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Identifying Reader's Internal Needs and Characteristics Using Keywords from Korean Web Novels

웹소설 키워드를 통한 이용 독자 내적 욕구 및 특성 파악

  • Jo, Suyeon (Department of Culture&Content, Ajou University) ;
  • Oh, Hayoung (DASAN University College, Ajou University)
  • Received : 2019.10.22
  • Accepted : 2019.11.22
  • Published : 2020.02.29

Abstract

Web novels that are consumed on mobile devices are characterized by capturing one aspect of our society. The purpose of this study was to collect the keywords from web novels, to identify trends of web novels, and further to analyze the covert needs and characteristics of readers in connection with the existing researches. As a result of the analysis, novels with modern backgrounds and adult novels were popular in relation to easily readable and accessible mobile environment. Male characters tend to be ideally depicted in web novels. In contrast, characters with inner scars were popular among female characters. Although this study did not conduct an in-depth analysis of adult novels due to the limitation of web crawling, it is meaningful that this study analyzed modern people's inner needs and characteristics using the para-text like keywords in existing web novel studies that previously lacked quantitative analysis.

모바일 상에서 연재되고 소비되는 웹소설은 다른 문화콘텐츠와 마찬가지로 우리 사회의 한 단면을 포착해낼 수 있는 특징이 있다. 본 논문은 웹소설 키워드 정보를 수집해 웹소설의 주요 모티프 및 트렌드를 파악하고, 나아가 기존 논문들과 연관 지어 이용 독자의 내적 욕구 및 특성을 분석하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 분석 결과 접근성이 높고 가독성이 편리한 모바일 환경과 관련해 현대물과 성인 작품이 인기가 높았다. 남자주인공은 웹소설 상에서 이상적으로 그려지는 경향이 있었으나, 현재 남자주인공의 주요 키워드는 2000년대 초와 비교했을 때 변화를 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 곧 현대인들의 젠더 관념의 변화를 시사한다. 이와 상반되게 여자주인공은 내면에 상처를 지닌 캐릭터가 인기가 많았고, 이에 대한 원인 중 하나로 사회구조적인 환경 속에서 좌절을 겪어야 했던 현대 여성의 현실을 설명했다. 본 논문은 웹 크롤링의 한계로 성인 작품에 대해 심층적인 분석을 진행하지는 못했지만, 정량적 분석이 미흡했던 기존 웹소설 연구들에 키워드라는 파라텍스트를 활용하여 현대인들의 내적 욕구 및 특성을 분석했다는 의의를 지닌다.

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