• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.64-69
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• 2021

Brands have begun to act without giving in to the challenges facing our society. Just like the slogan in the novel "The Three Musketeers" by Alexandre Dumas proclaimed, "All for one, one for all!" in the age of transmedia the success of brand activism must reflect the same principle. Specifically, by embracing the big as well as the little stories of consumers scattered everywhere, each and every one should create a huge resonance. This means that brands should use the cultural lever of transmedia so that the various stories of consumers do not fade into oblivion and, furthermore, expand the brand's call to action. By analyzing brand activism cases in business, this study explores the effectiveness of brand activism for advertisers to develop a better understanding of brand communication strategy. Building on findings that show new young generation consumers to favor brands that respond to social, political, and environmental issues and conceptual implications of the snowball effect, this study emphasizes consumer participation in the brand story creation process and the need for brands to aim for high standards of professionalism and accountability, so that they can grow together with their consumers.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.194-203
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• 2021

코로나 바이러스의 확산으로 인한 불확실성의 시기를 겪으며 소비자들은 예전보다 기업에 대해서 적극적인 사회공헌활동을 요구하게 되었다. 즉, 기업 브랜드에게 공익 추구 성향을 기대하는 경향이 두드러지고 있다. 소비자들은 사회공헌활동에서 한단계 넘어서서 회사가 사회문제라고 인식하는 것에 대해서 적극적으로 해결하려 하고 이를 추구하는 브랜드에 대해서 적극적인 지지와 소비의사를 나타내자 기업들도 이에 화답하여 브랜드 액티비즘(brand activism)이라는 새로운 사회적 마케팅을 적극적으로 시도하고 있다. 부연하면, 기업들은 브랜드 자체를 하나의 인격체로 설정하여 이슈가 되는 사회문제에 대해서 해결방식을 제시하고 지지를 이끌어내는 브랜드 전략을 사용한다 하겠다. 이번 연구에서는 브랜드 액티비즘 관련 브랜드 캠페인 수행 경력이 있는 다섯명의 브랜드 담당자와 인터뷰를 통해서 브랜드 액티비즘이 가장 잘 나타나있는 사례를 선정하고 이에 대해서 어떠한 특징이 소비자의 적극적인 지지를 이끌어냈는지에 대해서 논의하였다. 그 결과, 소상공인에 대한 지원, 인종차별 반대, 젠더 다양성과 평등, 지속가능성의 특징이 도출되었다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.146-158
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• 2020

As one of the successful brand activism ad campaigns in recent years, the current study focuses on the Always #LikeAGirl campaign that took on the issue of girls and female empowerment. As a viral video marketing campaign with YouTube as their main vehicle for campaign dissemination, this study examined how Always brand activism campaigns spread on YouTube by conducting a network analysis of YouTube video networks generated by the #LikeAGirl campaign spanning across five campaign periods. Quantifiable data (i.e., views, comments, likes, dislikes, user-generated videos) and structural network patterns show that the Always #LikeAGirl campaign was successful by both standards. Although the follow-up campaign periods were not as successful as the initial campaign, the substantial amount of views, comments, likes, and user-generated content showed that the consecutive campaigns still had impact. As shown through the network patterns, the main campaign ads were central in the diffusion of the campaign during the earlier periods but that role was passed onto the user-generated contents in the later periods. Implications of the findings and future social network analysis studies in brand advertising and brand activism campaigns are further discussed.

• 인터넷정보학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.8-28
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• 2013

In a backlash against corporate branding and capitalism, a growing number of consumers are resisting current marketplace practices and big corporate brands. One particular form of this phenomenon is the emergence of anti-brand communities in social media. The current study, which surveyed a sample of 251 anti-brand community members on Facebook, provides a preliminary understanding of the characteristics and antecedents of anti-brand communities as a new platform for consumer empowerment and anti-brand activism. Findings suggest that consumers' engagement in online anti-brand communities, especially through social media, may be triggered by their negative experiences with employees, product quality, post-purchase service, and value/price. They are motivated, the results show, by seven primary factors: altruism, revenge, advice seeking, convenience, sympathy seeking, socialization, and the need to vent.

• 복식
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• 제52권4호
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• pp.25-38
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• 2002

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and the evaluative criteria of the Korean traditional costume, Hanbok and saenghwal hanbok. The questionnaires were administered to 291(men:.102,Women:189) university students in Seoul. Data were analysed by factor analysis, correlation coefficient, t-test. The results were as follows : 1) Factor analysis was used to determine the dimensions of the evaluative criteria of Hanbok, Saenghwal Hanbok and life style characteristics. The evaluative criteria dimensions were found to be different according to Hanbok. Saenghwal Hanbok. 2) In Hanbok, evaluative criteria were classified into comfort & easy care, prestige, design, fashion, suitability to yourself. 3) In Saenghwal Hanbok. evaluative criteria were classified into prestige, ease of care, design., appropriateness, brand. 4) The life style characteristics were classified into independence, activism. conservatism, and materialism. 5) There were the significant relationships between life style factor and clothing evaluative criteria. Especially for design in Hanbok and Saenghwal Hanbok was negative relationship with conservatism and positive relationship with activism. materialism. and Independence.