Impact of media dependence: how emotional interactions between users and chat robots affect human socialization?
Frontiers in psychology, 2024
L4of 5
- Design
- Cross-sectional survey
- Risk of bias
- Some concerns
- Sample
- n = 428
- AI type
- Companion / social AI apps
- Outcomes
- Dependence, Social connection
Authors' conclusion
“Media dependence significantly positively regulates emotional interactions between humans and chatbots. In addition, the social interactions of human users are partially influenced by factors such as user nature, age, education, and income.”Quoted verbatim from the abstract.
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Read the paper →DOI 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1388860Related
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