• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.1589-1594
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• 2013

V.M.D(Visual Merchandising Design) covers every space, environment, and visually stimulating factor. This includes not only the architectural appearance but interior, graphic sign boards, window display, layout, store appliances, lighting, and even the looks and service attitude that sales employees have and show to customers. V.M.D aims to display merchandise in multiple ways; to heighten brand images; to steadily lure many customers to the store. One of the characteristics that V.M.D has is, that this abandons the previous design concept which solely puts stress on luxurious interior-focused display; that this displays merchandise in a rational and systemic way and induces customers to buy products. In this regard, the objective of this study is to study brand perception and effect of V.M.D displayed in the stores, on customers, and thereby to present the concepts of V.M.D, suitable for display in the stores, which can be used continuously in the future.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.197-211
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• 2017

Modernization drastically changed the cosmetic culture of Korea and Japan. A classic case that shows this is the appearance of the term 'Hyangjang (香粧)'. This paper investigated the background to the formation of the term Hyangjang (香粧), and reviewed the aspects of cosmetic culture that changed with the emergence of Hyangjangpum (香粧品), or cosmetics containing perfume. The investigation revealed that the term Hyangjang (香粧) appeared for the first time in Hirano (1899), a literature published in the Meiji period in Japan, and that the new term Hyangjang (香粧) had been formed against the background of advanced Western synthetic perfume and played an important role in contemporary techniques for the manufacture of cosmetics. The term Hyangjang (香粧) and cosmetics containing perfume, or Hyangjangpum (香粧品) were then introduced from Japan to Korea. In Korea, the term 'Hyangjang (香粧)' appeared for the first time in an advertising copy written by Hyeon Hui-un, a pioneer of the Korean modern theater movement during the period of Japanese colonial rule. At that time, cosmetic companies in Korea and Japan were releasing cosmetic products that contained perfume that stimulated a women's desire to purchase them by emphasizing 'fragrance' in their advertising. Existing public tendencies to regard a fragrant smell from a made-up face as vulgar were changing and the public perception of fragrance were also changing. The appearance of Hyangjangpum (香粧品) indicates that the existing cosmetic culture revolving around visual sense changed into a complex cosmetic culture involving olfaction. This change in culture is significant in that it heralded the direction of future development towards cosmetic culture that uses increase combinations of different senses including touch, taste, and hearing.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.137-145
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• 2015

Mobile's health care and diagnostic capabilities are accepted as the most innovative sectors, and the combination with wearable device is being predicted as the future's most promising industries. However, the level of consumer acceptance and utilization is still insufficient compared to the development of technology. This study explores the use intention of wearable device based on previous studies about health apps. In particular, health-related use efficacy of the app, app use intention and app satisfaction are analyzed through a structural equation model. The use of health-related apps revealed that there is a statistically significant relationship with the use of the wearable device. The results suggest that the importance of app use efficacy, satisfaction, apps use should be considered for the successful diffusion of wearable health devices.

• Cartoon and Animation Studies
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• s.36
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• pp.75-89
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• 2014

Since the first animated Chinese commercial titled directed by Wan Three Brothers in 1926, Chinese animation commercials are steadily increasing every year. The proportion of animation commercials in Advertisement industry increases gradually, animation becomes one of the direct means of rising commodity value. In this premise, this paper researches the history and characteristics of animated commercials, compare and analyze commercial samples from two world advertisement festivals and four Chinese advertisement festivals. Compared the world animation-advertisement market, Chinese animation-advertisement market is relatively limited under its particular status. Under the condition, this paper will analyze the current situation of Chinese animation advertisement through the samples from advertising festivals. Finally, the paper concludes finding out ways of development and effective marketing of animation commercial industry in China by checking out animation advertisement in industrial classification between Chinese and world's advertisement market.

• Journal of Industrial Convergence
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.41-48
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• 2018

The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of book content, celebrity recognition, and celebrity expertise on book purchasing, and to suggest implications for the marketing factors for sales and the factors to consider when publishing celebrity books . The implications of this study are as follows. First, when a celebrity publishes a book, it should actively promote marketing activities that can give credibility to the reader and to the credibility of the information about the book field that he usually compiles. Second, when a book is compiled, celebrities should pay attention to book designs and pictures that fit their images. In addition, it is necessary to build a new type of advertising strategy will be. Finally, celebrities should ask for various means to inform viewers and pens of their information, experiences, and learned knowledge in various advertising environments before publishing the book. If you continue to recognize it, your future purchases of books will increase.

• Korean Journal of Communication Studies
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.165-193
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• 2010

The current study has significance in that it increases our understanding of BPL effectiveness by adding long-term memory dependent variables to widely used short-term memory variables. Furthermore, two unit of analysis of the current study, subject and BPL, made richer analysis possible as compared to previous studies. The result showed that BPL was effective in short-term recognition(52.8% of BPLs), long-term recognition(44.4% of BPLs), and long-term recall(30.6% of BPLs). The further result showed that audiovisual BPL, closeup BPL, long-exposed brand, leading actor using brand were more effective than other kinds of BPL. On the other hand, preference for the movie and preference for the actor were not significant factors in increasing people's memory of the brand name. Future researchers should settle the confusion existed in this field by inventing a more elaborate research design and exploring mediating and moderating variables in the subject of BPL effectiveness.

• Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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• v.6 no.12
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• pp.605-619
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• 2016

This study aims to figure out effects of the rewards applications receiving a lot of attention recently as mobile advertising using the smartphones. Therefore, this study examines differences of user satisfaction and continued use intention according to a user characteristic, demographic characteristic and rewards application characteristic. The research results are as follow. First, in terms of user satisfaction of the rewards applications, there is a significant difference according to the user gender and existence of the reserved value experience. Second, there is a significant difference in the continued use intention of the applications according to the user type and gender. Third, it is also found that there is an interaction effect between the user gender and existence of the reserved value use experience on the continued use intention. This study is significant in that the results may provide future researchers with practical foundations for marketing strategies to activate the rewards applications.

• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.123-143
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• 2020

This study examines the interplay between the reactions of YouTube users and North Korean propaganda. Interesting enough, the study has noticed changes in the strict media environment under young leader Kim. Messages delivered by the communist regime to the outside world appeared to resemble those of 'normal' countries. Although North Korean YouTube was led mainly by the account operator, visitors from different nations do comment on the channel, which suggests the possibility of building international communities for propaganda purposes. Overall, the study observed a sparsely connected social network among ordinary commenters. However, the operator did not exercise tight control over peer-to-peer communication but merely answered questions and tried to facilitate mass participation. In contrast to the many news clips, the documentary content on North Korea's YouTube channel did not explicitly advocate for North Korea's current political positions.

• International Journal of Contents
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.51-64
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• 2020

Interviews with 17 Korean American professionals living in Korea revealed the relationship between their status, cultural identities, social capital, and conflicts that arise between their understanding of American and Korean social norms. The findings indicate that social capital for Korean Americans in Korea largely comprises of their English community in Korea and the Seoul Global Center; and that their access to social capital in the Korean society, in general, is limited. As result of limited availability and accessibility of social capital, with a sense of superiority, they maintained their American identity. In terms of social control, their lack of motivation to adopt and follow Korean social norms, as well as them being from the U.S., limited changes occurred in their cultural identity. Extending previous research on the Theory of Intercultural Public Relations, the public's power allows them to maintain their cultural identity, which in turn, effect their communication process. Implications of these findings, as well as suggestions for future study, are discussed.

• International Journal of Contents
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.59-68
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• 2016

This study investigates perceived social presence, perceived interactivity, perceived enjoyment, and perceived trust as antecedents of consumer engagement. We measured the attitudinal and behavioral brand loyalty as consequences of consumer engagement in social media. Our findings suggest that perceptions of social presence, enjoyment, and trust are significantly related to consumer engagement. Conversely, perceived interactivity has no positive influence on consumer engagement. In addition, consumer engagement is found to have a significant impact on both attitudinal and behavioral brand loyalty. The study revealed that, in the modified model, covariance paths among the proposed antecedents of consumer engagement (namely the perceived social presence, interactivity, enjoyment, and trust) are statistically significant. In this paper, we also discuss limitations of the study and future research.