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The Viral Effect of Online Social Network on New Products Promotion: Investigating Information Diffusion on Twitter

신제품 프로모션에 대한 온라인 소셜네트워크의 구전효과 분석 : 트위터의 정보전달과정을 중심으로

  • Received : 2012.06.07
  • Accepted : 2012.06.12
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

In Twitter, a user can post a message below 140 characters on his/her account, and can also repost a message of other users who the user follows. The message posted by the user in turn can be seen and reposted by other users who follow the user, which is called Re-tweet (RT). While some messages spread widely, other messages have relatively less or no RT. What factors cause these quantity variances of RT originated from original messages? How can the messages become influential in online social networks? As an effort to answer the above questions, we focused on information vividness, message characteristics, and originator characteristics. In perspective of managerial implication, we expect that the findings of this paper will provide corporations with helpful insight on the Word-of-Mouth (WOM) effect for efficient and effective advertisements and communications when they send a message of new products or services through Social Network Services. In perspective of academic implication, we identify the effect of contents of a message on WOM, which has been dealt with by few social network researches.

인터넷으로 대표되는 정보기술의 발전은 우리의 일상생활과 기업활동에 많은 영향을 미쳐 왔다. 아울러 최근에는 온라인 소셜네트워크라는 새로운 인터넷 커뮤니케이션 채널의 등장과 확산으로 인해 이용자들은 시간과 공간적인 제약 없이 전세계적인 의사소통을 할 수 있게 되었고 우리사회는 또 다른 패러다임의 변화를 맞이하고 있다. 이들 소셜네트워크 중 트위터는 가장 빠른 성장세를 보이는 온라인 매체 중 하나로 사용자는 140 단어 이내의 비교적 간단한 문장을 온라인 상에 게시하고 (Tweet) 다른 사용자들이 게시한 메시지를 다시 게시할 (Retweet) 수도 있다. 트위터의 이러한 Tweet/Retweet 기능은 새로운 온라인 정보확산 매카니즘의 예를 보여주며 상호 의사소통의 속도와 범위에 영향을 주고 있다. 비즈니스 관점에서의 트위터의 확산은 온라인 소셜네트워크를 제품 프로모션을 위한 새로운 마케팅 커뮤니케이션의 도구로 활용할 수 있는 기회를 제공하고 있다. 본 연구는 마케팅 전략적 관점에서 트위터의 잠재성을 이해하는 목적에서 트위터 상의 정보전달체계 중심으로 신제품 프로모션에 대한 온라인 소셜네트워크의 구전효과를 분석 하였다. 이를 위해 특정 신제품과 관련하여 2011년 6월부터 9월 사이에 게재된 트위터 메시지를 수집하여 트위터 메시지가 제공하는 정보의 충실도, 메시지 특성, 메시지 게재자의 성격등과 같은 변수와 온라인 소셜네트워크 상의 구전효과 (리트윗 횟수)와의 관계를 분석하였다. 분석결과 신제품 출시일자 정보, 제품사양, 리트윗 요청, 트윗 게시자 특성 등이 구전효과에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 파악되었다. 아울러 제품의 특성과 트윗 메시지 게시일에 따라 구전효과에 미치는 영향이 달라짐을 발견하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 신제품 프로모션과 관련한 구전효과 발생에 있어 온라인 소셜네트워크의 영향에 관한 연구기반을 제공하며 기업이 새로운 제품에 대한 광고 및 마케팅 커뮤니케이션을 수행 함에 있어 온라인 소셜네트 워크를 효과적으로 활용하는데 필요한 유용한 가이드를 제시 할 것으로 기대된다.

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