• 유통과학연구
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• 제18권10호
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• pp.65-75
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• 2020

Purpose: This study aims to examine how to review contents of experiential and utilitarian products (e.g., skincare products) and how to affect review helpfulness by applying natural language processing techniques. Research design, data, and methodology: This study uses 69,633 online reviews generated for the products registered at Amazon.com by 13 Korean cosmetic firms. The authors identify key topics that emerge about consumers' use of skincare products such as skin type and skin trouble, by applying bigram analysis. The review content variables are included in the review helpfulness model, including other important determinants. Results: The estimation results support the positive effect of review extremity and content on the helpfulness. In particular, the reviewer's skin type information was recognized as highly useful when presented together as a basis for high-rated reviews. Moreover, the content related to skin issues positively affects review helpfulness. Conclusions: The positive relationship between extreme reviews and helpfulness of reviews challenges the findings from prior literature. This result implies that an in-depth study of the effect of product types on review helpfulness is needed. Furthermore, a positive effect of review content on helpfulness suggests that applying big data analytics can provide meaningful customer insights in the online retail industry.

• 한국생활과학회지
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• 제21권5호
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• pp.1005-1016
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• 2012

Recently, as growing number of consumers publish product and service reviews on the Internet, e-review has received attention from retailers and researchers. E-review, a form of electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) which is typically shared between strangers whose identity and credibility are unknown, has become an important product information source as social media has facilitated information exchanges between more consumers. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of e-review attributes on purchase intention for fashion products, which is mediated by trust of e-review, as well as to explore the differences between consumer communities and cooperative communities. A questionnaire was developed based on previous researches. Data were gathered from adults living in Busan. The results were analyzed by factor analysis, t-test, and regression using SPSS 18.0. The results showed that consumers tended to recognize e-reviews from consumer communities as exaggerated information, while they considered reviews from cooperative communities as reliable information, which gave the latter higher purchase intention. There were significant differences in e-review attributes for fashion products (e.g., Exaggeration, Entertainment, Innocence, and Agreement), purchase intention between consumer communities (e.g: Blog, Internet cafe) and cooperative communities (e.g: general malls and specialty malls). For both communities, purchase intention of fashion products was influenced by its entertainment attributes and perceived trust of e-reviews. These results suggest that e-retailers need to focus on understanding the causes of purchase intention with e-reviews for fashion products. Specifically, e-retailers should recognize that e-reviews of fashion products were associated primarily with entertaining and with consumers' trust. Based on these findings, managerial implications are presented.

• 한국환경보건학회지
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• 제46권5호
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• pp.481-494
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• 2020

Objectives: No study has been conducted to review characteristics of humidifier disinfectants (HD) products, such as real numbers, levels and types of HD substances contained, or the volume marketed. We aimed to review the characteristics of HD through a literature review. Methods: We collected literature reporting the names, numbers, and ingredients of HD and discussed them with a focus on the number of HD products and the chemicals used as a disinfectant. Results: A total of eight publications has reported the names of HD brands or types of disinfectants from 2011 to 2020. To date, a total of 40 HD products have been used, excluding four products. Eight HD products used polyhexamethylene guanidine phosphate (PHMG) and 14 used a mixture of chloromethylisothiazolinone (CMIT) and methylisothiazolinone (MIT) as disinfectants. Benzalkonium chloride (BKC) and sodium dichloroisocyanurate (NaDCC) were also used as a disinfectant in several HD products. A total of 19 HD products were associated with the development of HD associated lung injury (HDLI). The Oxy Saksak HD product containing PHMG showed the highest number of HD associated health effects. The type of disinfectant from a total of 14 HD products has not been identified. Conclusions: A total of 40 HD products have been marketed in South Korea since 1994. Further studies should be conducted to identify the association of product characteristics, including type of HD ingredients, with health effects.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.1-17
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• 2018

Hotel consumers tend to rely on online reviews to reduce the risk to hotel products when they book hotel rooms because hotel products are high-risk products due to their intangibility. However, the development of ICT has caused information load, and it is an important issue to be perceived as useful information to consumer because a large amount of information complicates the decision making process of consumers. Drawn from Heuristic-Systematic Model(HSM), the present study explored the role of heuristic and systematic cues composing an online review influencing consumers' perception of hotel online reviews. More specifically, this study identified reviewers' identity, level of the reviewer, review star ratings, and attached hotel photo as heuristic cue, while review length, cognitive level of review and negativity in review as systematic cues. The binary logistic regression was adopted for analysis. This study found that only systematic cues of online review were found to affect the usefulness of it. Moreover, we preceded further study examining the moderating effect of seasonality in the relationships between systematic cues and usefulness.

• 정보과학회 컴퓨팅의 실제 논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.209-217
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• 2016

스마트폰 보급의 확산으로 상품 구매 시 웹 사이트 및 SNS를 이용하여 상품 리뷰를 참고하는 소비자들이 증가하고 있다. 그러나 이러한 방식은 소비자가 직접 리뷰 데이터를 찾아 읽어야하기 때문에 시간이 오래 걸릴 뿐만 아니라 가공되지 않은 데이터가 줄 수 있는 정보는 한정적이다. 따라서 상품의 리뷰를 수집하여 기본 정보뿐만 아니라 리뷰 문장의 감정 분석을 통한 가공된 정보를 제공하는 시스템이 필요하다. 하지만 현재 이러한 상품 리뷰 분석 정보를 제공하는 시스템의 대다수는 상품의 분류와 상품의 속성을 반영하는 것이 부족하다. 본 논문에서는 상품의 분류와 속성을 반영하는 리뷰 감정 분석을 통한 전자 상거래 상품 분석 및 평가를 제공하는 시스템을 설계 및 구현하였다. 이를 도서 상품에 적용하여 구축한 시스템을 통해 소비자가 방대한 양의 상품의 리뷰 데이터를 분석할 필요 없이 상품의 속성 및 분류에 따라 가공된 분석 결과를 시각적으로 빠르게 제공받을 수 있음을 보였다.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.218-234
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• 2022

Urbanization is usually followed by changes in eating habits, with a specific trend toward the consumption of ready-to-eat products, such as processed foods. Among the latter, meat products are known contributors to high dietary sodium owing to salt addition. Salt plays an essential role in maintaining the quality of meat products in terms of acceptability and safety. However, an excessive salt intake is linked to high blood pressure and cardiovascular diseases. Hence, several studies have been competing for the discovery of salt alternatives performing in a similar way as common salt. A number of replacements have been proposed to reduce salt consumption in meat products while taking into account consumer preferences. Unfortunately, these have resulted in poorer product quality, followed by new adverse effects on health. This review addresses these recent issues by illustrating some established approaches and providing insight into further challenges in developing low-salt meat products.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.316-330
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• 2020

이 연구는 텍스트 마이닝을 사용하여 하드웨어 제품에 대한 리뷰, 서비스 상품에 대한 리뷰, ICT분야의 하드웨어와 클라우드 서비스가 융합된 형태의 상품을 대상으로 소비자 리뷰를 분석한다. 분석을 위해 각 리뷰의 키워드를 도출하고 토픽 도출에 사용된 단어의 차별성을 찾는다. 마지막으로 전체 리뷰를 대상으로 군집분석을 실시하고 각각의 상품군의 리뷰가 어떤 군집에 속하는지를 검토한다. 이 연구를 통해서 각 상품의 유형별로 특화되어 사용된 핵심어를 도출하였고, 토픽모델링을 사용하여 제품과 서비스의 특성을 표현하는 주제를 도출하였다. 서비스 상품 리뷰에서는 공급자의 우수성을 의미하는 professional, technician과 같은 핵심어를 도출하였고, 융합제품서비스상품으로서 아마존 에코 리뷰에서는 favorite, fine, fun, nice, smart, unlimited, useful 등의 긍정적 의미의 형용사를 도출하였다. 군집분석을 사용하여 전체 리뷰를 분석하였고, 3개의 상품 유형별 리뷰가 배타적으로 서로 다른 각각의 군집에 속하는 결과를 발견하였다. 이 연구는 소비자의 니즈(needs)를 상품의 유형별로 온라인 리뷰를 이용하여 차이점을 분석하였고 실무적으로 상품 유형에 기반한 상품기획과 마케팅 프로모션 차별화의 필요성을 제시하였다.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.295-311
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• 2023

Purpose - This study investigates how review length and sentiment impact consumers' purchase intentions, using real online reviews as the data source. The study aims to understand how the length and tone of a review affect a potential buyer's decision-making process when considering a purchase. Design/methodology/approach - A 2 (comment length: long vs. short) × 2 (comment sentiment: positive vs. negative) × 2 (product type: practical vs. hedonic) experiment was conducted. Findings - Results indicate that longer reviews have a greater impact on consumers' perceived usefulness compared to short reviews, but do not affect purchase intentions. Review sentiment is found to have a stronger impact than review length, especially for negative sentiment. The study also suggests that consumers pay more attention to reviews of practical products, and that reviews have less influence on hedonic products. Research implications or Originality - The implications of these findings are relevant for both merchants managing reviews and consumers reviewing products.The results of this research could help businesses and marketers optimize their online review strategies to maximize their impact on consumer behavior.

• 생약학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.153-170
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• 1981

• 유통과학연구
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• 제15권10호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2017

Purpose - Online product review has become a crucial part of the online retailer's market performance for a wide range of products. This research aims to investigate how an individual reviewer's review frequency and timing affect her/his average attitude toward products. Research design, data, and methodology - To conduct reviewer-level analysis, this study uses 42,172 posted online review messages generated by 6,941 identified reviewers for 59 movies released in the South Korea from July 2015 to December 2015. This study adopts Tobit model specification to take into account the censored nature and the selection bias arising from the nature of J-shaped distribution of movie rating. Results - Our estimation results support that the negative impact of review frequency and timing on valence. Furthermore, review timing has an inverted-U relationship with the user's average valence and enhance the negative effect of review frequency. Conclusions - This study contributes to the growing literature on the understanding how eWOM is generated at the individual consumer level. On the basis of the main empirical findings, this study provides insights into building a recommendation system in online retail store based on the consumer's review history data - frequency, timing, and valence.