Effects of Crossover Activities by K-pop Stars on College Student Consumer Loyalty

摘要

The 'genre destruction' of K-pop stars is continuing to accelerate. Rather than captivating consumers around the world simply with singing and dancing, they are engaged in crossover activities expanding to the fields of acting and commercial films based on their music. They are de-idolizing by going beyond the boundaries of singing, acting as commercial models. These idols in various activities such music and acting or music and advertisements are called 'actor-dols' and 'CF-dols'. stud So how do fans evaluate these crossover activities of K-pop stars? Unfortunately, there are few preceding studies on the crossover activities of K-pop stars and there are insufficient studies on the effects of 'genre destroying' activities of idol singers on consumer loyalty. Therefore, this study identifies the impact of crossover activities by K-pop stars on fan loyalty among college students, who are the biggest consumer groups of K-pop to provide implications on Hallyu marketing, etc. The components of variables deduced from preceding studies are as follows. The crossover activities of K-pop stars were set in the three fields of acting, music and CF (commercial films, advertisements) and the fan loyalty of consumers were categorized as star loyalty and fan community loyalty. Furthermore, the hypothesis was set based on preceding studies, and in order to examine the influencing relationships, surveys were held for college ents in Seoul and surrounding areas. The empirical analysis results of this study are as follows. First, it was found that the crossover activities of K-pop stars affected the 'star loyalty' of college consumers. In other words, the loyalty of consumers for K-pop stars were found to be a compound outcome of not only music activities, but various celebrity activities (acting, CF, etc.). Second, it was found that loyalty in communities was only affected by music activities, while acting and CF activities did not have significant impact on community loyalty. Community activities are completed with the assertive participation and actions of fans. It can be said that it is the most assertive method of expressing loyalty. Therefore, while it is good for K-pop stars to engage in various celebrity activities through genre destruction, they are also expected to strengthen their identity as idols through music.