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The role of epistemic beliefs in predicting citizen interest and engagement with science and technology
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ABSTRACT Epistemic beliefs – one’s beliefs about the nature of knowledge – have been recognized as important predictors of learning outcomes. This study focuses on the role of epistemic beliefs in predicting citizen engagement with scie...
Publication · June 22, 2026
Beyond the Notion of Accessibility Bias: Message Content as the Common Source of Agenda-Setting and Priming Effects
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ABSTRACT This study examines the cognitive mechanisms behind agenda-setting and priming effects. Recent evidence suggessts that accessibility effects within network models of memory are not well suited to explain agenda-setting and prim...
Publication · June 22, 2026
Trust in AI and Its Role in the Acceptance of AI Technologies
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Abstract As AI-enhanced technologies become common in a variety of domains, there is an increasing need to define and examine the trust that users have in such technologies. Given the progress in the development of AI, a correspondingly...
Publication · June 22, 2026
Navigating a Diverse Paradigm: A Conceptual Framework for Experimental Framing Effects Research
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This review introduces a conceptual framework with three elements to highlight the richness of the framing effects literature, while providing structure to address its fragmented nature. Our first element identifies and discusses the En...
Publication · June 22, 2026
Consumption and Production of User-Generated Content, Credibility, and Political Participation
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ABSTRACT This study examines how journalistic credibility and consumption of user-generated content (UGC) are related to political participation. Data from a national online survey shows two main pathways. One concerns traditional commu...
Publication · June 22, 2026
A multilevel framework for AI governance
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To realize the potential benefits and mitigate potential risks of AI, it is necessary to develop a framework of governance that conforms to ethics and fundamental human values. Although several organizations have issued guidelines and e...
Publication · June 22, 2026
When AI is Perceived to Be Fairer than a Human: Understanding Perceptions of Algorithmic Decisions in a Job Application Context
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Abstract This study investigates people’s perceptions of AI decision-making as compared to human decision-making within the job application context. It takes into account both favorable and unfavorable outcomes, employing a 2 × 2 experi...
Publication · June 22, 2026
Better Living Through Creepy Technology? Exploring Tensions Between a Novel Class of Well-Being Apps and Affective Discomfort in App Culture
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Well-being apps promise to improve people's lives. Yet evidence shows that the data-hungry app culture that contextualizes well-being apps normalizes the user experience of affective discomfort. This apparent contradiction raises a diff...
Publication · June 22, 2026
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