• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• v.3 no.1
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• pp.40-62
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• 2015

The main objective of this study was to investigate the awareness and perception of young professionals in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam countries on the ASEAN Economic Community (hereafter, AEC). Data from a survey of 575 young professionals, with approximately equal distribution from each country, were collected in June and July 2015. Research findings revealed that the knowledge and understanding of the AEC among the Gen Y professionals were still marginal. Although they lack awareness, young professionals had a good impression and perception of the AEC in connection with important benefits for them individually as well as for their country. Finally, the study revealed that the Gen Y professionals showed some level of optimistic attitude that they could succeed in the AEC as they thought that they were quite well prepared, having sufficient skills to work or to do business in other ASEAN countries.

• Journal of the Korean housing association
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• v.12 no.4
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• pp.163-171
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to analyze the view of housing of Korean and Japanese female university students. The view of housing was investigated in four stages-housing consciousness, resident opinion, ideal housing and housing needs-in this study. The data was collected through the self-entry questionnaire designed for this study and the sample of 400 in total, 200 cases form Korea and 200 cases form Japan. The results are as follows : The major findings of the housing consciousness were that Japanese female university students preferred the detached in the future. The resident opinion of Korean and Japanese female university students showed that the group space was more important than the private space. In the ideal image, they wanted psychological and physical comfort from their houses. In the housing needs, Korean have considered the distance of friend and family and been satisfied with interior design, whereas Japanese have considered the expression of social level and been satisfied with outdoor design.

• International Journal of Contents
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.43-48
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• 2017

As a computational approach to literary criticism, the method of character network analysis has attracted attention. The character network is composed of nodes as characters and links as relationship between characters, and has been used to analyze literary works systematically. However, there were limitations in that relationships between characters were so superficial that they could not reflect intimate relationships and quantitative data from the network were not interpreted in depth regarding meaning of literary works. In this study, we propose an improved method of character network analysis through a case study on the play . First, we segmented the character network into a dialogue network focused on speaker-to-listener relationship and an opinion network focused on subject-to-object relationship. We analyzed these networks in various ways and discussed how analysis results could reflect structure and meaning of the work. Through these studies, we strived to find a way of organic and meaningful connection between literary criticism in humanities and network analysis in computer science.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.222-245
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• 2020

In the pandemic crisis, many governments implemented harsh interventions that might contradict democratic values and civil liberties. In Taiwan, the debate over whether or not to reveal personal information of infected persons to limit the coronavirus's spread poses the democratic dilemma between public health and civil liberties. This study examines whether and explains how Taiwan's people respond to the choice between individual privacy and collective security. We used survey data gathered in May 2020 to show that, first, the democratic values did not deter the pursuit of collective safety at the cost of civil liberty; rather, people with higher social trust were more likely to give up their civil liberties in exchange for public safety. Second, people who support democratic values and pursue collective security tend to avoid violating privacy by opposing the release of personal information. This study proves that democratic values do not necessarily threaten collective safety and that the pursuit of common good can co-exist with personal privacy.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.140-171
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• 2015

As China's economic development brings the country out of poverty and into modernity, a long-lasting debate concerns whether the Chinese public's value system is also changing toward the so-called "modern values," or whether some distinctly traditional Chinese values remain unchanged. Using empirical data collected at three points in time during the 1990s and the first two decades of the 21st Century (1993, 2002, and 2011), I found that Chinese citizens who benefitted from urbanization, rising levels of education and employment in non-farm, knowledge-based industries displayed stronger modern values. People with stronger modern values are more likely to emphasize individual autonomy, competition, gender equality, and market transaction, among others. Some characteristics of the Chinese people, most importantly family values, however, seem to remain stable amidst rapid social changes.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• v.2 no.4
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• pp.228-247
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• 2015

Politics is defined as who gets what, when, and how. Communication is defined as the process, outcomes and effects of message transmission through a medium. Thus political communication in Asia, the most dynamic and uncertain region of the world, has been very dense, requiring rigorous scientific analysis and culturally sensitive reflection. Mass media brought about a revolution in political communication in the last century. In the 21st century, complex monitory devices from the state and international organizations and from the society and transnational groups have transformed the features of political communication. It has triggered another revolution in political communication. Illustrations are given focusing on Asia. A theoretical reflection from the angle of political science is attempted focusing on political communication medium and its effects. I compare no medium (face-to-face communication), mass media, and social media in relation to their effects.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.26-41
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• 2013

The rise and fall of social research methods rely on how much a certain method is able to appropriately reflect the change of society. The present research proposes new mobile surveying methods, considering the current and future trends in Korea. In particular, this research focuses on environmental pressure (time constraints, the presence of others and the place) as one of the major factors influencing the effects of survey modes. For example, landline surveys are conducted in the respondent's home, which is a private and fixed space. On the other hand, surveys on mobile phones can be conducted in diverse places with other people around. After sampling 500 landline respondents and 500 mobile phone respondents using a quota method, the same questionnaire was used for both the mobile and landline interviews. The findings are generally consistent with the literature supporting the data quality and comparability of the mixed mode survey. These results are encouraging for researchers designing surveys that feature mobile phone data collection.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2012.01a
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• pp.261-262
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• 2012

소셜 네트워크의 부상과 함께 소셜 네트워크를 이용하여 홍보를 하는 소셜 커머스 시장도 커지고 있다. 소셜 커머스의 경우 일정한 인원 이상이 구입을 해야 거래가 성립한다. 그래서 실질적으로 환불이나 반품이 힘들기 때문에 그만큼 상품평이 구매에 미치는 영향이 크다고 볼 수 있다. 하지만 이러한 상품평의 경우에도 개인의 상황이나 취향 등에 따라 상품평이 주는 정보의 방향이 크게 바뀔 수 있다는 단점도 있다. 본 논문에서는 오피니언 마이닝을 이용하여 의미를 추출하고, LIWC를 통해 사용자의 기본 정보 및 심리 등을 파악하여 보다 정확한 고객의 개인별 상황에 맞는 상품 평점을 제시한다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2015.07a
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• pp.95-96
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• 2015

사회복지 영역의 확대로 복지서비스 수혜자들의 사례관리가 매우 중요한 영역으로 자리매김하고 있다. 이는 사례관리를 이용하여 새로운 서비스를 발굴하고, 실행결과를 평가하여 중요한 패턴을 추출 후 다른 유사 대상자들에게 적용하는 것이 실패를 줄이는 방법이기 때문이다. 그러나 현재 대부분의 사례관리시스템은 서비스를 입력하여 저장/관리하는 측면만을 제공하여 체계적인 분석이 안되고 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 사례자들의 상담 및 서비스 결과에 관한 오피니언을 분석하여 마음속에 내포하고 있는 사례(비유적 표현)에 관한 실제적인 평가와 오피니언을 추출하는 시스템을 제안한다. 제안하는 시스템을 실험하기 위해 자기의 오피니언을 외부로 노출하기 꺼려하는 장애인을 대상으로 한 상담 사례를 이용하여 실험하였다.

• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.40-56
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• 2019

This study aimed to develop and evaluate the psychometric properties of the Thai Elderly Resilience Scale (TERS). Its conceptual structure consists of three identified domains, I AM, I HAVE, and I CAN, within the 18 components that were initially used for developing the item pool. The first draft of the scale consisted of 50 items. A psychometric evaluation of content validity reliability and construct validity was conducted. The results yielded the current version of the TERS based on Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) consisting of 24 items categorized into 5 factors: 1) being able to join other people, 2) being confident in life 3) have social support 4) living with spiritual security and 5) being able to de-stress and manage problems. The scale had a high internal consistency (${\alpha}=.94$). A strong positive correlation between resilience and mental health scores were found (r=.84, p<.01, n=30). The newly developed TERS would be a useful tool to assess resilience in Thai elderly and can be applied to develop further studies regarding elderly Thai people.