Michal Mikolaj Stefanczyk , Daniel Conroy-Beam , Bartosz Ujma , Kathryn V. Walter , Zuzanna Zborowska , Agnieszka Sorokowska
{"title":"Disgust in the mating context – choosing the best and the least bad self-presentation option in a date simulation game","authors":"Michal Mikolaj Stefanczyk , Daniel Conroy-Beam , Bartosz Ujma , Kathryn V. Walter , Zuzanna Zborowska , Agnieszka Sorokowska","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2024.102159","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In order to achieve interpersonal goals, people manipulate their self-image: they manifest their most favourable traits and avoid exhibiting the most aversive ones. Disgust is one of the most powerful turn-offs in a mating context. Here, we explored which disgust domain −pathogen, sexual, or moral − is considered the most damaging for self-image. We also revisited the importance of various positive traits in a potential partner. The participants (N = 1,017) played a date-simulation game. They chose which one of five positive characteristics, and which one of three disgust norm transgressions they want to manifest. We analysed the influence of one’s biological sex, sexual orientation, and culture on self-presentation during a date.</p><p>Women more often manifested morally disgusting behaviours and artistic abilities than men, while men more often manifested pathogenically disgusting behaviours and kindness. Homosexual orientation predicted lower frequency of admitting to moral disgust transgressions, and higher frequency of exhibiting artistic abilities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 102159"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585324000637/pdfft?md5=f2e56c188ab48f6eee54d46511e57bf1&pid=1-s2.0-S0736585324000637-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141542483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Weihong Qi , Jinsheng Pan , Hanjia Lyu , Jiebo Luo
{"title":"Excitements and concerns in the post-ChatGPT era: Deciphering public perception of AI through social media analysis","authors":"Weihong Qi , Jinsheng Pan , Hanjia Lyu , Jiebo Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2024.102158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As AI systems become increasingly prevalent in various aspects of daily life, gaining a comprehensive understanding of public perception towards these AI systems has become increasingly essential for several reasons such as ethical considerations, user experience, fear, disinformation, regulation, collaboration, and co-creation. In this study, we investigate how mass social media users perceive the recent rise of AI frameworks such as ChatGPT. We collect a total of 33,912 comments in 388 unique subreddits spanning from November 30, 2022 to June 8, 2023 using a list of AI-related keywords. We employ a combination of thematic and sentiment analysis, using advanced natural language processing techniques. Specifically, we use BERTopic to uncover the major themes regarding AI on Reddit. Our findings indicate that technology-focused subreddits primarily discuss the technical dimensions of AI, while non-technical subreddits more often address societal impacts, such as job displacement concerns. The disparity in focus between subreddits suggests a gap in the public understanding of AI. We leverage GPT-3.5 with zero-shot prompting and LIWC to analyze the sentiment and perception of AI among individual users. Through a comprehensive sentiment and emotion analysis, we discover that tech-centric communities exhibit greater polarization compared to non-tech communities when discussing AI topics. This suggests that individuals with a deeper understanding or familiarity with AI technologies might have more divided opinions, possibly reflecting a mix of optimism about technological advancements and skepticism about potential impacts. This research contributes to our broader understanding of public opinion surrounding artificial intelligence.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 102158"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141438832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Wei Wang , Haiwang Liu , Yenchun Jim Wu , Mark Goh
{"title":"Citizen science resource mobilization: Social identities and textual narcissism","authors":"Wei Wang , Haiwang Liu , Yenchun Jim Wu , Mark Goh","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102157","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102157","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Narcissism, as a form of self-awareness of self-importance or self-influence, can be characterized by a constant attention to success and the need for authority, competitiveness, and grandiose, which may be introduced to promote the attractiveness of a project. This study analyzes the effect of textual narcissism on the willingness to back citizen science projects by considering the social roles of the citizen project owners: expert, student, and amateur researchers. This paper uses social role theory to anchor the seven forms of narcissism and proposes 9 dimensions of narcissism, which are then classified into 3 categories: social role advantage, psychological superiority, and identity aspiration. Using a web crawler, 850 citizen science projects are employed as a corpus. Text mining is used to quantify the narratives, and econometric models are applied to estimate the effect of textual narcissism. This study reports that narcissism presents an inverted U-shaped effect. On social role, formal researchers (experts and students) receive lesser degrees of public tolerance to textual narcissism, over amateur researchers. By extending narcissistic influence and social role theory to citizen science, this paper can guide stakeholders and regulators such as scientific experiment platforms in generating suitable text descriptions for better research resource mobilization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 102157"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141407007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New possibilities or problems for disability and inclusion? The case of AI and ADMs across work","authors":"Kuansong Victor Zhuang , Gerard Goggin","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102156","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2024.102156","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, we examine new and emerging uses of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision making (ADM) across various aspects of work, namely hiring, job redesign, and team formation, and their impact on disabled people. Building on disability as both a generative form of embodiment and knowledge, we consider how AI and ADMs can enable and empower disabled people for work, but also their inherent problems and contradictions. We ask the following questions: What are the implications for disabled workers? And importantly, how can we make these systems fairer and more inclusive, especially for disability?</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"92 ","pages":"Article 102156"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585324000601/pdfft?md5=339eba1f9b98a44983cd17ab3999e0e9&pid=1-s2.0-S0736585324000601-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141333062","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Public attitudes towards surveillance and privacy of personal communications in 34 African countries","authors":"Adewunmi O Adeyeye","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2024.102147","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper examines public attitudes regarding the privacy of personal communications across several African countries. The study additionally investigates factors influencing an individual’s expression of the right to privacy and rejection of state surveillance. Descriptive and logistic regression analyses were conducted on survey data gathered from 48,084 interviews completed in 34 countries. The findings reveal that, among the surveyed countries (34 out of 54 on the continent), a majority (54.87%) advocate for the protection of private communications. This indicates an increasing inclination among individuals to assert greater control over their personal information, which is being collected and utilized by governmental organizations and often by extension, private entities. The results demonstrate that education, gender, occupation, institutional trust, frequency of newspaper reading, perceptions of social media, attitudes towards internet regulation, opinions on government accountability, and the frequency of internet usage all significantly influence an individual’s stance on personal data privacy. Governments must strive for more effective communication with citizens to foster support for surveillance programs that achieve a delicate equilibrium between state security and the protection of privacy rights. This study provides an evidence base that policymakers, practitioners and academics can utilize to make informed decisions about data privacy attitudes and predict privacy actions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 102147"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141239839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Users’ responses to humanoid social robots: A social response view","authors":"Gehan Wishwajith Premathilake, Hongxiu Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2024.102146","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The anthropomorphic features of humanoid social robots (HSRs) have been contended to hold significance in understanding users’ behavior regarding HSRs. However, there is a lack of research examining how HSRs’ different anthropomorphic features could trigger users’ cognitive and behavioral responses. Utilizing social response theory as a foundation, our study presented a research model for scrutinizing how three different anthropomorphic features—appearance, voice, and response, influence users’ cognitive (perceived social presence and perceived humanness) and behavioral responses (continued usage intention) to HSRs. Data gathered from hotel customers (N = 509) from a survey posted online was utilized to validate the research model. Results showed that appearance and response positively affect perceived social presence, whereas appearance, voice, and response positively affect perceived humanness. Further, both perceived social presence and perceived humanness were found to positively influence continued usage intention. This research enriches the current literature on social robots by explaining how various anthropomorphic features as social cues could trigger user cognitive and behavioral responses differently from the social response lens.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 102146"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585324000509/pdfft?md5=acab8987b57d9c7530c470471ca8646d&pid=1-s2.0-S0736585324000509-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141239838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyungjin Nam , Heewon Kim , Soowon Kang , Hye-jin Kim
{"title":"The BTS ARMY on Twitter flocks together: How transnational fandom on social media build a viable system","authors":"Kyungjin Nam , Heewon Kim , Soowon Kang , Hye-jin Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The world’s largest transnational fandom community of the BTS (BangTan Sonyeondan) ARMY (Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth) is structured to achieve common goals and exert influence. To identify a mechanism that explains the organizational structure of transnational virtual communities, we empirically investigate how the global fandoms carry out autonomous activities and adapt to the environment without coercive governance despite their massive size and complexity. Using the techniques of social network analysis and viable system model, we found some structural differences between the online communities with a viable and non-viable structure. First, the BTS ARMY network is sustained by a systematic structure of key players who voluntarily play distinct roles. In contrast, the Arianator network is relatively unorganized and dispersed. Moreover, multi-fandom accounts can act as potential user acquisition roles. Finally, two different diffusion types, <em>text-based information</em> and <em>image-based media</em>, are carried by distinct roles of subsystems. As one of the first studies to empirically examine the viability of online transnational fandom from an organizational structure perspective, this paper provides practical implications for fandoms from three perspectives; (1) resource mobilization and sustainability, (2) influence of fandom dynamics, and (3) economic impact. The results suggest that fandoms taking strategic actions upon the viable structure on digital platforms could represent a new cultural hegemony, promoting global unity and pop cosmopolitanism.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 102143"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141057547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) for facilitating recognition of algorithmic bias: An experiment from imposed users’ perspectives","authors":"Ching-Hua Chuan , Ruoyu Sun , Shiyun Tian , Wan-Hsiu Sunny Tsai","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2024.102135","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study explored the potential of eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) in raising user awareness of algorithmic bias. This study examined the popular “explanation by example” XAI approach, where users receive explanatory examples resembling their input. As this XAI approach allows users to gauge the congruence between these examples and their circumstances, perceived incongruence then evokes perceptions of unfairness and exclusion, prompting users not to put blind trust in the system and raising awareness of algorithmic bias stemming from non-inclusive datasets. The results further highlight the moderating role of users’ prior experience with discrimination.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"91 ","pages":"Article 102135"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073658532400039X/pdfft?md5=c10240dd00da5631c53004b436f3b5c9&pid=1-s2.0-S073658532400039X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140947312","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploring cross-national divide in government adoption of artificial intelligence: Insights from explainable artificial intelligence techniques","authors":"Shangrui Wang , Yiming Xiao , Zheng Liang","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102134","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2024.102134","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Despite the recognized potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to improve governance, a significant divide in AI adoption exists among governments globally. However, little is known about the underlying causes behind the divide, hindering effective strategies to bridge it. Drawing on the AI capability concept and the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework, this study employs Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) models to analyze the multifaceted factors influencing AI adoption by governments worldwide. The results underscore the critical roles of internet security and internet usage within the technological dimension, regulatory quality, government effectiveness, government expenditure, rule of law, and corruption control within the organizational dimension, and globalization, median age and GDP per capita within the environmental dimension. Notably, our analysis explores the intricate effects of these variables on government AI adoption, identifying inflection points where their impacts undergo significant shifts in magnitude and direction. This nuanced exploration provides a comprehensive understanding of government AI adoption globally and illustrates targeted strategies for governments to bridge the AI adoption divide, making theoretical, methodological and practical implications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"90 ","pages":"Article 102134"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140905279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From whispers to warriors: Public atmosphere’s role in mobilizing social media users against rumors","authors":"Xiao-Liang Shen , You Wu","doi":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102133","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tele.2024.102133","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Governments and social media platforms strive to combat the spread of online rumors by fostering a positive public atmosphere of rumor combating. However, the effectiveness of this approach remains uncertain, as do the underlying mechanisms through which public atmosphere mobilizes social media users against rumors. Leveraging insights from psychological attachment theory and ethics research, this study aims to examine the mediating mechanisms and boundary conditions for the relationship between public atmosphere and rumor-combating participation (RCP). This empirical study employed a hypothetical scenario method to design two scenarios (i.e., strong vs. weak public atmosphere of rumor combating), and collected 331 valid responses using the MTurk platform. The results provide empirical evidence that public atmosphere significantly facilitates RCP. Moreover, high-level psychological attachment (i.e., identification and internalization) fully mediates the relationship between public atmosphere and RCP, but low-level psychological attachment (i.e., compliance) does not act as a mediator. Further examination of the boundary conditions revealed that moral judgment positively moderates the relationship between public atmosphere and psychological attachment (both high-level and low-level). However, anticipated guilt only exerts a positive moderating influence on the relationship between public atmosphere and low-level psychological attachment. This study provides fresh insights by revealing that public atmosphere can promote RCP by enhancing high-level psychological attachment, while uncovering the distinct moderating roles played by moral cognition and emotion in the process. Therefore, this paper not only advances our theoretical understanding of why and under what conditions public atmosphere influences RCP, but also offers practical insights into strategies for mobilizing social media users to combat rumors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":48257,"journal":{"name":"Telematics and Informatics","volume":"90 ","pages":"Article 102133"},"PeriodicalIF":8.5,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140790595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}