japanese enterprise employ the consumer adviser with the certificate. Because of this different system from the United Sates, Japanese HEIB call their title "HEEB" instead of HEIB. The Japanese consumer adviser certificate system had initiated since 1980 and it belongs to 2nd level national qualification certificate. Currently active membership of Japanese "HEEB" association had increased from 115 (in 1979) to 319 in 1988. (5) For the opening of the future new employment of home economics graduates to enterprise and qualification required for the HEIB by national enterprise in Korea, I studied on the courses which seem to be important and required by employee in the field of HEEB in the United States of America and preliminary curriculum for home economics related major student aimning to be the future "HEEB" by Japanese HEEB study group of Japanese Association of Home Economics. It is suggested that it is very important and urgent to realize as home economics educator to have common deep concern and endeavors on opening new employment for our home economics major student1), we should try to publicize strongly and let enterprise and consumer protection board realize that employee in the subdivision of consumer protection should be the one who well experienced home economics major graduates2), we, home economics educator, should try to develop actively new curriculum in line of the suggestion made earlier for our future home economics major student of open broadly their future employment opportunities3), we, home economics educators, should try to have consensus on whether we should have support from government in terms of receiving national qualification certificate on consumer pretection or not4), and I would appreciate if the Korean Home Economics Association and Korean Home Management Society paydeep and positive concern on this matter.

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한국 현대패션에 나타난 미국화에 관한 연구 -1950년대~1980년대 노라 노 패션을 중심으로- (Americanization Expressed in Korean Fashion -Focused on 1950s~1980s Nora Noh Fashion-)

  • 한수연
    • 한국의상디자인학회지
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    • 제14권3호
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    • pp.195-204
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    • 2012
  • Since WWII and the Korean War, Korean modern fashion has been americanized by claiming, displacing with, and fusing with the traits of American fashion. The purpose of this study is to observe and analyze the traits of Americanization in Korean fashion, focusing on the designs of Nora Noh fashion from the 1950s to the 1980s. Nora Noh (1928- ), one of the first Korean fashion designers, who launched the first fashion show in 1956, introduced ready-made dresses to Korean fashion industry in 1963 for the first time, and later in the 1970s and the 1980s, exported Korean-made fashions to the U.S. market. For such purpose, this study first provides the theoretical backgrounds of Americanization in Korean fashion history and then conducts a case study by analyzing photographic materials. In case of Nora Noh fashion, the traits of Americanization can be defined as functionality, popularity, and hybrid. (1)Functionality in Americanized Korean fashion was expressed through simplicity, practicality, and usefulness. Noh's "homewear" style and exported silk dresses are the examples of the functionality. (2)Popularity was shown in kitsch images of materialistic and consumer culture. It was expressed in ready-made dresses and trendy styles of mini skrits and bell-bottom pants. (3)Hybrids of various multi-culture exist in American culture and fashion. In Noh's designs, traditional materials and the print patterns inspired from traditional motifs were used to add Korean nuances in Americanized fashion.

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Reinforcements of the International Competitiveness in Korean Ginseng

  • Seo, Min-Jun;Cho, Young-Mook;Choi, Sun-Kyung;Kim, Na-Hyun;Lee, Ki-Taeg;Park, Jin-Han
    • Journal of Evidence-Based Herbal Medicine
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    • 제2권2호
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    • pp.33-38
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    • 2009
  • Korean Ginseng has been recognized as a representative special product in Korea and over the world for a long time, since its quality is known to be superior to Chinese, North American Ginseng. However, the export volume of Korean Ginseng products has been diminishing since 1990 because the imports of low price Chinese Ginseng and the effective marketing policy on North American Ginseng. Therefore, this study is to suggest the competitiveness reinforcement strategies through analyses of the present state and transition of the international competitiveness in Korean Ginseng. This study conducts the comparative analysis of international competitive power of ginseng between Korea and other exporting countries. There are many kinds of saponin that are competitive from a quality profile. However, price competitiveness was very low. According to the result of analysis, this study suggest the competitiveness reinforcement strategies of Korean Ginseng as follows ; First, it is necessary to establish the ginseng plan for high-quality environmentally-friendly production. Second, Korean Ginseng producer should develop various consumer-oriented products according to purchasing power and taste of target market consumers. Third, export strategies must be established by finding out every importing country’s characteristics with regard its import, circulation and consumption of the Korean Ginseng. The use of this study is to forecast useful information to concerned organization for the future policies to the ginseng products in the international market.

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Globalization of Korean Electrical Installations Standards and Codes Based on Comparison of IEC 60364 with NFPA 70(NEC)

  • Ki, Chung-Young;Ro, Kwak-Hee;Seop, Shin-Hyo;Joo, Nam-Taik
    • 한국화재소방학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국화재소방학회 2002년도 추계학술대회논문집
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    • pp.280-287
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    • 2002
  • Most Technological laws of Korea are almost identical to those of Japan. Electricity was not introduced to Korea until lighting ceremony in Kyong-Bok palace observed in 1887. Since Korea was annexed to Japan in 1910, Korea have applied Japanese law and regulations made by Chosun government-general. And public works were under Japan control. Korea accepted adopted the power plants of America, codes of NESC, ASME / ANSI, MEMA while Japan accepted or adopted only IEC. Our generation distribution system takes American style while our consumer side takes Japanese style. As global trade system was transferred GATT into WTO, the technological standards, certification, construction and testing are in harmony internationally. The WTO / TBT agreement came in effect after 12th, April, 1979. The sections in the agreement require the members to exchange their own standards and codes for the harmonized ones by degree. The Korean distribution system has a strong resemblance to American system so that the internal engineers are confused in application of the relevant standards. IEC60364 and NEC are technologically similar but practically unconvertible because both have their different originality, that is to say Europe and USA. This paper deals with the fundamental elements of electrical safety system on review of IEC 60364 and NEC. This paper considers how engineers should apply IEC60364 and NFPA 70(NEC) based on all-the-way review of them.

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한국, 중국, 미국의 모바일 정보역량과 삶의 질에 관한 비교연구 (A Cross-Cultural Study on the Mobile Competency and Quality of Life among Korea, China, and USA)

  • 박철
    • 정보화정책
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    • 제23권2호
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    • pp.19-34
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    • 2016
  • 스마트폰의 보급으로 인류는 다양한 모바일 정보를 언제 어디서나 접근하고 활용할 수 있게 되었다. 모바일 정보에 접근하고 다루는 모바일 정보역량은 개인의 삶의 질에 영향을 미치고 있다. 본 연구에서는 한국, 중국, 미국 3국의 소비자 1,290명을 대상으로 모바일 정보역량과 삶의 질에 대해서 분석하였다. 그 결과, 모바일 정보역량 중에서 정보접근역량은 한국이 가장 높았으나, 정보활용역량에서는 미국이 가장 높고, 한국이 가장 낮게 나왔다. 모바일로 인한 삶의 질 향상에서도 한국은 미국, 중국에 이어 가장 낮게 평가하였다. 이러한 결과는 한국이 접근성이 좋아 모바일 인터넷 사용시간은 많지만, 삶의 질을 높일 수 있도록 제대로 활용을 하고 있지 못하다는 것을 보여준다. 또한 모바일 정보활용도에 영향을 미치는 개인변수들을 중 소비자 혁신성이 가장 큰 영향을 미쳤다. 본 연구의 결과, 한국에서는 모바일정보 활용능력을 함양시키고 혁신성을 높이는 정책이 필요할 것으로 보인다.

Bisphenol A and the related alkylphenol contaminants in crustaceans and their potential bioeffects

  • Zuo, Yuegang;Zhu, Zhuo;Alshanqiti, Mohammed;Michael, Joseph;Deng, Yiwei
    • Advances in environmental research
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.39-48
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    • 2015
  • Bisphenol A is widely used in plastic and other industrial consumer products. Release of bisphenol A and its analogues into the aquatic environment during manufacture, use and disposal has been a great scientific and public concern due to their toxicity and endocrine disrupting effects on aquatic wildlife and even human beings. More recent studies have shown that these alkylphenols may affect the molting processes and survival of crustacean species such as American lobster, crab and shrimp. In this study, we have developed gas chromatography with flame ionization detection (GC-FID) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometric (GC-MS) methods for the determination of bisphenol A and its analogues in shrimp Macrobrachium rosenbergii, blue crab Callinectes sapidus and American lobster Homarus americanus samples. Bisphenol A, 2,4-bis-(dimethylbenzyl)phenol and 4-cumylphenol were found in shrimp in the concentration ranges of 0.67-5.51, 0.36-1.61, and < LOD (the limit of detection)-1.96 ng/g (wet weight), and in crab of 0.10-0.44, 0.13-0.62, and 0.26-0.58 ng/g (wet weight), respectively. In lobster tissue samples, bisphenol A, 2-t-butyl-4-(dimethylbenzyl)phenol, 2,6-bis-(t-butyl)-4-(dimethylbenzyl)phenol, 2,4-bis-(dimethybenzyl)phenol, 2,4-bis-(dimethylbenzyl)-6-t-butylphenol and 4-cumylphenol were determined at the concentration ranges of 4.48-7.01, 1.23-2.63, 2.71-9.10, 0.35-0.91, 0.64-3.25, and 0.44-1.00 ng/g (wet weight), respectively. At these concentration levels, BPA and its analogs may interfere the reproduction and development of crustaceans, such as larval survival, molting, metamorphosis and shell hardening.

영상광고에 나타난 패러디의 공정이용과 저작권에 관한 연구 (A Study of Fair Use of Parody and Copyright Judgement in TV Advertising)

  • 이은종
    • 디자인학연구
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    • 제17권3호
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    • pp.363-372
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    • 2004
  • 초고속 인터넷이 일반화되면서 영상광고 및 창작물의 복제와 표절로 인한 저작권 분쟁은 국내뿐만 아니라 국제적으로 크게 증가하고 있으며 개인 및 기업의 이익과 생존의 문제로 확대되고 있다. 또한 국가 간의 저작권 분쟁으로 우리는 한해 약 1000억원 이상의 외화를 낭비하고 있으며 이러한 문제는 그동안 쌓아온 국가의 신용과 대외적 이미지를 실추시키는 요인이 되고 있다. 최근에는 우리 고유의 전통성과 문화적 아이덴티티(identity)를 도용 및 침해당하는 사례가 늘어나고 있으나 국가적 대응책은 미흡한 실정이다. 이러한 시점에서 국내 영상광고, 디자인, 예술 등 관련분야의 창작물 권리보호에 대한 대응 방안과 정책이 매우 절실해지고 있다. 국제연합의 전문기구인 세계지적소유권기구(WIPO)에 의하면 앞으로의 저작권에 대한 권리논쟁은 앞으로 기하급수적으로 증가하는 추세이며 이 모든 것을 법으로 규제하는 것은 사실상 한계가 있으므로 창작물에 대한 권리존중과 교육을 통한 대중의 의식변화를 무엇보다도 강조하고 있다. 이제 패러디에 관한 저작권 판정은 영상광고 및 디자인 관련 실무자와 교육계에서 매우 중요한 현안 문제이며 긴밀한 연관성을 갖고 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 선진국의 판례를 통하여 영상광고에서 패러디의 공정이용에 대한 올바른 방향을 제시 하고자 한다.

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Influence of Self-Construal on Choice of Overseas Travel Product Type

  • KIM, Young-Doo
    • 산경연구논집
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    • 제11권1호
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    • pp.29-38
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    • 2020
  • Purpose: Understanding which product types of overseas travel (free independent travel vs. package travel) consumers will choose is one of the key issues of marketing and consumer behavior in travel agency management. Prior studies on overseas travel type preferences mainly focused on comparing regional differences (e.g., Asian vs. Westerner, or Korean vs. Australian, or Korean vs. Japanese, or American, French, Italian vs. Japanese) influencing the choice of overseas travel type. Another researchers focused on comparing cultural differences (e.g., individualism vs. collectivism, or individualistic culture vs. collectivistic culture), subcultural difference (e.g., acculturation; Koreans living in Republic of Korea vs. Koreans living in Australia), travel lifestyle, and socio-demographics (e.g., age, gender, income level, education level, marital status, occupation etc.). However, there are few studies that identify individual psychological differences (i.e., individual psychological differences within the same culture) influencing the choice of overseas travel type. Self-construal is a psychological factors that greatly influences choice behavior. The purpose of this study was to examine the role of self-construal as an antecedent variable influencing choice of overseas travel product type. Research design, data and methodology: To achieve the purpose of this study, the questionnaire survey method was used. Self-construal items composed of independent self-construal items and interdependent self-construal items. Product types of overseas travel were free independent travel (FIT) type versus package travel type. In this study, the correlation coefficient between independent self-construal and interdependent self-construal was nonsignificant. It meant that the relationship between independent self-construal and interdependent self-construal was orthogonal. Therefore it was analyzed that independent self-construal and interdependent self-construal separately. Reliability analysis, factor analysis, and logistic regression analysis (controlling gender and age) was used as the data analysis method. Results: According to the results of this study, the stronger independent self-construal, the more preference for the free independent travel type rather than package travel, and the stronger interdependent self-construal, the more preference for the package travel type rather than free independent travel. Conclusions: Self-construal is an antecedent variable influencing the choice of travel type. Travel agencies must consider the consumer's self-construal (independent self-construal vs. interdependent self-construal) before planning and designing overseas travel products.