We aims to examine the determinants of visitors’ positive word-of-mouth (WOM) in a web-based virtual reality contemporary art exhibition. We also examines the effects of 3 realms of experience (entertainment, esthetic, escapist) on emotional arousal, how this emotional arousal affects memory and positive word-of-mouth, how memory affects positive word-of-mouth and how age moderate all of the paths. We examined a total of 297 visitors and was conducted through an online survey focusing on Chinese users of ages 20-49. The analysis results showed that entertainment and esthetic have an effect on emotional arousal, but escapist did not. The results also showed emotional arousal has an effect on memory and positive WOM. Memory did not affect positive word-of-mouth. Finally, age has a moderate effect on all the paths, except for the path form escape towards emotional arousal and memory to positive word-of-mouth. The theoretical implications of this study are meaningful exhibition research. While, it also will be helpful to segment the web-based virtual reality art exhibition visitors by dividing into 3 groups (20s, 30s, 40s) and to provide marketing and operation strategies.
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Background and Hypotheses Development 2.1 Theoretical Background 2.2 Hypotheses Development 3. Method 3.1 Measurement Development 3.2 Data collection and Sample Characteristics 4. Results 4.1 Measurement Model 4.2 Structural Model 4.3 Moderation Analysis 5. Discussion 6. Conclusion References
키워드
Web-Based Virtual RealityModern Art ExhibitionExperience EconomyEmotional ArousalMemoryPositive Word-of-Mouth
저자
Jingyi Han [ Master, Department of Arts and Cultural Management, Graduate School, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea ]
Zong-Yi Zhu [ Doctoral Student, Department of Arts and Cultural Management, Graduate School, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea ]
Hyeon-Cheol Kim [ Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, College of Business and Economics, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea ]
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