Recently, administrative agencies are introducing SNS for various purposes such as smooth communication with citizens, delivery of administrative services, policy promotion, and disaster management response while aiming for a smart society through SNS...
Recently, administrative agencies are introducing SNS for various purposes such as smooth communication with citizens, delivery of administrative services, policy promotion, and disaster management response while aiming for a smart society through SNS. It is used as a communication channel for public relations and communication by opening various SNS including Facebook, blog and Twitter, and conducting policy promotion and policy opinion collection, or responding to complaints.
As the introduction and use of SNS is taken for granted, an empirical verification of how much information and communication technology activates policy participation and what effect is achieved through policy participation is required (Yootaek Lee et al., 2011). Due to insufficient research, various and in-depth studies are needed.
Accordingly, this study sought to find ways to improve the public institution's image and increase policy participation by finding efficient SNS characteristics of public institutions and mediating organization-notary relations and suggesting implications.
As a result of the empirical analysis of this study, the image of public institutions is positively influenced by the reliability and ease of understanding that are characteristic factors of public history websites and SNS, but interactivity, playfulness, and information are characteristic factors of public institution websites and SNS. It was confirmed that gender and commonality were not directly affected. In other words, the higher the reliability and ease of understanding, which are characteristics of public institution websites and SNS, the better the public institution image.
The degree of participation in the policy of public institutions is positively affected by reliability.
In addition, the characteristics of public institution websites and SNS, such as playability, ease of understanding and sharing affect public institution image and policy participation through organization-public relations. ,Therefore, it was confirmed that the organization-public relationship is an important parameter.
Looking at the moderating effect of the use motivation and policy involvement, relational motivation positively moderated the relationship between information and the organization-public relation, and the the relationship between reliability and the policy participation. In addition, informational motivation positively moderated the influence of sharing and information on organization-public relations. In addition, informational motivation positively moderated the influence of reliability on organization-public relations. On the other hand, the playful motivation positively moderated the influence of information on the organization-public relationship. In addition, social motivation negatively moderated the influence of interactivity on the organization-public relations, and the influence of information on the organization-public relations. .
Meanwhile, policy involvement moderated the relationship between sharing and the organization-public relationship and the relationship between reliability and policy participation.
This study has the following implications.
First, strategic implications were presented at a time when marketing strategies that can enhance the institutional image in the public sector are becoming increasingly important.
Second, the characteristics of websites and SNS that can improve the image of public institutions and increase policy participation in the public sector were identified, and it was verified that the organization-public relations play an important mediating role.
Third, the higher the reliability and ease of understanding, which are the characteristics of using websites and SNS, the better the image of the public institution. The result was derived. This result requires that the policy and publicity presented by the public institution must be secured with high reliability and understood by the general public. It indicates that it should be easy to understand so that it is easy to do. Based on these results, it will be possible to effectively explore ways to use public institutions' websites and SNS.
Fourth, the higher the reliability, which are the characteristics of websites and SNS, the higher the degree of policy participation was derived. Therefore, the policies and publicity provided by public institutions imply that the degree of participation in the policy can be increased only by providing reliable information to the general public.
Fifth, the characteristics of web sites and SNS, such as playability, ease of understanding, and sharing, showed a significant influence on the public institution image and policy participation through the organization-public relations. Therefore, it was shown that there is a need for strategic use of social media that emphasizes the relational dimension, such as providing interesting contents and encouraging users to share in order to activate the interaction between the organization and the public and contribute positively to the relationship.