• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.285-301
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• 2018

There have been many studies that applied a data-driven analysis method to social media data, and some have even argued that this method can replace traditional polls. However, some other studies show contradictory results. There seems to be no consensus as to the methodology of data collection and analysis. But as social media-based election research continues and the data collection and analysis methodology keep developing, we need to review the key points of the controversy and to identify ways to go forward. Although some previous studies have reviewed the strengths and weaknesses of the social media-based election studies, they focused on predictive performance and did not adequately address other studies that utilized social media to address other issues related with public opinion during elections, such as public agenda or information diffusion. This paper tries to find out what information we can get by utilizing social media data and what limitations social media data has. Also, we review the various attempts to overcome these limitations. Finally, we suggest how we can best utilize social media data in understanding public opinion during elections.

• East Asian mathematical journal
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.341-353
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• 2024

This paper aims to provide a general review of Opinion Dynamics (OD) and its related models, along with application examples for special agents. We will discuss special classes of social actors, such as informed actors, opponents, and extremists, in the context of opinion dynamics. Our main objective is to determine the extent to which opinion dynamics, as a mathematical sociology, relates to social reality. To achieve this, we present key elements of mathematical sociology in Opinion Dynamics, which we then apply to real socioeconomic phenomena using modeling assumptions and mathematical formulations.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.346-356
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• 2012

본 연구의 목적은 오피니언 리더의 정보 매개 행위와 영향력 행사 행위가 온라인 학습의 콘텐츠 만족도와 운영 만족도에 어떠한 영향을 미치는가, 그리고 이러한 영향 관계는 사회적 지능에 의해 매개되고 있는 가를 실증적으로 규명하고자 하였다. 이론적 연구를 통해 오피니언 리더의 행위를 정보매개 행위와 영향력 행사 행위로 분석하고 학습만족도를 콘텐츠 만족도와 운영만족도로 구분했다. 관련이론과 선행연구를 기반으로 하여 가설을 설정하였으며, 연구 목적에 맞게 온라인 대학원 학생 300명을 대상으로 3주간 온라인 설문조사를 실시하여 153부의 설문지를 회수하였으며 이를 PLS 통계 프로그램을 이용해 실증분석을 실시하였다. 연구 결과를 살펴보면 첫째, 오피니언 리더의 정보 매개 행위와 영향력 행사 행위는 오피니언 리더의 사회적 지능에 정(+)의 영향력을 보였다. 둘째, 오피니언 리더의 사회적 지능은 온라인 학습 콘텐츠와 운영 만족도에 정(+)의 영향력을 보였다. 셋째, 오피니언 리더의 정보 매개 행위는 온라인 학습 콘텐츠와 운영 만족도에 영향을 미쳤으나 사회적 지능을 거쳐서도 영향을 미쳤기 때문에 부분 매개되었으며, 오피니언 리더의 영향력 행사 행위는 온라인 학습 콘텐츠와 운영 만족도에 사회적 지능을 통해 완전 매개된 형태를 보였다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.67-81
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• 1997

The main purpose of this study was to compare the characteristics of male innovators and of male opinion leaders across product categories in terms of personality, attitudes, social participation, media usage patterns and demographic aspects. Six product categories such as clothing, cosmetics, small electronic appliances, medium-large electronic appliances, interior supplies and sports-leisure goods was used. A valid and reliable self-report scale was used to measure innovativeness and opinion leadership for 423 male adults living in social area Analyses showed that venturesomeness is the most common characteristics between innovators and opinion leaders across product categories. Innovators showed higher tendency of narcissism while opinion leadership showed higher cosmopolitainsm. Common charateristics of innovators and of opininion leaders of both clothing and cosmetics are cosmopolitanism, narcissism, exhibitionism, venturesomeness. The degrees of social participation and media usage patterns were different according to product categories for both innovators and opinion leaders. The implications of these findings for diffusion theory and merchandising were discussed.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제1권4호
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• pp.232-233
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• 2014

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.391-406
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• 2015

Social media have emerged as new communication channels between consumers and companies that generate a large volume of unstructured text data. This social media content, which contains consumers' opinions and interests, is recognized as valuable material from which businesses can mine useful information; consequently, many researchers have reported on opinion-mining frameworks, methods, techniques, and tools for business intelligence over various industries. These studies sometimes focused on how to use opinion mining in business fields or emphasized methods of analyzing content to achieve results that are more accurate. They also considered how to visualize the results to ensure easier understanding. However, we found that such approaches are often technically complex and insufficiently user-friendly to help with business decisions and planning. Therefore, in this study we attempt to formulate a more comprehensive and practical methodology to conduct social media opinion mining and apply our methodology to a case study of the oldest instant noodle product in Korea. We also present graphical tools and visualized outputs that include volume and sentiment graphs, time-series graphs, a topic word cloud, a heat map, and a valence tree map with a classification. Our resources are from public-domain social media content such as blogs, forum messages, and news articles that we analyze with natural language processing, statistics, and graphics packages in the freeware R project environment. We believe our methodology and visualization outputs can provide a practical and reliable guide for immediate use, not just in the food industry but other industries as well.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.563-569
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• 2012

소셜 웹이 확산되면서 오피니언 마이닝 혹은 감성 분석 연구가 주목을 받고 있다. 감성 분석을 위해서는 감성을 판별하기 위한 감성자원이 제공되어야 한다. 기존 감성 분석에서는 감성의 극성에 대한 강도를 표현하는 방법으로 리소스를 구축하고 이를 통하여 의견의 극성을 결정하였다. 본 논문에서는 의견의 극성뿐만 아니라 긍/부정의 근거가 되는 감성의 카테고리를 구성하고자 한다. 본 논문에서는 합리적인 분류를 위하여 심리학적 감정들을 초기 감성으로 정의한다. 그리고 실제로 소셜 웹에서 사용되는 감성의 분포를 얻기 위하여 소셜 웹의 텍스트를 분석하여 감성 정보를 추출한다. 추출한 감성 정보를 이용하여 초기 감성들을 재분류함으로써 소셜 웹을 위한 감성 카테고리를 구성한다. 본 논문에서는 이 방법을 통하여 23개의 감성 카테고리를 제시한다.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제49권10호
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• pp.71-79
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• 2011

When adolescents undergo the period of transition, they need to promote self-confidence from social support by parents, teachers or friends. It was believed that boosting subjective perception on their main areas of interest such as academic performance, appearance and fashion will result in happiness. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of social support including family support, teacher support and friend support on self management, appearance satisfaction and fashion opinion leadership. A total of 412 questionnaires from the middle and high school students living in or near Seoul were collected and analyzed. The results indicated that teacher support and family support had a positive effect on self-management and family support had a positive effect on appearance satisfaction. Furthermore, friend support had a positive effect on fashion opinion leadership. In conclusion, implications for promoting self-confidence related to self-management, appearance satisfaction and fashion opinion leadership with the help of social support are suggested.

• International Journal of Contents
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.10-17
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• 2018

China media environment has drastically changed leading to the an inevitable change of public opinion ecology. Empirical studies have focused less on public opinion guidance, which forms an important component of the government officials' media literacy. This study applied quantitative method in the investigation of media literacy in China. Ideally, media literacy is measured from media cognition, media contact, media usage under the view of public opinion guidance. The findings reveal that the existing problem on 1) incorrect media cognition and public opinion guidance; 2) insufficient contact of personal social media 3) improper tendencies in the use of media to guide the public opinion, especially, on confidential information. Consequently, in order to improve media literacy in China government officials, enhancement of their basic knowledge on news diffusion and public opinion is necessary. Secondly, to effectively deal with "agenda settings", it is important for the government to consider the provision of valuable information and platforms to effectively spread information. So they need to learn how to personally and officially use social media platforms such as Weiboa and Wechat. This ensures they have maximized their potential to acquire valuable information and spread them on valuable platforms. Thirdly, government officials should be able to analyze and understand public opinion trends for official and personal use. Finally, they should understand the development of public opinion and the how online public opinion laws are formed and the target group.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• 제1권2호
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• pp.73-89
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• 2014

Everyone has a voice and can broadcast it to the world. We hear about the old maxim of media do not tell people what to think but what to think about. Under this theory or approach, a key function of political communication is to make the public think about an issue in a way that is favorable to the sender of the message. In a democracy, political communication is seen as crucial for the building of a society where the state and its people feel they are connected. Thus, this is a study on how social media (e.g., Facebook, blogs, and YouTube) were used in the domain of Malaysian politics during the 13th general election campaigning period in order to set the agenda to form public opinion. The study found that Facebook was the most popular social media tool that political parties actively engaged with during the 13th general election campaign period. Apart from that, issues pertaining to the election were significantly highlighted by the political parties in social media, especially Facebook. However, other issues that were also important to the people such as the economy, crime, and education were not sufficiently highlighted during the election campaign period. This indicates that the political parties influence the public on what to think about using social media.