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기상조절용 하이브리드 로켓의 실험 설계 및 활용연구 (Study on Weather Modification Hybrid Rocket Experimental Design and Application)

  • 차주완;김부요;;노용훈;고아름;김선희;박동오;박지만;구해정;장기호;이용희;김수종
    • 대기
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    • 제34권2호
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    • pp.203-216
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    • 2024
  • The National Institute of Meteorological Sciences in Korea has developed the Weather Modification Hybrid Rocket (WMHR), an advanced system that offers enhanced stability and cost-effectiveness over conventional solid-fuel rockets. Designed for precise operation, the WMHR enables accurate control over the ejection altitude of pyrotechnics by modulating the quantity of oxidizer, facilitating specific cloud seeding at various atmospheric layers. Furthermore, the rate of descent for pyrotechnic devices can be adjusted by modifying parachute sizes, allowing for controlled dispersion time and concentration of seeding agents. The rocket's configuration also supports adjustments in the pyrotechnic device's capacity, permitting tailored seeding agent deployment. This innovation reflects significant technical progression and collaborations with local manufacturers, in addition to efforts to secure testing sites and address hybrid rocket production challenges. Notable outcomes of this project include the creation of a national framework for weather modification technology utilizing hybrid rockets, enhanced cloud seeding methods, and the potential for broader meteorological application of hybrid rockets beyond precipitation augmentation. An illustrative case study confirmed the WMHR's operational effectiveness, although the impact on cloud seeding was limited by unfavorable weather conditions. This experience has provided valuable insights and affirmed the system's potential for varied uses, such as weather modification and deploying high-altitude meteorological sensors. Nevertheless, the expansion of civilian weather rocket experiments in Korea faces challenges due to inadequate infrastructure and regulatory limitations, underscoring the urgent need for advancements in these areas.

Connection of spectral pattern of carbohydrate molecular structure to alteration of nutritional properties of coffee by-products after fermentation

  • Samadi;Xin Feng;Luciana Prates;Siti Wajizah;Zulfahrizal;Agus Arip Munawar;Weixian Zhang;Peiqiang Yu
    • Animal Bioscience
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    • 제37권8호
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    • pp.1398-1407
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    • 2024
  • Objective: The objective of this study was to determine internal structure spectral profile of by-products from coffee processing that were affected by added-microorganism fermentation duration in relation to truly absorbed feed nutrient supply in ruminant system. Methods: The by-products from coffee processing were fermented using commercial fermentation product, consisting of various microorganisms: for 0 (control), 7, 14, 21, and 28 days. In this study, carbohydrate-related spectral profiles of coffee by-products were correlated with their chemical and nutritional properties (chemical composition, total digestible nutrient, bioenergy values, carbohydrate sub-fractions and predicted degradation and digestion parameters as well as milk value of feed). The vibrational spectra of coffee by-products samples after fermentation for 0 (control), 7, 14, 21, and 28 days were determined using a JASCO FT/IR-4200 spectroscopy coupled with accessory of attenuated total reflectance (ATR). The molecular spectral analyses with univariate approach were conducted with the OMNIC 7.3 software. Results: Molecular spectral analysis parameters in fermented and non-fermented by-products from coffee processing included structural carbohydrate, cellulosic compounds, non-structural carbohydrates, lignin compound, CH-bending, structural carbohydrate peak1, structural carbohydrate peak2, structural carbohydrate peak3, hemicellulosic compound, non-structural carbohydrate peak1, non-structural carbohydrate peak2, non-structural carbohydrate peak3. The study results show that added-microorganism fermentation induced chemical and nutritional changes of coffee by-products including carbohydrate chemical composition profiles, bioenergy value, feed milk value, carbohydrate subfractions, estimated degradable and undegradable fractions in the rumen, and intestinal digested nutrient supply in ruminant system. Conclusion: In conclusion, carbohydrate nutrition value changes by added-microorganism fermentation duration were in an agreement with the change of their spectral profile in the coffee by-products. The studies show that the vibrational ATR-FT/IR spectroscopic technique could be applied as a rapid analytical tool to evaluate fermented by-products and connect with truly digestible carbohydrate supply in ruminant system.

푸드테크 서빙로봇의 서비스 실패에 대한 직업윤리적 대응에 대한 고객 평가 분석 (Analysis of Customer Evaluations on the Ethical Response to Service Failures of Foodtech Serving Robots)

  • 한정혜;최영림;정상현;김종욱
    • 서비스연구
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.1-12
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    • 2024
  • 푸드테크 산업 중 서비스 로봇 시장이 커짐에 따라 외식산업의 소비자 행동의도에 영향을 끼치는 로봇 서비스의 품질이 중요하다. 식당 서빙로봇은 직원의 업무를 줄여주기도 하지만, 서비스 실패에 따른 대응이 되지 않기 때문에 고객의 불만족은 물론 직원의 업무를 늘리기도 한다. 주문과 서빙 기능 외에 서비스 품질을 높이기 위해서 직원처럼 서비스 실패 후 복구 노력, 과정의 공정성, 공감, 대응성, 확신성에 대한 기능도 요구된다. 이에 우리는 식당 서빙 서비스 실패 유형을 내적, 외적요인으로 가정하고, 서비스에 실패했을 때 직업 윤리적인 태도로 대응할 수 있도록 직업윤리적 공감모듈이 있는 서빙로봇을 개발했다. 이때 서빙로봇의 표정과 액션은 평상 서비스 모드에 실패복구 노력과 공감을 반영한 실패 모드를 추가하여 개발하였으며, 두 유형의 서비스 실패에 따른 서빙로봇의 직업 윤리적 공감 대응 여부가 로봇평가에 유의미한지를 실험하였다. 실험참가자들은 로봇 실수보다 다른 고객의 실수에 따른 서비스 실패에 더 불편해했으며, 서빙로봇의 직업윤리적 공감과 대응은 적절했다고 응답하였다. 또한 직업윤리적 공감 모듈의 장착여부에 따라 로봇 호감도는 차이가 없지만 안전성은 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 생성형 인공지능을 활용하여 직업윤리적 공감 대응 모듈을 탑재한다면, 국내 서빙로봇산업과 시장은 더욱 성장할 수 있을 것이다.

스마트관광을 활용한 지역관광 혁신사례 연구: 인천 스마트관광도시를 중심으로 (A Case Study on Regional Tourism Innovation through Smart Tourism: Focusing on Incheon Smart Tourism City Project)

  • 한희정;정남호
    • 지식경영연구
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    • 제25권1호
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    • pp.67-88
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    • 2024
  • 스마트관광은 지역의 관광자원 활용을 극대화하고 도시를 효과적으로 관리하며 관광객과 주민 간의 소통과 삶의 질을 개선하는 데 기여한다. 따라서 스마트관광은 지역 간의 협력을 강조하며 스마트관광도시는 거주민과 관광객을 모두 고려하는 포괄적 관점에서의 연구가 필요하다. 이 연구에서는 지역 관광 경쟁력 제고를 위한 스마트관광과 지역 간의 상호작용 및 역할에 대해 논의하고자 하였다. 특히, 스마트관광도시의 구성요소인 스마트관광 4대 요소(스마트 경험, 스마트 편의, 스마트 접근성, 스마트 플랫폼)를 지역민, 지역상권, 지역자원, 지역생태계와 접목하여 긍정적 시너지를 위해서 어떻게, 왜 라는 관점에서 서비스 구축 단계부터 활성화 단계까지 심층적으로 살펴보였다. 이를 위해 대한민국 제1호 인천 스마트관광도시 사례를 대상으로 단일 사례 연구 디자인 방법을 채택하였다. 연구결과 지역과의 협력적 스마트관광도시 모델은 서비스 만족도를 높이며 지역 관광 경쟁력을 강화하는 긍정적인 효과를 나타냈다. 특히, 스마트관광도시의 다양한 구성 요소들이 지역사회와 상호작용하여 새로운 가치를 창출하였으며 이는 방문객 증대와 도시 브랜딩 강화로 이어지는 결과를 보였다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 본 연구는 스마트관광도시 발전 방향을 제시하고 스마트 기술과 지역관광의 융합으로 인한 지역 경쟁력 강화 연구로써 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

Homocysteine levels are associated with diabetes mellitus in Chinese with H-type hypertension

  • Dejian Fu;Wanbao Gong;Xiaomin Bao;Bo Yang;Feng Wang;Yubing Qiao;Yuanjiang Wu;Guangzhen Chen;Weixun Sun;Qiongzhi Xiao;Wenbo Zou;Ning Fang
    • Nutrition Research and Practice
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    • 제18권4호
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    • pp.511-522
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    • 2024
  • BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The study examined the association between homocysteine and diabetes mellitus in patients with H-type hypertension and assessed the possible effect modifiers. SUBJECTS/METHODS: This cross-sectional study included 1,255 eligible participants in the 'H-type Hypertension Management and Stroke Prevention Strategic International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Project' among rural Chinese people with H-type hypertension. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to evaluate the relationship between homocysteine and diabetes mellitus. RESULTS: The mean level of total homocysteine (tHcy) in the diabetes mellitus population was 19.37 μmol/L, which was significantly higher than the non-diabetic patients (18.18 μmol/L). When tHcy was analyzed as a continuous variable, the odds ratio (OR) of diabetes was 1.17 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-1.35; per interquartile range). When tHcy was stratified according to the quintile, the ORs for diabetes were 2.86 (95% CI, 1.22-6.69) in the highest quintile (tHcy ≥ 20.60 μmol/L) compared to the reference group (tHcy < 12.04 μmol/L). When tHcy was grouped by 15 μmol/L and 20 μmol/L, patients with tHcy ≥ 20 μmol/L had a significantly (P = 0.037) higher risk of diabetes (OR, 2.03; 95% CI, 1.04-3.96) than in those with tHcy < 15 μmol/L. Subgroup analysis showed that the tHcy-diabetes association was unaffected by other variables. CONCLUSION: In this study of rural Chinese people with H-type hypertension, the tHcy levels showed a positive association with diabetes mellitus. This independent association is unaffected by other potential risk factors.

동북진흥전략 배경하에서 흑룡강성 관광산업의 효율성 변화 (The Change of Tourism Industry Efficiency in Heilongjiang Province under the Background of Northeast Revitalization Strategy)

  • 왕뢰;정기영
    • 산업진흥연구
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    • 제9권3호
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    • pp.295-309
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    • 2024
  • 중국 동북진흥전략의 시행과 함께 흑룡강성 관광산업은 지역 경제발전에 점점 더 큰 영향을 미치고 있다. 본 논문은 2005-2021년 흑룡강성 관광 패널데이터를 기반으로 DEA-BCC와 Malmquist Index를 사용하여 관광 산업의 정적 및 동적 변화를 분석하였다. 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. (1) 정적: OE 값은 2010년, 2013년 및 2019년에 DEA의 강력한 효과에 도달하여 관광 자원이 충분히 활용된 것으로 나타났다. SE 값은 0.354-1 사이에서 급격히 변하고, PTE 값은 1에 가까우며 OE는 주로 SE 변화의 영향을 받은 것으로 나타났다. (2) 동적: 총 요소 생산성(TFP)은 전체적으로 1보다 크고, 연평균 13.8%의 성장률을 보였다. TFP의 변동은 주로 기술진보지수에 의해 영향을 받았으며, 흑룡강성의 관광산업이 상대적으로 높은 수준의 개발 효율성을 보였으며, 자원개발에 기술을 충분히 활용하고 있음을 알 수 있었다. 따라서 흑룡강성 관광산업은 향후 산업규모, 기술혁신 및 정책최적화에 중점을 두는 것이 적절할 것으로 보인다.

기독교교육의 오래된 미래 : 샬롬을 위한 교육 - UNESCO 교육의 미래 2050에 대한 소고 - (The Old Future of Christian Education : Education for Shalom - Thoughts on UNESCO 2050 -)

  • 서미경
    • 기독교교육논총
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    • 제76권
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    • pp.119-147
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    • 2023
  • 연구 목적 : 본 연구는 'UNESCO의 교육의 미래 2050'에 대한 소고로서 전지구적인 위기 상황에서 교육의 미래를 위해 성경적인 샬롬을 위한 교육을 주장하였다. 연구 내용 및 방법 : 샬롬을 위한 교육은 하나님과의 교제 속에서 샬롬을 경험하고 그 샬롬을 우리 자신과 우리 서로와의 관계, 지구와의 관계, 기술과의 관계 속으로 확장되어 상호간에 균형을 이룰 수 있다. 샬롬을 위한 교육을 위해 샬롬을 경험하는 다섯 가지 관계적 차원을 제시하였다. 첫째, 가장 우선적인 것으로 하나님과의 바른 인격적 관계 안에서 하나님과 이웃을 섬기는 기쁨이다. 둘째, 우리 서로와의 조화로운 관계를 통해 바른 공동체를 이루고 살아가는 기쁨이다. 셋째, 자연과의 조화로운 관계 속에서 살아가면서 누리는 기쁨이다. 넷째, 자기 자신이 하나님의 형상으로서 존엄한 인권을 존중받고, 권리를 누리며 살아가는 기쁨이다. 다섯째, 기술혁신에서 소외·배제되거나 불이익과 불평등을 받지 않고, 공평한 사용과 혜택을 누리는 기쁨이다. 이를 토대로 하여 샬롬을 위한 교육의 모형을 개발하였다. 결론 및 제언 : 샬롬을 위한 교육모형은 성경을 통해 가치관, 지식관, 인간관을 형성하고, 이를 반영하는 지식의 형식과 다섯 가지 관계적 차원의 균형 유지를 위한 학습전략들로 구성된다. 이 모형은 서로 상호작용하면서 샬롬을 위한 교육을 수행하는 구조를 가진다.

스마트폰의 지각된 가치와 지속적 사용의도, 그리고 개인 혁신성의 조절효과 (An Empirical Study on Perceived Value and Continuous Intention to Use of Smart Phone, and the Moderating Effect of Personal Innovativeness)

  • 한준형;강성배;문태수
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제23권4호
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    • pp.53-84
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    • 2013
  • With rapid development of ICT (Information and Communications Technology), new services by the convergence of mobile network and application technology began to appear. Today, smart phone with new ICT convergence network capabilities is exceedingly popular and very useful as a new tool for the development of business opportunities. Previous studies based on Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) suggested critical factors, which should be considered for acquiring new customers and maintaining existing users in smart phone market. However, they had a limitation to focus on technology acceptance, not value based approach. Prior studies on customer's adoption of electronic utilities like smart phone product showed that the antecedents such as the perceived benefit and the perceived sacrifice could explain the causality between what is perceived and what is acquired over diverse contexts. So, this research conceptualizes perceived value as a trade-off between perceived benefit and perceived sacrifice, and we need to research the perceived value to grasp user's continuous intention to use of smart phone. The purpose of this study is to investigate the structured relationship between benefit (quality, usefulness, playfulness) and sacrifice (technicality, cost, security risk) of smart phone users, perceived value, and continuous intention to use. In addition, this study intends to analyze the differences between two subgroups of smart phone users by the degree of personal innovativeness. Personal innovativeness could help us to understand the moderating effect between how perceptions are formed and continuous intention to use smart phone. This study conducted survey through e-mail, direct mail, and interview with smart phone users. Empirical analysis based on 330 respondents was conducted in order to test the hypotheses. First, the result of hypotheses testing showed that perceived usefulness among three factors of perceived benefit has the highest positive impact on perceived value, and then followed by perceived playfulness and perceived quality. Second, the result of hypotheses testing showed that perceived cost among three factors of perceived sacrifice has significantly negative impact on perceived value, however, technicality and security risk have no significant impact on perceived value. Also, the result of hypotheses testing showed that perceived value has significant direct impact on continuous intention to use of smart phone. In this regard, marketing managers of smart phone company should pay more attention to improve task efficiency and performance of smart phone, including rate systems of smart phone. Additionally, to test the moderating effect of personal innovativeness, this research conducted multi-group analysis by the degree of personal innovativeness of smart phone users. In a group with high level of innovativeness, perceived usefulness has the highest positive influence on perceived value than other factors. Instead, the analysis for a group with low level of innovativeness showed that perceived playfulness was the highest positive factor to influence perceived value than others. This result of the group with high level of innovativeness explains that innovators and early adopters are able to cope with higher level of cost and risk, and they expect to develop more positive intentions toward higher performance through the use of an innovation. Also, hedonic behavior in the case of the group with low level of innovativeness aims to provide self-fulfilling value to the users, in contrast to utilitarian perspective, which aims to provide instrumental value to the users. However, with regard to perceived sacrifice, both groups in general showed negative impact on perceived value. Also, the group with high level of innovativeness had less overall negative impact on perceived value compared to the group with low level of innovativeness across all factors. In both group with high level of innovativeness and with low level of innovativeness, perceived cost has the highest negative influence on perceived value than other factors. Instead, the analysis for a group with high level of innovativeness showed that perceived technicality was the positive factor to influence perceived value than others. However, the analysis for a group with low level of innovativeness showed that perceived security risk was the second high negative factor to influence perceived value than others. Unlike previous studies, this study focuses on influencing factors on continuous intention to use of smart phone, rather than considering initial purchase and adoption of smart phone. First, perceived value, which was used to identify user's adoption behavior, has a mediating effect among perceived benefit, perceived sacrifice, and continuous intention to use smart phone. Second, perceived usefulness has the highest positive influence on perceived value, while perceived cost has significant negative influence on perceived value. Third, perceived value, like prior studies, has high level of positive influence on continuous intention to use smart phone. Fourth, in multi-group analysis by the degree of personal innovativeness of smart phone users, perceived usefulness, in a group with high level of innovativeness, has the highest positive influence on perceived value than other factors. Instead, perceived playfulness, in a group with low level of innovativeness, has the highest positive factor to influence perceived value than others. This result shows that early adopters intend to adopt smart phone as a tool to make their job useful, instead market followers intend to adopt smart phone as a tool to make their time enjoyable. In terms of marketing strategy for smart phone company, marketing managers should pay more attention to identify their customers' lifetime value by the phase of smart phone adoption, as well as to understand their behavior intention to accept the risk and uncertainty positively. The academic contribution of this study primarily is to employ the VAM (Value-based Adoption Model) as a conceptual foundation, compared to TAM (Technology Acceptance Model) used widely by previous studies. VAM is useful for understanding continuous intention to use smart phone in comparison with TAM as a new IT utility by individual adoption. Perceived value dominantly influences continuous intention to use smart phone. The results of this study justify our research model adoption on each antecedent of perceived value as a benefit and a sacrifice component. While TAM could be widely used in user acceptance of new technology, it has a limitation to explain the new IT adoption like smart phone, because of customer behavior intention to choose the value of the object. In terms of theoretical approach, this study provides theoretical contribution to the development, design, and marketing of smart phone. The practical contribution of this study is to suggest useful decision alternatives concerned to marketing strategy formulation for acquiring and retaining long-term customers related to smart phone business. Since potential customers are interested in both benefit and sacrifice when evaluating the value of smart phone, marketing managers in smart phone company has to put more effort into creating customer's value of low sacrifice and high benefit so that customers will continuously have higher adoption on smart phone. Especially, this study shows that innovators and early adopters with high level of innovativeness have higher adoption than market followers with low level of innovativeness, in terms of perceived usefulness and perceived cost. To formulate marketing strategy for smart phone diffusion, marketing managers have to pay more attention to identify not only their customers' benefit and sacrifice components but also their customers' lifetime value to adopt smart phone.

오미자(Schizandra chinensis Baillon) 추출물의 생리활성 (Biological Activity of Omija (Schizandra chinensis Baillon) Extracts)

  • 주인식;김병철;이우식;김미자;이병구;안봉전;김정환;권오준;조영제
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • 제50권3호
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    • pp.198-203
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    • 2007
  • 오미자 추출물로부터 항산화효과 및 ${\alpha}-amylase$, ${\alpha}-glucosidase$ 저해활성 및 Helicobacter pylori균에 대한 항균효과를 알아보았다. 페놀함량을 측정한 결과 물 추출물에서는 4.35 mg/g로 나타났으며, ethanol 추출물에서는 60% ethanol 추출물이 6.35 mg/g로 가장 높은 페놀함량을 나타내었다. 항산화효과와 ${\alpha}-amylase$, ${\alpha}-glucosidase$ 저해활성은 추출물의 농도를 200 ${\mu}g/ml$로 조절하여 실험하였다. DPPH에 대한 전자공여능은 물 추출물에서는 97.5%, 60% ethanol 추출물에서는 96.2%로 나타났으며, ABTS radical decolorlization을 측정한 결과 물 추출물에서는 96.8%, 60% ethanol 추출물에서는 97.0%로 나타났다. Antioxidant protection factor에서는 물 추출물이 1.77 PF, 60% ethanol 추출물은 2.08 PF로 나타났으며, PF와 같이 지용성 물질의 항산화력을 나타내는 TBARS값은 control값이 $1.17{\times}10^2$ ${\mu}M$으로 나타났고, 물 추출물에서는 $1.03{\times}10^2$ ${\mu}M$, 60% ethanol 추출물에서는 $0.54{\times}10^2$ ${\mu}M$의 TBARS값을 나타내어 지질과산화 억제 효과는 물 추출물보다 60% ethanol 추출물이 더 높은 것으로 나타났다. ${\alpha}-Amylase$ 저해활성을 측정한 결과, 물과 60% ethanol 추출물 모두에서 100%의 높은 저해활성을 나타내었으며, ${\alpha}-glucosidase$ 저해활성효과는 물 추출물에서는 97.4%, 60% ethanol 추출물에서는 84.5%로 물 추출물에서 더 높게 나타났다. H. pylori균에 대한 항균활성은 200 ${\mu}g/ml$의 농도의 60% ethanol 추출물에서 $23{\pm}1.6$ mm의 저해환을 나타내었다.

방송과 통신 융합시스템의 수용 및 상대적 효능에 관한 연구: IPTV를 중심으로 (A Study on the Acceptance of Convergence System of Broadcasting, and Telecommunication, and Their Relative Efficiency Focusing on IPFV)

  • 염병용;이상호;김재범
    • Asia pacific journal of information systems
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    • 제19권3호
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    • pp.25-49
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    • 2009
  • Advances in technology have resulted in the emergence of new information systems. The convergence of IT and manufacturing sectors has blurred the boundaries among industries. Also, such convergence has become established as a paradigm to build a new area. Especially the convergence of broadcasting and telecommunication, notably in the case of IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), is among the most salient examples of its kind in recent years as a major case of disruptive technology innovation. Despite its much fanfare, such convergence, however, has not fulfilled the expectation; it has not produced positive economic effects while negatively affecting the growth of IPIV. Stakeholders in and around IPIV including telecommunication companies, broadcasting corporations, and government bodies wish to gain control of IPTV under their wings. IPTV has drifted in the midst of conflicts among the stakeholders in and around IPTV, particularly telecommunication and broadcasting organizations in a broad sense. Our empirical research intends to deal with how audiences accept IPTV and how firms provide IPTV services to utilize their resources. Three research questions in this paper include, first, whether Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) can sufficiently explain the acceptance of IPTV as an information system. The second question concerns with empirically testing the playful aspect of IPTV to increase its audience acceptance. Last, but not least, this paper deals with how firms can efficiently and effectively allocate their limited resources to increase IPTV viewers. To answer those three main questions of our study, we collect data from 197 current subscribers of high speed internet service and/or cable/satellite television. Empirical results show that 'perceived usefulness (PU) $\rightarrow$ Intention to use' and 'perceived ease of use (PEU) $\rightarrow$ Intention to use' are significant. Also, 'perceived ease of use' is significantly related to 'perceived usefulness.' Perceived ease of handling IPTV without much effort can positively influence the perceived value of IPTV. In this regard, engineers and designers of IPTV should pay more attention to the user-friendly interface of IPTV. In addition, 'perceived playfulness (PP)' of IPTV is positively related to 'intention to use'. Flow, fun and entertainment have recently gained greater attention in the research concerned with information systems. Such attention is due to the changing features of information systems in recent years that combine the functional and leisure attributes. These results give practical implications to the design of IPTV that reflects not just leisure but also functional elements. This paper also investigates the relationship between 'perceived ease of use (PEU)' and 'perceived playfulness (PP).' PEU is positively related to pp. Audiences without fear can be attracted more easily to the user-friendly IPTV, thereby perceiving the fun and entertainment with ease. Practical implications from this finding are that, to attract more interest and involvement from the audience, IPTV needs to be designed with similar or even more user friendly interface. Of the factors related to 'intention to use', 'perceived usefulness (PU)' and 'perceived ease of use (PEU)' have greater impacts than 'perceived playfulness (PP).' Between PU and PEU, their impacts on 'intention to use' are not significantly different statistically. Managerial implications of this finding are that firms in preparation for the launch of IPTV service should prioritize the functions and interface of IPTV. This empirical paper also provides further insight into the ways in which firms can strategically allocate their limited resources so as to appeal to viewers, both current and potential, of IPTV.