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To curb the diffusion of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), governments worldwide have introduced different policies, including lockdowns, social distancing, and mandatory mask wearing. Face mask wearing, especially, has an impact on the formation o...

Previous literature has found underlying differences in purchasing behaviors, consumption habits, and Internet and social media usage between Generation X and Millennials. The activities and how users engage with consumer advice made by popular socia...

The COVID-19 pandemic and the obligation to wear surgical face masks have affected social interactions. Wearing a mask can cause impairments in face identification, emotion recognition, and trait impressions. The present study investigated, during th...

In this comprehensive study, insights from 1389 scholars across the US, UK, Germany, and Switzerland shed light on the multifaceted perceptions of artificial intelligence (AI). AI’s burgeoning integration into everyday life promises enhanced ef...

The development of organic food products has proliferated over the past few decades, alongside the use of “white” space on products’ packaging as an element that communicates quality and sustainability values. Despite a growing interest towards green...

As generative AI chatbots become a primary information channel, users increasingly accept answers without verification, and citations can raise trust even when sources are irrelevant or fabricated. How source-attribution visualization shapes the visu...

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes ubiquitous across various fields, understanding people’s acceptance and trust in AI systems becomes essential. This review aims to identify quantitative measures used to measure trust in AI and the associ...

We investigate human overreliance on artificial intelligence (AI), a phenomenon in which users fail to critically verify AI outputs despite knowing the system is imperfect. To analyze this interaction, we model a cybersecurity scenario in which a hum...

Fashion influencers are a new phenomenon and profession to which many young individuals may currently aspire; such is its impact in the digital and online world. Hence, the article serves an upcoming group of fashion-influencers-to-be, as well as fir...

Trustworthiness is a core concept that drives individuals’ interaction with others, as well with objects and digital interfaces. The perceived trustworthiness of strangers from the evaluation of their faces has been widely studies in social psycholog...

As a technical application in artificial intelligence, a social robot is one of the branches of robotic studies that emphasizes socially communicating and interacting with human beings. Although both robot and behavior research have realized the sign...

This study examined whether advice-taking differs when making subjective face trustworthiness estimates relative to objective face age estimates. Participants (N = 177) completed a judge–advisor system task to measure how much weight they would...

Communicating evidence-based nutrition messages to the public is challenging and is often in conflict with popular opinions, particularly from social media influencers (SMIs). In order to increase engagement with nutrition professionals (NPs) on soci...

During social interactions, people decide whether to trust an actor based on their punitive behaviour. Several empirical studies have indicated that punishment intensity impacts observer trust, yet the underlying mechanism remains to be elucidated. T...

Virtual agents have been widely used in human-agent collaboration work. One important problem with human-agent collaboration is the attribution of responsibility as perceived by users. We focused on the relationship between the appearance of a virtua...

Live streamers’ power and attraction influence consumer behavior. This study focuses on streamer-central formed social capital and the relationship between streamers and audiences on live streaming video platforms (LSVP). First, we explored the...

Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled smart home services increasingly require explainability to support users’ understanding and acceptance of automated decisions. While explainable AI (XAI) research has primarily focused on technical interpret...

Background: Research indicates that traumatic events, such as interpersonal violence, can significantly affect how individuals perceive facial characteristics and assess trust. This study aims to explore trustworthiness and emotional perception in wo...

Many journalists believe they must become more engaged with the public to improve trust in news. What remains unknown is how the public weighs the trustworthiness of engagement relative to the trustworthiness of a more traditional journalistic value:...

Advancing the domain of biomedical investigation, integrated multi-omics data have shown exceptional performance in elucidating complex human diseases. However, as the variety of omics information expands, precisely perceiving the informativeness of...

Online content trustworthiness has become a topic of significant interest due to the growth of so-called ‘fake news’ and other deceptive online content. Deceptive content has been responsible for an armed standoff, caused mistrust surroun...

With the rapid advancement of social media and AI technologies, influencer marketing has evolved significantly. Virtual influencers have emerged as alternatives to traditional human influencers. Grounded in the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), thi...

This study explores the effectiveness of artificial intelligence-generated videos (AIGV) as a scalable enabling technology within the e-commerce sector. It investigates the potential of AIGV to enhance marketing efficacy through the simulation of pro...

This study aims to predict Generation Y customers’ acceptance of user-generated content (UGC) websites by integrating an extended technology acceptance model (TAM), trustworthiness of online reviews, and cultural consensus and cultural consonan...

There is much talk about the trust crisis in China and the possible role of religion in rebuilding China’s moral order. This study is an attempt to examine religion’s impact on the emerging market economy in China, focusing on trust in business relat...

Electronic Word of Mouth (eWOM) is information shared on the Internet about a product, which allows people to receive information from others they may not otherwise encounter. Online product reviews are a type of eWOM where a user posts a comment abo...

The current endeavor of moving AI ethics from theory to practice can frequently be observed in academia and industry and indicates a major achievement in the theoretical understanding of responsible AI. Its practical application, however, currently p...

This study examines how social media–driven information environments shape pro-environmental travel decision-making within the broader context of sustainable tourism and digital information expansion. It aims to explain how informational, cogni...

Digital transformation of businesses has seen tremendous growth recently, moreover, COVID-19 has increased online shopping. However, it is important for businesses that customers’ online shopping experience is secure and joyful. In this paper,...

While real face features are known to influence social evaluations, the social perception of illusory faces remains largely unexplored despite neural similarities to real faces. This study aimed to fill this gap by manipulating the width-to-height ra...

Open-source software (OSS) is a key aspect of software creation. However, little is known about programmers’ decisions to trust software from OSS websites. The current study emulated OSS websites and manipulated reputation and performance facto...

To understand the extent to which different sources of diet and nutrition information are sought, trusted, and relied upon for making dietary changes, the present international web-based survey study gauged participants’ (n = 3419) diet-nutriti...

This study investigates the use of live streaming as a strategic tool in the tourism industry, with a focus on the attributes of live streamers that influence viewer engagement, particularly in the context of South Korea’s digital landscape. Th...

Vaccine hesitancy has been observed around the world, but there is a paucity of data among a broad range of U.S. health professional students. The goal of this report is to present findings about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among a cross-section of U....

The Internet of Vehicles (IoV) enables vehicles to share data that help vehicles perceive the surrounding environment. However, vehicles can spread false information to other IoV nodes; this incorrect information misleads vehicles and causes confusio...

The discussion around integrating AI technologies into educational practice is current among scholars and in sociopolitical circles. This study examines the factors influencing teachers’ acceptance of educational AI tool (EAIT) use, aiming to i...

Online learning environments often lack nonverbal cues that support relational communication between instructors and students, making it difficult to establish emotional connection and trust. This study examines how emojis, as affective visual cues,...

Human–machine trust has shifted over the past three decades from trust in automation to trust in AI, while research paradigms, disciplines, and problem spaces have expanded. Centered on AI in healthcare, this narrative review offers a longitudi...

The transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0 highlights recent European efforts to design intelligent devices, systems, and automation that can work alongside human intelligence and enhance human capabilities. In this vision, human–machine...

Fairness reputation refers to the perception of others’ adherence to fair norms based on their behaviors. However, previous studies often rely on simple correlation and regression analyses without comparing cognition across roles in the ultimat...

This study explores the influence of sustainability-promoting social media influencers on their followers’ adoption of sustainable behaviours. Specifically, it examines how influencer credibility (IC), perceived behavioral control (PBC), and at...

Key aspects of communities of the Internet of Things (IoT) smart objects presenting social aspects are represented by trust and reputation relationships between the objects. Several trustworthiness models have been presented in the literature in the...

We address the question of how organizations’ practices of social responsibility impact their employees’ job performance. Independent studies have shown that job performance is influenced by how employees perceive the organization they wo...

Contact tracing apps (CTAs) were deployed worldwide in 2020 to combat COVID-19. Due to their low uptake, a growing amount of empirical research is being conducted to understand the factors that drive their adoption. For CTAs to be adopted, users must...

Background: Stress represents a significant public health concern and is associated with diminished psychological resilience among students and young adults. Mental toughness, the capacity to function effectively under pressure, may be influenced by...

This study examines the impact of explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) features on user satisfaction and purchase intention in Saudi mobile shopping applications, utilising the stimulus–organism–response (S–O–R) framework...

As a new form of poverty governance, government officials’ livestreaming e-commerce of agricultural and sideline products has been booming since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in 2019. However, exploring the determinants of...

In response to the increasing demand for environmentally friendly products and the parallel rise of deceptive green marketing practices, this study examines the impact of greenwashing awareness and green perceived benefits on consumers’ propens...

Nowadays, people increasingly choose to turn to the Internet and especially to social media for news and other types of content, while often not questioning the trustworthiness of the information. An acute form of this problem is that children and ad...

Employment is an important determinant of psychological, social, and economic wellbeing, yet individuals with mental health disorders often face barriers to workforce participation. This study examined the impact of mental health disclosure on percep...