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Despite growing public concern regarding the marine discharge of Fukushima treated contaminated water (FTCW), trust aspects related to risk perception remain underexplored. We used a nationally representative survey in South […]
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As social media is a key conduit for the distribution of disinformation, much of the literature on disinformation in elections has been focused on the internet and global social media […]
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Although media use has long played a central role in research on political attitudes, its relationship with corruption perceptions remains insufficiently understood. Drawing on the Differential Susceptibility to Media Effects […]
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This study examines how food influencer credibility is associated with healthy eating intention through parasocial interaction, drawing on Social Cognitive Theory, Parasocial Interaction Theory, and Media Richness Theory (MRT). Using […]
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Self-reported risk information seeking intentions are widely used indicators of risk information seeking in persuasion studies, yet their validity may be compromised when participants infer the persuasive purpose of a […]
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In social media environments, new actors have emerged who curate political information for adolescents and potentially challenge the status of traditional information sources. Drawing from the frameworks of political socialization […]
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This research examined consumer responses to human-like virtual influencers portrayed in relational roles alongside human characters and introduced the mind perception gap—the discrepancy between the mental capacities a relational role […]
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In response to the growing threat of scientific misinformation, the development of advanced AI chatbots presents an opportunity to provide customized and timely misinformation corrections on a large scale. Informed […]
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WhatsApp tiplines, first launched in 2019 to combat misinformation, enable users to interact with fact-checkers to verify misleading content. This study analyzes 580 unique claims (tips) from 451 users, covering […]
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The growing spread of online misinformation has created an urgent need for scalable, reliable fact-checking solutions. Crowdsourced fact-checking—where non-experts evaluate claim veracity—offers a cost-effective alternative to expert verification, despite concerns […]
