In modern society, visual media use significantly affects knowledge and values about the attracting appearance on or without purpose regardless of age and sex. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of various consumers' characteristics ...
In modern society, visual media use significantly affects knowledge and values about the attracting appearance on or without purpose regardless of age and sex. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of various consumers' characteristics and fashion/beauty TV media use associated with appearance to appearance consumption behavior, and to investigate that media credibility had controlling roles in the process above.
The experimental methods contained a questionnaire tool and were used to analyze the effects of fashion/beauty TV media use to appearance consumption behavior. The survey by the questionnaire were performed with consumers who experienced fashion/beauty TV media and lived Seoul, Kyonggi, or Choongnam. Total 631 data were applied as mentioned below. Data were analyzed with the analysis of frequency, exploratory factor analysis and the verification of reliability, t-test, one way ANOVA, regression analysis and hierarchical regression analysis by SPSS WIN 18.0 program.
The results were summarized as mentioned below.
First, consumers' characteristics were elicited by five factor types of effort, open, extrovert, sensitivity and good feeling and appearance consumption behavior were done by actor-copy, trend-orientation, other people-consciousness, cosmetic procedure and figure control, and media attitude were done by media awareness, media feeling and media behavior.
Second, as the results of fashion/beauty TV media use affecting media attitude, using time, accidental exposure and interest use affected media awareness, media feeling, which were affected highly by accidental exposure. Fashion/beauty TV channel is being various and consumers have a lot of chances stimulated by accidental exposure. It implied that consumers exposed highly to fashion/beauty TV media would be positive to media attitude. Therefore, because fashion/beauty TV media affects media attitude, companies related with fashion/beauty needs to establish marketing strategies for product planning, sales promotion, etc.
Third, in the effect of fashion/beauty TV media use to appearance consumption behavior, using time affected the trend-orientation and body line management, and accidental exposure did actor-copy, trend-orientation, cosmetic procedure and body line management, and interest use did other people-consciousness, cosmetic procedure and body line management. Generally, accidental exposure were shown high in the effect of fashion/beauty TV media use to appearance consumption behavior. It implied that more exposure to fashion/beauty TV media would be higher appearance consumption behavior. Because consumers pursue consumption behavior differentiated with other people by various channel for appearance consumption behavior, companies related with fashion/beauty needs to establish strategies for marketing subdivision and the diversification of the appearance market.
Fourth, in the effects of media attitude to appearance consumption behavior, media awareness and media behavior affected actor-copy, trend-orientation, cosmetic procedure and body line management. Moreover, media feeling affected other people-consciousness and cosmetic procedure. On the other hand, cosmetic procedure consumption behavior affected media attitude, e.g., media awareness, media feeling and media behavior. Because appearance behavior was supposed not to be changed largely for short time, information about cosmetic procedure in fashion/beauty TV media use were reacted higher with behavior and feeling than media awareness. It was predicted that consumers think importantly cosmetic procedure consumption behavior.
Finally, whether media credibility had mediating effects in fashion/beauty TV media and appearance consumption behavior was analyzed. The media credibility interacted with actor-copy, trend-orientation, other people-consciousness and cosmetic procedure but didn't affect body line management. Truth providing fashion/beauty TV media credibility to consumers would become higher competitive factor of the companies with basis of media credibility and professionalism for appearance behavior and become suitable way to induce positive consumption behavior.