Recently, Few Korean celebrities have been embroiled in controversy on their
role of PA. Public had been casting skeptical responses on celebrity PA of governmental branches as many of them failed to accomplish their role. 2.4 persons a day are appo...
Recently, Few Korean celebrities have been embroiled in controversy on their
role of PA. Public had been casting skeptical responses on celebrity PA of governmental branches as many of them failed to accomplish their role. 2.4 persons a day are appointed as PA on average. As few celebrities monopolize the PA -ship for eight to ten organizations, it is often difficult to distinct which institution they promote for. Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare is not excluded from the league. With good intentions, however, its effect has yet been proven by scientific studies. Existing studies discovered that celebrity campaigns are more effective than employing non-celebrity PA. Celebrities that won their fame from notoriety would earn contrary result. Analysis on the effect of employing different types of celebrities is needed. Lee(2014) asserts that existing studies have failed to garner substantive and precise investigation on the effectiveness of PA. This study sheds light on the PR campaign, focused on PA,of Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare and discovered a strong necessity for a proper analysis on its effect. Ergo, this study concentrates on the recent promotions of Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare and its subordinate organizations, and analyzes the public recognition level on their PA and promotion campaigns. Also, this study illuminates consumer behavior to PA campaigns in relation consumer characteristics (demographic and psychological) and consumer – PA Relation facto Media exposure rate, duration, proximity of the relation). This study aims to illuminate the necessity for active promotion and social attention for PA campaigns, and to stress the need for oriented PA campaign designing for Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare.