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Does Online Social Network Contribute to WOM Effect on Product Sales?

온라인 소셜네트워크의 제품판매 관련 구전효과에 대한 기여도 분석

  • 이주윤 (새마을금고 중앙회) ;
  • 손인수 (고려대학교 경영대학 대학원) ;
  • 이동원 (고려대학교 경영대학)
  • Received : 2012.06.07
  • Accepted : 2012.06.11
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

In recent years, IT advancement has brought out the new Internet communication environment such as online social network services, where people are connected in global network without temporal and spatial limitation. The popular use of online social network helps people share their experience and preference for specific products and services, thus holding large potential to significantly affect firms' business performance through Word-of-Mouth (WOM). This study examines the role of online social network in raising WOM effect on the movie industry by comparing with the similar role of Internet portal, another major online communication channel. Analyzing 109 movies and data from both Twitter and Naver movie, we found that significant WOM effect exists simultaneously in both Twitter and Naver movie. However, we also found that different figures of online viral effects exist depending on the popularity of movies. In the hit movie group, before the movie release, the WOM effect occurs only in Twitter while the WOM effect arises in both Twitter and Naver movie at the same time after the movie release. In the less-popular (or niche) movie group, the WOM effect occurs in both Twitter and Naver movie only before the movie release. Our findings not only deepen theoretical insights into different roles of the two online communication channels in provoking the WOM effect on entertainment products but also provide practitioners with incentive to utilize SNS as strategic marketing platform to enhance their brand reputations.

온라인 소셜네트워크의 확산으로 인해 사용자들은 특정제품과 서비스에 대한 자신의 생각과 경험을 보다 손쉽게 공유 할 수 있게 되었으며 이러한 환경변화는 기업의 사업성과에 영향을 미칠 수 있는 소비자 구전효과의 영향을 심화시킬 것으로 예상된다. 본 연구의 목적은 영화산업에서의 온라인 소셜네트워크의 구전효과 발생에 대한 기여도를 또 다른 온라인 매체인 인터넷 포탈과의 비교를 통해 검증하는데 있다. 이를 위해 2011년 2월부터 6월 사이에 국내 개봉된 영화 및 이들 영화와 관련된 트위터 메시지 그리고 네이버 무비상의 리뷰를 수집 분석하였다. 분석결과 온라인 소셜네트워크(트위터)와 인터넷 포털 모두에서 영화의 흥행과 관련한 구전효과가 존재하고 있음을 발견하였다. 또한 영화의 인기도에 따라 온라인 소셜케트워크와 인터넷 포털의 구전효과 발생에 대한 영향도가 다르게 나타나는 점도 발견하였다. 인기영화(블록 버스터 영화)의 경우 개봉이전에는 온라인 소셜네트워크에 의한 구전효과가 유의하게 발생하였으며 개봉 이후에는 온라인 소셜네트워크와 인터넷 포털에 의한 구전효과가 유의하게 발생함을 알 수 있었다. 비 인기영화의 경우 개봉이전에만 온라인 소셜네트워크와 인터넷 포털에 의한 구전효과가 유의하게 발생함을 발견하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 영화와 같은 문화상품과 관련한 구전효과 발생에 있어 온라인 소셜네트워크의 영향에 관한 학문적 지식을 증대시키고 실무적으로 기업이 제품 및 서비스에 대한 브랜드가치 재고를 위해 온라인 소셜네트워크를 어떻게 전략적으로 활용할 수 있는가에 방향을 제시 할 것이라 기대된다.

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