Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to 1) study the state of media creation by influencers of Thai home economics handicraft, 2) analyze the relationship between characteristic factors and communication strategies in the development of influencer media on Thai home economics handicraft, and 3) develop forms of media for Thai home economics handicraft. This study was quantitative research. The sample group was YouTube followers on Thai home economics handicraft, totaling 14 pages, followers ranging from 15,800-254,000 people who had visited online media on Thai home economics handicraft. The samples size was determined using Krejcie and Morgan's random tables with at 95 percent of confidence level, and the error level was ±5 percent. The sample group consisted of 385 people using a voluntary random sampling method to reach the desired number. The tool used was a questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis included frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis.
The results of the study on the state of media creation by influencers of Thai home economics handicraft found that most of the respondents were single females, aged under 20 years old, with education level below bachelors degree, occupation of school pupils / college students / tertiary level students, with income between 20,001-30,000 baht. They chose to watch media on Thai home economics handicraft via YouTube channel, on the topic of Thai floral garlands (malai) with two tassels, viewed through online media less than 2 times a week. Also, the factor in selecting to view Thai home economics handicraft was creativity. For the importance level of the characteristics of influencers on Thai home economics handicraft, found that overall, and in each aspect, was at a high level. The averages of aspects arranged from high to low respectively were expertise: respect, trust, attractiveness, and similarity with the target group. For the importance level of communication strategies of the influencers on Thai home economics handicraft, found that overall, and in each aspect, was at a high level. The averages of aspects arranged from high to low respectively were interaction, usefulness, content, creativity, and specificity. The results of the analysis of the relationship between influencer characteristics and communication strategies of Thai home economics handicraft in the development of media on Thai home economics handicraft, found that there were 5 predictive variables: expertise, trust, attractiveness, respect, and similarity with the target group. Those variables were able to predict the characteristics of influencers in developing media on Thai home economics handicraft with statistically significant at the 0.05 level. It had the predictive power of approximately 42.60 percent. In terms of development of the forms of media on Thai home economics handicraft together with the above research results, the researcher had created YouTube media on Thai home economics handicraft in the form of fresh flowers, on the topic of making a garland of love (Roirak malai) using the technique of visual narration, length 8 minutes, posted on 3 YouTube pages for a period of 2 weeks, with a total of 294 viewers, 125 likes, 93 followers, and 1 person giving advice or inquiring.