• International Journal of Contents
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.48-64
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• 2021

This study examines mobile news engagement-conceptualized as news exposure and participation-in the context of South Asia which has experienced tremendous growth in mobile-Internet users without receiving much attention from communication scholars. Along with demographic characteristics, this research incorporates motivational factors (grounded on uses and gratifications-U&G-approach) and news type preferences to explore their roles in mobile news engagement among urban citizens in Bangladesh. Results of a self-administered survey (N = 504) revealed that participants' mobile news engagement partially varied depending on their demographic differences, particularly gender, age, and education. Our study also unveiled that individuals' motivation for sharing information seemed to be a strong predictor of mobile news exposure and participation. In addition, Bangladeshi respondents were more likely to be interested in the hard news in terms of expressing views on news comments and sharing news via mobile platform. Conversely, preference for soft type news had a significant influence on news exposure through mobile browsing. This study provides insights into the understanding of global phenomena of mobile news engagement by unpacking the case of Bangladesh where mobile news usage seems to be an evolving state.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.197-216
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• 2022

인터넷 및 모바일 기술의 발달과 소셜미디어의 확산으로 인해 다량의 정보들이 온라인 상에서 생성, 유통되고 있다. 이중에는 대중에게 도움이 되는 유익한 정보들도 있지만, 역기능을 하는 이른바 가짜뉴스들도 함께 유통되고 있다. 지난 2020년 코로나19의 전세계적인 확산 이후, 온라인 상에는 이와 관련한 수많은 가짜뉴스들이 유통되었다. 다른 가짜뉴스들과 달리 코로나19와 관련된 가짜뉴스는 사람들의 건강, 나아가 생명까지 위협할 수 있다는 점에서 그 심각성이 매우 크다고 할 수 있다. 때문에 코로나19와 관련한 가짜뉴스를 자동으로 탐지하고, 이를 예방하는 지능형 기술은 사회적 건강도를 제고하는데 매우 의미 있는 연구주제라 할 수 있다. 이러한 배경에서 본 연구에서는 코로나19 관련 가짜뉴스 탐지를 효과적으로 수행하기 위해 그래프 임베딩 방법 중 하나인 Graph2vec을 활용한 방법을 제안한다. 가짜뉴스 탐지에 대한 주류 방법은 뉴스 콘텐츠 기반 즉, 텍스트에 대한 특징 분석으로 진행되었으나 본 연구에서는 사회적 참여 네트워크 내에서의 정보 전달 관계를 추가로 활용함으로써 보다 효과적으로 코로나19와 관련된 가짜뉴스를 탐지할 수 있었으며 성능 측면에서 정확도 향상을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.246-264
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• 2020

As netizens increasingly utilize social media to obtain and engage with information, this study aims to determine the extent to which the follower-influencer interaction is manifested and strengthened. To analyze information related to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), a total of 62,119 online posts from 11 Internet forums were examined to find a relationship between followers and influencers in Taiwan. These forums are PTT, SOGO, Ck101, Plurk, Mobile01, TalkFetnet, Gamez, PlaySport, Dcard, Eyny, and PCDVD. The variables that were the best predictors of influencer classification were strong influences, engagements, and hot values across 11 Internet forums. Learning the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is vital because public actions could have been fueled by stigmatizing terms that may harm public health and well-being. The results questioned the conventional diffusion of traditional news sources because the influencers brought widespread attention to the health threat issues in the early outbreak stages. This study enhances the understanding of forum types, follower engagement, and influencers' impact maximization in social networks. The conclusion provides insight into the relationships and information diffusion mechanisms to ensure accurate health information dissemination.

• Fashion, Industry and Education
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.46-55
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• 2018

The purpose of this exploratory study was to enhance the understanding of how brands tilize emojis in their marketing practices. A content analysis was conducted utilizing Google News as a search tool to access articles containing information pertaining to the use of emojis by brands. The combination of keywords used for the search were "emoji", "business", and "marketing". The search was narrowed down to the period of January $1^{st}$, 2014 - November $29^{th}$, 2017. This method generated a total of 604 trade publications with 55 of them providing information pertaining to specific brands and their use of emojis in their marketing strategies. A content analysis of trade publications has revealed that a variety of marketers have utilized emojis in their brand marketing practices. The entertainment, service, and food/drink industries have predominantly utilized emojis in their marketing practices, and their primary purpose for using emojis was to increase consumer engagement. Brands applied most of these emoji marketing strategies to an online or digital setting, whether it was social media pages, mobile applications, or any other form of computer-based marketing. Although there are limitations to this exploratory research in terms of its methodology, the findings of this study provide interesting insights into the potential of emojis as a marketing tool.