This study aims to examine how vegetarian and vegan trends particularly the increasing presence of plant-based meat are influencing consumer interest and transforming the restaurant industry in the digital age. As interest in health, environmental sustainability, and ethical consumption continues to rise, plant-based foods have become both a lifestyle choice and a strategic focus for the foodservice industry. To explore how these trends are reflected in digital consumer interest, the study analyzed unstructured online text data collected from Google and Naver between January 2022 and June 2024. Using the Textom platform, high-frequency keywords were identified through word cloud analysis, and co-occurrence structures among core terms were explored through network analysis. Key concepts such as “plant-based,” “alternative meat,” “health,” “ethics,” and “sustainability” emerged as central in digital conversations, indicating a strong emphasis on value-driven consumption. By employing big data text mining instead of traditional survey methods, the study demonstrates methodological originality and captures real-time, organic consumer sentiment. The findings offer practical implications for product development, branding, and digital marketing strategies in the foodservice sector, while also laying a foundation for future research that utilizes unstructured data in the context of food consumption behavior.
목차
Abstract 1. INTRODUCTION 2. RELATED WORK 2.1 Plant-Based Meat 2.2 Big Data 3. METHOD 3.1 Research Scope and Data Collection 3.2 Analytical Tools 3.3 Data Preprocessing 4. ANALYSIS RESULTS 5. CONCLUSION REFERENCES
키워드
‘Plant’‘Plant-based meat’‘Meat’‘Health’‘Diet’
저자
Gyu-Hwan OH [ Ph. D. student, Department of Immersive Content Convergence, Graduate School of KwangWoon Univ., Seoul, Korea ]
Soon-Chul Kwon [ Professor, Department of Tourism and Food Industry, Graduate School of Smart Convergence, KwangWoon Univ., Seoul, Korea ]
Yun-Seok Ryu [ Matster D. student, Department of Tourism and Food Industry, Graduate School of Smart Co nvergence, KwangWoon Univ., Seoul, Korea ]
Corresponding Author
국제문화기술진흥원 [The International Promotion Agency of Culture Technology]
설립연도
2009
분야
공학>공학일반
소개
본 진흥원은 문화기술(Culture Technology) 관련 산·학·연·관으로 구성된 비영리 단체이다. 문화기술(CT)은 정보통신기술(ICT), 문화적 사고 기반의 예술, 인문학, 디자인, 사회과학기술이 접목된 신융합기술(New Convergence Technology, NCT)로 정의한다. 인간의 삶의 질을 향상시키고, 진보된 방향으로 변화시키고, 문화기술 관련 분야의 학술 및 기술의 발전과 진흥에 공헌하기 위하여, 제3조의 필요한 사업을 행함을 그 목적으로 한다.
간행물
간행물명
International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT)
간기
계간
pISSN
2288-7202
eISSN
2288-7318
수록기간
2013~2025
등재여부
KCI 등재
십진분류
KDC 600DDC 700
이 권호 내 다른 논문 / International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology(IJACT) Volume 13 Number 3