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Social network analysis on consumers' seeking behavior of health information via the Internet and mobile phones

  • An, Ji-Young;Jang, Haeran;Paik, Jinkyung
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.17 no.8
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    • pp.995-1011
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    • 2014
  • In consideration of the rapid changes in the so-called information society of the $21^{st}$ century, about 80% of a total population in Korea has used the Internet. However, the social effect of the Internet and related devices has not been yet systematically studied in the literature. In healthcare as well, consumers' efficient use of the Internet for their positive health outcomes is becoming an issue. The purpose of this study was to analyze the medical subject headings keywords of the selected studies on consumers' use of Internet and mobile health information. For the analysis, social network analysis was used to provide basic information to present directions for future research on the field of interest.

Investigating the influence of personality traits and usage motivation on information seeking behavior of undergraduate students (성격 특성 및 동기에 따른 대학생의 정보탐색행위에 관한 연구)

  • Jang, Yoo-Ri;Kim, Hyun-Hee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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    • 2013.08a
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    • pp.167-170
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    • 2013
  • 본 연구는 이용자의 개인적 특성인 성격특성과 이용동기에 따라 대학생의 온라인 정보탐색행위에서 어떤 유의미한 차이가 나타나는지 살펴봄을 목적으로 한다. 연구 방법은 설문지를 이용하였다. 인문사회과학 대학생 134명을 대상으로 KEPTI 에니어그램 성격유형검사 도구를 사용해 측정하고, 이용 동기는 학습동기, 취업동기, 생활동기, 뉴스동기의 4가지로 나누어 조사하고 정보 탐색 행위는 도서관 OPAC 및 인터넷 웹 자원 이용을 중심으로 살펴보았다.

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The Influence of Webtoon Usage Motivation and Theory of Planned Behavior on Intentions to Use Webtoon: Comparison between movie viewing, switching to paid content, and intention for buying character products (웹툰 이용동기와 계획행동이론 변인이 웹툰 관련 행동의도에 미치는 영향: 영화관람, 유료 콘텐츠 전환시 이용, 캐릭터 상품 구매의도의 비교)

  • Lee, Jeong Ki;Lee, You Jin;Kim, Byung Gue;Kim, Bo Mi;Choi, Sun Ryul;Koo, Ja Young;Koleva, Vanya Slavche
    • Korean Journal of Communication Studies
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.89-121
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    • 2014
  • In order to suggest a strategy for continuous growth of webtoon, this article examined webtoon usage motivation and tried to make a prediction about culture content products and services connected with webtoon, including intention for viewing movies, based on webtoon; intention for switching to paid webtoon content, and intention for buying webtoon character products. From the point of view of Uses and Gratification Theory intentions for using webtoon and human sociocultural behavior intention are already predicted but with the usefulness of Theory of Planned Behavior Integrated Model this study extended the explanation power of prediction about webtoon related behavioral intention. Results found 5 motivational factors for webtoon usage i.e. 'seeking information', 'entertainment and access availability', 'webtoon genre characteristics', 'influence from a friend or acquaintance', and 'escapism and tension release'. Among them the ones that influenced the intention for viewing movies, based on webtoon, were found to be 'webtoon genre characteristics', 'escapism and tension release' and the 3 variables from Theory of Planned Behavior. 'Seeking information', 'entertainment and access availability', 'webtoon genre characteristics', and all the 3 variables from Theory of Planned Behavior were found to influence the intention for switching to paid webtoon content. The intention for buying webtoon based character products was affected by the motivational factors 'seeking information', 'escapism and tension release' and the behavior and subjective norms variables from Theory of Planned Behavior. Based on the uncommon results from the research several suggestions were made for the continuous growth of webtoon.

Fandom as a Prosumer : Study on Information Behavior of Fandom (프로슈머로서의 팬덤: 팬덤의 정보행동에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, So Young;Kim, Hyang Mi;Chu, Kyounghee;Seo, Jungchi
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.11 no.12
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    • pp.747-759
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    • 2013
  • This study posits the activities of the fandom as information behavior: information producing, information diffusion, information sharing. The authors identify the underlying motivation and needs which lead fandom to these behavior on the basis of contents theory. In particular, the manner in which the those needs influence the information behavior of fandom is explored. The data used in this study came from various Fan Caf$\acute{e}$s which are communities of star fan. The results from the survey shows that the fandom is a kind of culture closely connected to social needs. Fandom can be viewed as an important driving force in the entertainment industry as they are co-creating the value in entertainment market.

The Effect of Sensory Processing Areas on the Parenting Stress of Parents (감각처리 영역이 부모의 양육 스트레스에 미치는 영향)

  • Choi, Jeong-Sil;Lee, Mi-Hee
    • The Journal of Korean Academy of Sensory Integration
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.33-42
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    • 2004
  • Objective : To evaluate the sensory processing ability in relation to parenting stress and find the sensory modulation areas affecting the parenting stress in disabled children Methods : Parents of 124 children with disabilities between 3 to 7 years receiving occupational therapy in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do made out the questionnaire and in items of questionnaire, Short Sensory Profile and Parenting Stress Index of short form was included. Results : Among general information, parenting stress of parents had significant correlation with the degree of disability and correlation with the lower level 2 of Parenting Stress Index. The more sensory processing disability was increased, the more parenting stress was increased. Parenting stress showed the significant correlation with movement sensitivity area and under-responsiveness/behaivor area seeking specific stimulation among sensory processing areas and had significant correlation with tactile sensitivity and auditory filtering. Sensory processing areas which affect the most the Parenting Stress were movement sensitivity and under-responsiveness/behaivor area seeking the specific behavior among sensory control disabilities. Conclusion : The parenting stress of parents with the disabled children had the correlation with sensory processing ability. The difficulty of sensory processing increased the parenting stress. Hence, in order to improve children's sensory processing ability, the appropriately coping program should be developed and the appropriate intervention for improvement of sensory processing ability of children will be necessary.

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A Study on Information Seeking Behavior of Graduate Student depending on Social Position (사회적 역할에 따른 대학원생의 정보추구행태에 관한 연구)

  • Son, YoungBae
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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    • 2018.08a
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    • pp.83-86
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    • 2018
  • 인터넷이 발전함에 따라 사람들은 필요로 하는 정보를 쉽고 빠르게 찾을 수 있게 되었다. 또한 세계화가 급속히 이루어지면서 개인이 속한 사회의 크기가 커지고 다양한 역할, 관계 속에서 정보추구행위가 빈번히 일어나고 있다. 그러나 개인의 다양한 사회적 역할에 따른 대학원생의 정보추구행태에 관한 연구는 찾아보기 어려운 상황이다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 국내 대학원생들을 대상으로 이들의 사회적 역할에 따른 다양한 정보추구행태에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 정성적인 연구 수행을 위해 국내외 선행연구 분석을 하여 인터뷰 질문 문항을 신분, 전반적인 정보추구행태, 선호하는 정보원과 그 유형, 검색과정과 만족도 등 4가지로 구성하였다. 연구 결과, 대학원생들이 처해 있는 다양한 사회적 역할 속에서의 경험이 전반적으로 정보추구행태에 어느 정도 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

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An Analysis on Information Seeking Behavior and Needs of Hearing Impaired College Students (청각장애 대학생의 도서관 이용행태와 정보요구에 대한 연구)

  • Jang, Bo Seong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.297-316
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    • 2015
  • This study looks into how hearing-impaired college students use libraries and what their information needs are in order to prepare basic materials which would be applied for developing a library service program and others proper enough to be used by the hearing-impaired college students. In order to achieve the research goal, the study gathered data from a total of 155 hearing-impaired college students through a survey and interviews and a frequency analysis, a cross validation, a t-test and a one-way ANOVA were conducted to analyze the data. At the end of its research, the study confirmed that the hearing-impaired college students' gender, years, degrees of disability, schools, specialties and prosthetic appliances would make significant differences in how the students use the libraries. In addition, the study took a look into differences in the hearing-impaired college students' information needs caused by types of the students' prosthetic appliances, schools and degrees of disability and found out that these types of the prosthetic appliances the students use would significantly affect every category of their information needs. The study now also understands that both the schools and the degrees of disability would make significant differences in a few categories of the information needs, and the former influences education and promotion targeting users and arrangement of sign language interpreters while the latter affects education and promotion targeting users and improvements in browsing environments.

Factors Influencing Self-regulated Strategies: On Autonomy Support and Beliefs of Intelligence Ability of Gifted and Non-gifted Students (영재와 평재의 자기조절 전략에 미치는 요인: 자율성 지지와 지적 능력에 대한 신념을 중심으로)

  • Shin, Min;Ahn, Doehee
    • Journal of Gifted/Talented Education
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.877-892
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    • 2014
  • This Study was to examine whether high school students' autonomy support and beliefs of intelligence ability influence their self-regulated strategies. Of the 600 high school students surveyed from 3 high schools in two metropolitan cities, Korea, 478 completed and returned the questionnaires yielding a total response rate of 79.7%. Among the final sample consisted of 109 gifted students (22.8%), 190 high-achieving non-gifted students (39.7%), and low-achieving non-gifted students (37.4%). Measures of students' perceived autonomy support (i.e. from parents, teacher, peer), beliefs of intelligence ability (i.e. incremental, entity) and self-regulated strategies (i.e. managing environment and behavior, seeking and learning information, maladaptive regulatory behavior). Spearman's rho(${\rho}$) indicated that students' achieving level was positively associated with autonomy support (i.e. parents, teacher), beliefs of intelligence ability (i.e. incremental) and self-regulated strategies (i.e. managing environment and behavior, seeking and learning information). However, students' achieving level was negatively associated with beliefs of intelligence ability (i.e. entity) and self-regulated strategies (i.e. maladaptive regulatory behavior). Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that students' perceived autonomy support (i.e. from teacher) and beliefs of intelligence ability (i.e. incremental) were the crucial contributors for enhancing students' self-regulated strategies. Results are discussed in relation to theoretical implications and school settings.

Preliminary Development of a Scale for the Measurement of Information Avoidance

  • Kap-Seon, KIM
    • Journal of Wellbeing Management and Applied Psychology
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.23-31
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    • 2023
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is a preliminary study to develop a comprehensive information avoidance scale that includes various search contexts. Research design, data and methodology: This study is a part of exploratory sequential design of mixed method for the development of information avoidance scale. Based on the themes derived from the analysis of the in-depth interview data collected in the qualitative research of the first stage of the study, 45 preliminary items on information search and avoidance were constructed. The factors related to information searching included information recognition, information seeking purpose, and information search expectations. Individual, information, time, and system factors were related to information avoidance. Pearson's correlation analysis was performed for the correlation between factor items, and Cronbach's alpha analysis was performed for the reliability analysis of the items. Exploratory factor analysis was applied to examine the construct validity of 35 items of information avoidance. Results: Among the information avoidance items, one of the less relevant among information purpose items, two information factor items, and one time factor item were excluded. Conclusions: A secondary survey should be conducted to confirm the validity and reliability of the scale composed of adjusted items (35) based on the results of exploratory factor analysis. The strength of this preliminary scale is that it was developed based on vivid qualitative data of ordinary people who had experiences of search and avoidance in various search contexts.

An Analysis of Complaining Behavior of Public Library Users (공공도서관 이용자의 불평행동에 관한 연구)

  • 오동근
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.1-29
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    • 2001
  • This study is to investigate extensively the complaint responses of the public library users, as an example of the complaining behaviors of the clients in not-for-profit organization. It selects and analyzes empirically some of the antecedents of the complaining behaviors including attitude toward complaining, cost of the complaining, likelihood of success, of success, product, external attributions and loyalty, and complaint responses including exit, voice(redress seeking), negative word-of-mouth and third party complaints, of the public library users, based on the theoretical backgrounds. It also examines the free use as a new variable of antecedents for not-for-profit organizations. Final data through questionaries are obtained from 515 unsatisfied adult public library users in Taegu, 456 of them analysed with SPSS 10.0 for Windows.

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