모바일 환경의 발달은 사람들이 SNS를 대인 커뮤니케이션 채널로 의존하도록 만들고 있으며 SNS를 통해 타인의 상태에 대한 논평을 하거나 언급하는 성 향을 형성하면서 이용자들간의 관계를 형성하거나 유지하도록 하는 중요한 역할을 담당하기도 한다. 한 개인이 다른 특정한 개인과 지속적인 정서적 유대를 가지는 경향을 애착이라 하는데, 특정 미디어나 브랜드를 이용하는 과정에서 애착이 발생한다는 연구가 나타났다. 이에 본 연구에서는 대인관계의 중요한 역할을 담당하고 있는 SNS와 이용자의 애착정도를 살펴보고 애착 관계에 따라 사회적 자기효능감과 대인관계 만족도에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고자 하였다. 이를 위해 온라인을 통해 203명의 SNS 이용자를 대상으로 설문을 실시하였다. 그 결과 SNS의 하위요인 중 안정감과 분리불안 요인 사회적 효능감과 대인 관계 만족도에 통계적으로 유의미한 영향을 미치는 것으로 조사되었다. 안정감의 경우 긍정적인 영향을 미치고 있었으며, 분리불안은 부정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 조사되었다. 분리불안의 부정적인 영향은 SNS중독 연구들과 비슷한 연구 경향성을 보이고 있다. 하지만 안정성 측면에서 긍정적인 영향을 미치고 있어 SNS 이용 동기인 관계 측면에서의 긍정적인 영향관계를 살펴볼 수 있는 연 구 결과라 할 수 있다.

최근 증가되고 있는 모바일 SNS(Social Network Service)를 통한 매개(Mediated) 커뮤니케이션에서 자신의 감성을 표현 가능한 이모티콘을 활용하여 대화하는 감성 커뮤니케이션이 발달하고 있다. 이모티콘 개발이 증가 하고 사용이 대중화가 됨에 따라, 사용자가 원하는 감성 표현이나 의미를 상징하는 아이템에 대한 요구가 확대 되고 있다. 또한, 동일한 이모티콘이라도 사용자에 따라 다르게 해석할 수 있으며, 디자이너의 의도한 감성 표현에 대해 사용자의 의미 해석이 상이할 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 모바일 SNS 메신저에서 이모티콘을 이용한 커뮤니케이션을 위해 사용되는 감성 어휘를 연구하고 분류하여 감성 커뮤니케이션과 관련된 이모티콘 개발의 초석을 마련하고자 한다. 즉, 사용자 관점에서 이모티콘에 기반하여 표현하고자 하는 감성 어휘에 대한 분류와 모델을 제안한다. 본 연구를 위해 첫째, 문헌조사를 기반으로 감성 형용사를 수집하고 설문, 통계 분석 및 FGI (Focus Group Interview)를 통해 1차 감성 어휘를 추출한다. 둘째, 2차 설문조사 및 통계분석을 통해 최종 적합 어휘를 추출한다. 셋째, 최종 추출된 어휘를 바탕으로 다차원척도 분석을 실행하여 어휘 모델을 도출하고 감성 어휘를 분류한다. 그 결과 ‘미안하다’, ‘바쁘다’, ‘배고프다’, ‘어렵다’, ‘슬프다’, ‘날씨가 춥거나 덥다’, ‘지 루하다’, ‘부끄럽다’, ‘궁금하다’, ‘만족하다’, ‘좋다’, ‘아름답다’, ‘편안하다’ 의 13개 어휘로 분류되었다.

This study aims to examine how the mobile social network service experience affects value co-creation and customer lifetime value. The mobile social network service experience includes mobile convenience, social compatibility, social risk, and cognitive effort. The research hypotheses with structural equation modeling are tested. In mobile SNS context, value co-creation behaviors essentially determine customer lifetime value of mobile shopping apps. Value co-creation behaviors have received little attention in mobile shopping. The mobile SNS experience strongly influences value co-creation behaviors. This study is based on a sample of mobile SNS users nationwide in Korea. Therefore, the generalizability of the findings has to be tested. Furthermore, the study examines customer lifetime value, which is good sales predictor of mobile shopping apps. Moreover, the research model included the positive and negative determinants on mobile SNS experience. Future researches examine other use intentions of mobile SNS. Value co-creation behaviors substantially affect customer lifetime value. Mobile shopping apps should increase customer lifetime value from mobile SNS experience and value co-creation. This study shows how individual mobile SNS user provides mobile shopping apps with profit through value co-creation. This study is the first to examine how mobile SNS users enhance value co-creation and how value cocreation behaviors affect customer lifetime value of mobile SNS users.

The mobile SNS is a promising e-service platform of the future. However, measuring its service quality is a challenge. An appropriate model for measuring service quality is required. This paper proposes e-service quality models for analyzing mobile SNS platform quality, based on previous service quality researches. An empirical study is performed on the proposed models. The results show that constructs of existing e-service models such as responsiveness and assurance do not fit the mobile SNS platform, and that loyalty and value are better measures for mobile service quality.

This research was designed to conduct research to apprehend fashion brand's mobile SNS characteristics in depth and the related consumer psychology and behaviors such as brand attachment and brand loyalty. The fashion brand's mobile SNS characteristics were differentiated from the web-based fashion brand's SNS. This study targeted women in their 20s using mobile Facebook and mobile Twitter, and residing in Seoul or Gyeonggi province. Total 412 observations were collected through online survey. The major findings of the study were as follows. First, as the characteristics of fashion brand's mobile SNS, ease of fashion data storage, fashion recentness, fashion usefulness, and fashion accessibility were extracted. As the factors of the flow, time distortion/focused attention and playfulness were extracted. Second, the fashion recentness and fashion usefulness showed positive influence to time distortion/focused attention factor in the flow. All four fashion brand's mobile SNS characteristics showed positive influence to playfulness factor in the flow. Third, time distortion/focused attention factor and playfulness factor both showed positive influence to brand attachment and brand loyalty from using fashion brand's mobile SNS. Fourth, brand attachment had positive influence to brand loyalty from using fashion brand's mobile SNS. Based on the above results, this study provided practical ways to develop effective mobile SNS marketing strategies in fashion brand. Also, this study demonstrated feasible future contents and necessary improvement for fashion brand's mobile SNS, which holds marketing implications.

This study was an experimental qualitative study on the characteristics of fashion brand's mobile SNS. The study was focused on mobile Facebook and identified the characteristics of fashion brand's mobile SNS. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 people in the 20s, who have used fashion brand's mobile Facebook application and currently live in Seoul or Gyeonggi province. After analysis of the in-depth interview data, four characteristics of fashion brand's mobile SNS were identified as follows. First, it was possible to access fashion brand's mobile SNS at any time anywhere, if users needed brand-related information. In this study, this characteristic was named 'fashion accessibility'. Second, it was possible to access update-information using fashion brand's mobile SNS or get up-to-date information about the brand in real-time. In this study, this characteristic was named 'fashion recentness'. Third, it was possible to store or capture fashion brand-related images and texts. In this study, this characteristic was named 'ease of storage of fashion data'. Fourth, fashion brand's mobile SNS was useful in various ways to fashion consumers, so this characteristic was named 'fashion usefulness' in this study. The study extracted 10 sub-characteristics of the characteristics of fashion brand's mobile SNS based on the results of a qualitative study. This study has significant value which suggests directions for future research. Also, this paper is expected to provide managerial implications to fashion companies that need to develop mobile SNS marketing strategies.