• Asia Marketing Journal
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.62-77
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• 2022

Seeded marketing campaign (SMC) is a newly created type of marketing activities with the widespread use of social media. Previous research has examined to find out the optimal seeding strategy that yields the best outcome from the campaign. This research explores the relationships between the characteristics of the seeded influencer and user engagement. The data consists of information from 1062 seeded Instagram posts posted in September 2020 in Korea and 778 seeded influencers who posted those contents. Analyzed by negative binomial regression, our quadratic model suggests that the relationship between user engagement and the number of followers of the seeded influencer draws an inverted U-shape, indicating influencers with greater number of followers may not always be the best choice for the marketers. Moreover, this research shows that the negative marginal impact coming from the huge number of followers can be attenuated when the influencer is an expert of the seeded product.

• 벤처창업연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.171-181
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• 2020

소셜미디어가 마케팅 채널로 확대됨에 따라 소수의 일반인들도 소셜네트워크 서비스의 정보보급자 역할을 담당하고 있다. 본 연구의 목적은 뷰티채널의 소셜 미디어 마케팅에 관한 다양한 관점에서 그 영향관계를 분석하여 효율적인 소셜미디어 마케팅 운영 전략 방안을 제시하고자 한다. 본 연구는 뷰티 채널 소셜 미디어 경험이 소비자의 소셜미디어 만족도와 구매의도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지에 대하여 살펴보았다. 소셜 미디어 경험의 구성요소를 오락성, 상호작용성, 최신성, 유용성으로 구분하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과 소셜미디어 경험은 브랜드 인지와 브랜드 이미지에 유의한 영향을 미치는 요인으로 확인되었다. 결과적으로 소셜미디어 경험은 소셜미디어 만족도와 구매의도에 큰 영향을 미쳤으며, 각 구성 요소에 대한 소셜미디어 경험의 영향 관계는 오락성, 유용성으로 밝혀졌다. 또한 뷰티 인플루언서의 전문성은 소셜미디어 만족도와 구매의도에 유의미한 영향을 미친 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 소셜미디어 뷰티채널 관리와 인플루언서를 활용한 마케팅에 중요한 기초자료로 활용될 것이라고 판단되며, 효율적인 소비자 관리를 위한 마케팅 전략과 실무에 필요한 자료로 활용될 것이다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.309-314
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• 2022

본 연구는 최근 급부상하고 있는 가상 인플루언서의 특성이 소비자에게 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 살펴보는 것을 목적으로 하고 있다. 이를 위해 가상 인플루언서에 대한 소비자의 지각된 매력과 사회적 거리를 독립변인으로하여 정보수용의도의 변화를 살펴보았다. 실제 소비자들이 가상 인플루언서에 대해 매력적이라고 느낄수록, 사회적 거리를 가깝게 지각할수록 정보수용의도가 높아지는 것을 발견하였다. 그러나 가상 인플루언서를 매력적이라고 지각하는 경우에는 사회적 거리에 따른 정보수용의도의 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 반면 가상 인플루언서가 덜 매력적이라고 인식하더라도, 사회적 거리를 가깝게 인식하는 경우에는 그렇지 않을 때보다 정보수용의도가 높았다. 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 가상 인플루언서의 마케팅 전략에 시사점을 제공하였다.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.141-152
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• 2022

Purpose - This study attempts to explore the factors that affect the consumer's response to the influencer's "backdoor advertisement" which has been a social media controversy recently. Accordingly, this study focuses on the importance of the information source's characteristics in influencer marketing, and demonstrates the impact of influencer credibility, attractiveness, and expertise on consumer responses after the influencer's sponsorship controversy. Design/methodology/approach - To this end, a study was conducted on adults who subscribed to one or more channels of influencers, and a virtual newspaper article was used in the survey. 196 sample data were collected and SPSS PROCESS Macro was used for data analysis. Findings - As a result, there was a negative impact on the credibility of the influencer which carried over to a negative reception of their shared content, while the attractiveness of the influencer had a positive impact on the reception of their shared content, even after the controversy over the influencer's backdoor advertisement. Research implications or Originality - This study contributes to the expansion of research on influencer marketing. Also, it provides insight into understanding and interpreting the phenomenon of influencers' backdoor advertisements and consumer reactions.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.163-188
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• 2023

Purpose The study examines the impact of the level of anthropomorphism (both in appearance and behavior) of virtual humans on user liking. It investigates whether this relationship is mediated by social comparison experiences, with the moderated mediation effect of users' desire for self-improvement. Design/methodology/approach A between-groups experimental design was employed to examine the impact of different levels of appearance(low/mid/high) and behavior(low/high) anthropomorphism on user liking of virtual humans. The experiment was conducted in an online environment, and participants were randomly exposed to one of six stimuli, which were Instagram-like posts. Findings The results indicate that as virtual humans become more anthropomorphic, they have a positive impact on user liking. However, once the level of anthropomorphism in appearance reaches a certain point (mid vs high), there is no significant difference in user liking. Users who perceive virtual humans as highly anthropomorphic tend to engage in more social comparison experiences, which positively affects their liking for these virtual humans. Conversely, individuals with a high desire for self-improvement found that the positive effect of appearance anthropomorphism on liking through social comparison experiences was reduced. The study extends the application of social comparison theory by examining its impact on influencer marketing with virtual beings. It provides valuable insights for the formulation of influencer marketing strategies using virtual humans.

• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.95-101
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• 2022

The development of the 4th industry has increased social media, and the rise of COVID-19 has stimulated non-face-to-face services. People's consumption patterns are also changing a lot due to non-face-to-face services. In this paper, food content keywords are derived through social network-based semantic network analysis, emotions are analyzed, and keywords applied to food recommendation platforms are input. We collected food, influencer, and corona keyword analysis data through Textom. A lot of research has been done through online reviews of existing influencer content. However, there is a lack of research on keyword sentiment analysis provided by influencers rather than consumers and research perspectives. This paper uploads language and topics derived through online reviews of existing publications and subscribers, and goes beyond the limits used in marketing methods. By analyzing keywords that influencers suggest when uploading content, you can apply data that applies them to food recommendation platforms and applications.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.1-20
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• 2021

Purpose Nowadays, Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is rapidly growing in popularity and increasingly appearing in marketing. Not even in TV commercial advertisement, ASMR also fast growing in one-person media communication, many brands and social media influencers used ASMR for their marketing contents. The purpose of this study is to measure consumers' perceptions about the products in ASMR marketing content and compare the differences in communication effect of ASMR content creator between product review and how-to in the same Macro tier influencer - the YouTuber that has 10,000-100,000 subscribers. Design/methodology/approach The research methods selected ASMRtist that do product review content and how-to content, Text comments data was collected from 200 videos of tech-device review videos and beauty-fashion videos. A total of 52,833 text comments were analyzed by applying the LDA topic modeling algorithm and social network analysis. Findings Through the result, we can know that ASMR is good at taking attention of viewers with ASMR triggers. In the Tech device reviews field, ASMR viewers also focus on the product like product's performance and purchase. However, there are many topics related to reaction of ASMR sound, trigger, relaxation. In the Beauty-fashion field, viewers' topics mainly focus on the reaction of the ASMR trigger, response to ASMRtist and other topics are talking about makeup - fashion, product, purchase. From LDA result, many ASMR viewers comment that they feel more comfortable when watching the marketing content that uses ASMR. This result has shown that ASMR marketing contents have a good performance in terms of user watching experience, so applying ASMR can take more consumer intention. And the result of social network analysis showed that product review ASMRtist have a higher communication effectiveness than how-to ASMRtist in the same tier. As an influencer marketing strategy, this study provides information to establish an efficient advertising strategy by using influencers that create ASMR content.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.23-51
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• 2023

Purpose: Live commerce is a new type of electronic commerce in combination with live streaming services. It is expected to increase virtual presence in the context of online shopping by overcoming a lack of social interactions between sellers and buyers which have been raised as a limitation in electronic commerce. Drawing on the studies of communication media, this study examines how live commerce contributes to the increase of virtual presence which consists of telepresence and social presence. Telepresence refers to a buyer's perception that he or she is present at the physical shopping mall during live shopping streaming whereas social presence refers to a buyer's perception of social interaction with a seller which is human warm, social, sensitive, and personal. In this study, we verify key determinants of virtual presence and its consequences. More specifically, this study proposes virtual presence contributes to the increase of buyers' trust in products and further purchase intentions. Furthermore, we verify influential factors of virtual presence from the technical and influencer perspectives of live commerce. Design/methodology/approach: To test the proposed hypotheses, the partial least squares (PLS) analysis is conducted with a total of 250 data collected on users with experience in the TaoBao live streaming shopping platform. Findings: The results show that first, telepresence and social presence are increased by visibility, media richness and attractiveness in the context of live shopping streaming. Second, buyers' trust in product trust and purchase intentions are positively influenced by telepresence and social presence. Finally, buyers' trust in product has a direct, positve effect on their purchase intentions. Overall, the findings offer new insights into the studies of electronic commerce by introducting the concepts of virtual presence and media richness from the literature of communication media in the field of live commerce.

• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.88-98
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• 2024

With the growing preference among Chinese consumers for purchasing beauty products through social media networks (SNS), influencer marketing has recently emerged as a crucial strategy for maximizing word-of-mouth effects. This study aims to ascertain the impact of SNS beauty influencers' characteristics on trustworthiness and consumers' intentions to engage in word-of-mouth promotion. Furthermore, the study seeks to explore the moderating role of consumer involvement in the relationship between SNS beauty influencer characteristics and the trust consumers place in them. As part of an empirical analysis, an online survey was administered to 259 Chinese female consumers who had previously purchased beauty products through influencers on SNS. The data gathered were scrutinized by conducting multiple and hierarchical regression analysis to test the proposed hypotheses. The findings indicated that the attributes of "expertise,"' "intimacy," and "homogeneity" in SNS beauty influencers significantly affect influencer trust, whereas "charm" does not have a significant impact. Moreover, consumer involvement was found to moderate the relationship between SNS beauty influencer characteristics (expertise, intimacy, charm, and homogeneity) and influencer trust. Additionally, influencer trust positively influenced the intention to engage in word-of-mouth activities. These findings signify that leveraging influencers possessing qualities such as expertise, intimacy, and homogeneity can help enhance product exposure, popularity, and sales of the beauty industry. This study contributes valuable insights into the strategic utilization of influencer characteristics in the beauty industry and digital marketing, highlighting their pivotalrole in consumer engagement and the success of marketing strategies.

• 아태비즈니스연구
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.121-134
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• 2020

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to investigate consumer's satisfaction with the attractiveness, reliability, and professionalism that are characteristics of social influencers, and to investigate the impact of influencer characteristics on consumers' continuous use intention through satisfaction. Design/methodology/approach - A total of 293 questionnaires on independent samples were used for this study. Collected data were analyzed by SPSS 26.0 and AMOS 24.0 program and frequency analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis and structural equation model analysis were performed. Findings - The findings demonstrated the followings: First, the attractiveness, reliability and professionalism of influencer had a positive effect on satisfaction. Second, the attractiveness and reliability of influencer had a positive effect on continuous use intention. However, professionalism did not have a significant impact. Third, user satisfaction with social media (channel of influence) had a positive effect on continuous use intention. Research implications or Originality - In doing so, this study was able to provide an in-depth understanding of the key characteristics of influencers and their roles, and contributed to ongoing research by providing suggestions for future studies.