• Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.40-62
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• 2021

Are intentions important in deciding the outcome of an action such as sharing misinformation among social media users during the pandemic? What is their role and how far they are important for the very act of fake sharing news? The social media users' actions on the social platform are determined by what they plan to do themselves; however, their motivation has an immense role to play in the dissemination of fake news on social media. The study proposes a conceptual model for understanding how select factors affect fake news sharing motivation and intentions of social media users. The study scrutinizes the relationship between content and context, fear of missing out (FoMO), news verification and news sharing gratification on the motivation and intention of social media users of networked Asian society. Empirical Data were drawn from social media users (N = 243) from India, using an online questionnaire based on prior studies and structural equation modeling (SEM) approach was used to analyze the data collected. Results indicate that news content, news verification, and news sharing gratification have a direct and positive relationship with sharing motivation. On the other hand, news context and content, FoMO and news sharing gratification have a positive significant relationship with sharing intention. Likewise, it was discovered that news verification will decrease sharing intention of the social media users. However, news context, that is the pandemic in the case of the present study and FoMO were not identified as determinant variables for sharing motivation among social media users. The research limitations and further scope were discussed.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.105-112
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• 2020

본 연구는 온라인 뉴스 문화를 만들고 있는 뉴스 공유자의 특성을 살펴보고자 하였다. 구체적으로 메신저에서 뉴스 공유자의 인구통계학적 특성, 전통 미디어와 뉴미디어를 통한 뉴스 이용행태를 밝히고, 뉴스 공유 행위에 미치는 요인을 살펴보고자 하였다. 본 연구는 <2018년 언론 수용자 의식조사> 데이터를 활용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과 첫째, 메신저에서 뉴스 공유자는 비공유자보다 연령층이 낮고, 학력이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 뉴스 공유자는 비공유자보다 전통 미디어 뉴스를 적게 이용하는 반면, 뉴미디어 뉴스를 많이 이용하는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 포털, SNS, 온라인 동영상 플랫폼을 통한 뉴스 이용량과 메신저 뉴스 신뢰도는 뉴스 공유에 긍정적 영향을 미치는 반면, 연령과 포털 뉴스 신뢰도는 뉴스 공유에 부정적 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 연구결과를 바탕으로 이 연구의 함의 및 한계점, 후속 연구에 대한 제언을 논의하였다.

• International Journal of Knowledge Content Development & Technology
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.65-82
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• 2020

This study examined information sharing and evaluation as determinants of the spread of fake news among Nigerian youths on social media using experience from COVID-19 pandemic. A descriptive survey design was adopted for the study and a Web-based questionnaire (Google Forms) was used to collect data for the study. The total responses of 278 were collected from the participants, which represents the unit of analysis. The finding of the study revealed that most Nigerian youths used Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and Instagram to share information on COVID-19. However, only a few Nigerians used Linkedln and other types of social media to share information on COVID-19. It was also found that building a relationship with social media communities, enjoyment and risk taking, and political inclination influence the sharing behavior of Nigerian youths during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show that social media handle/page found sharing of fake news on COVID-19 especially on the treatment, vaccines numbers of cases and symptoms. The study concludes that there is a positive relationship between information evaluation and the spreading of fake news on COVID-19 among Nigerians. Information sharing and evaluation should be done with the utmost level of objectivity and sincerity.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.87-103
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• 2019

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors influencing acceptance (e.g., comprehension,) and diffusion of information recipients' by depending on the authenticity of news. Specifically, this study has examined the effects of the news contents(political vs. general), need for cognition(high vs. low) and authenticity of the News(real news vs. fake news) on both acceptance and diffusion of news. Based on previous work, this study has developed a conceptual model to present each research hypothesis and tested it by conducting experiments as the follows. As a result, according to the authenticity of the news and the contents of the news (political and general), the acceptance of political contents was high regardless of the authenticity of the news, and the acceptance of real news was higher than that of fake news. However, in the proliferation (comment), both the political contents and the general contents showed the characteristic of spreading (commenting) fake news rather than real news. contrary to this, the cognitive level did not show any significant difference in acceptance (understanding) and proliferation (comment, sharing, recommendation). This study provides academic implications in that it examines the influences of accepting (comprehension) and diffusion (comment, sharing, recommendation) of real news and fake news. It also provides practical implications for responding to fake news and new marketing strategies in an environment where contents are delivered through diverse social media.

• 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.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2013

As online communities proliferate, online news sites have received great attention in news media research. Although most of the online news sites provide contents for free, some have adopted the Pay-What-You-Want (PWYW) model by offering a voluntary payment option to the readers. In this study, we investigate the factors which influence subscribers' voluntary payment behavior on an online news site. Drawing upon both the Stimulus-Organism-Response (SOR) framework and the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), we hypothesize that appreciation has a direct effect on the subscribers' voluntary payment behavior, whereas central factors (positive emotional content, cognitive content) and peripheral factors (news sharing, news article length) of the news articles have indirect impacts on voluntary payment behavior through the enhanced appreciation. Based on an empirical analysis of 172 news articles from the Korean online news site that adopted the PWYW pricing model (i.e., Ohmynews.com), we find that appreciation plays a critical role in voluntary payment behavior and that peripheral factors have significant impacts on appreciation. However, the impacts of central factors on appreciation are not found. By identifying influencing factors of subscribers' voluntary payment behavior on online news sites for the first time, this paper suggests a prospective alternative profit model for online news providers faced with fierce competition.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.87-93
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• 2020

The popularity of social media has led to a variety of communicative behaviors among users. This study targeted Facebook as a representative social medial platform because it has the most subscribers in order to investigate factors that influence Facebook usage. In particular, because a person's behavior is based on how they are perceived by others, self-conscious behavior was examined in the study. Facebook usage and news consumption were examined to ascertain the effects of self-consciousness. An online survey was conducted to examine how private SC and public SC (SCs), affects Facebook usage (profiles and writing posts) and news consumption (clicking "like" and sharing news). 616 participants completed the survey, and results indicated that public SC was positively related to the degree of profile updating and post writing. On the other hand, private SC was positively related to the degree of news sharing. These results suggest that psychological elements significantly predict a user's behavior on Facebook.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.180-190
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 뉴스 교육을 평가할 수 있는 토대로서 '뉴스 리터러시' 개념을 제안하고 실증적 검증을 시도하였다. 구체적으로 본 연구는 뉴스리터러시를 뉴스리터러시 자기 효능감으로 개념적으로 정의를 하고 어떻게 이 변수가 뉴스 소비자의 뉴스 미디어 소비 형태, 뉴스 콘텐츠에 대한 지식체계, 그리고 뉴스처리 관여도를 포함한 관련 결정요인들과 관련되는지 온라인 서베이 데이터를 이용하여 실증적으로 탐색하였다. 분석 결과, '검색/이해' 뉴스리터러시 자기 효능감은 뉴스 소비자의 뉴스 콘텐츠에 대한 지식 체계에 의해 긍정적으로 영향을 받고 뉴스 처리 관여도의 의해 부정적으로 영향을 받는 것으로 나타난 반면에 '전달/표현' 뉴스리터러시 자기 효능감은 소비자의 뉴스 콘텐츠에 대한 지식 체계와 전통적인 뉴스미디어 사용에 의해 긍정적으로 영향을 받는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구의 결과는 뉴스 교육의 구성 요소가 뉴스 리터러시에 어떤 형태로 연관되고 이렇게 확립된 뉴스 리터러시가 실질적으로 뉴스 소비에 어떤 방식으로 연관 되는지를 하나의 틀로 제시했다는 점에서 큰 의의가 있다고 할 수 있다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.1-9
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• 2023

Purpose: This study aims to understand if heterogeneous news is evenly consumed and distributed on portals as it examines people's news use and engagement behaviors and news credibility. Focusing on the four behaviors of news use, i.e., viewing news by keyword search, viewing news from subscribed sources, viewing news from the list of most-viewed news, and reading comments, and the three behaviors of news engagement, i.e., sharing news, 'liking' or 'recommending' news, and posting comments, this study investigates the relation between each of the behaviors and portal news credibility. Research design, data and methodology: From 2022 News Audience Survey in Korea, this study conducts a regression analysis to investigate the relations between each behavior and news credibility. Results: The results show a positive relation for the former two news use behaviors and the latter two news engagement behaviors, and a negative relation for the latter two news use behaviors. Conclusions: The positive relations between active news use and engagement behaviors and portal news credibility indicate that news consumers are more likely to use and engage in attitude-consistent news rather than attitude-challenging news, implying that heterogeneous news is less likely to be consumed and distributed evenly on portals across all news users.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.19-33
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• 2015

SNS is perceived as an effective tool for sharing news and enabling news content to reach many more users than before. And some users think that SNS is an important source to get news. This study's purpose is to understand the key factors contributing to behavior of news consumption on social network sites in Cambodia and its influence. We identified three key factors including convenience, recency, and variety; however, recency showed less significant effect on news consumption on SNS. Besides the key factors, it also seeks to understand the impact of news consumption on social engagement and government's transparency in Cambodia. The analytical results achieved through the Partial Least Squares (PLS) approach.