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Analysis of Convenience and Authenticity Perception in AI Hyper-Personalized Gift Recommendation Services: Focusing on KakaoTalk Gift Service

  • Industry Promotion Research
  • Abbr : IPR
  • 2025, 10(4), pp.319~327
  • DOI : 10.21186/IPR.2025.10.4.319
  • Publisher : Industrial Promotion Institute
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Interdisciplinary Research
  • Received : June 14, 2025
  • Accepted : August 18, 2025
  • Published : October 31, 2025

Da Woon Jeong 1 Seung In Kim 1

1홍익대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study examines how users balance convenience and authenticity in hyper-personalized AI gift recommendation services, focusing on KakaoTalk Gift. Drawing on Kevin Maney’s trade-off theory and Holbrook & Hirschman’s theory of emotional consumer behavior, six key factors were identified: functional convenience, psychological authenticity, perceived technological intervention, user control, relational context sensitivity, and emotional responsiveness. A survey of 241 users and in-depth interviews with 10 participants revealed high satisfaction with convenience and control but lower sensitivity to relational and emotional aspects. Differences in AI recommendation acceptance between family and friends indicated a “paradox of intimacy,” while evaluations shifted by relationship type and context, showing a “conditional preference for convenience.” Findings highlight the need for AI gift services to integrate emotional and relational dimensions beyond technical efficiency.

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