The Internet has evolved into a ubiquitous and indispensable digital environment in which
people communicate, seek information, and make decisions. Despite offering various …

Consumers disclose their private information to merchants when shopping online or
responding to marketing campaigns despite their privacy concerns. Such disclosure is …

There has been a recent surge of interest in social chatbots, and human–chatbot
relationships (HCRs) are becoming more prevalent, but little knowledge exists on how …

The pervasiveness of social media platforms (SMP) has resulted in users experiencing
feelings associated with the phenomena of fear of missing out (FoMO) and social media …

We investigate the effects of social media influencers'(SMIs) intimate self-disclosure (ISD) on
consumers' intent to purchase products from an endorsed brand through the underlying …

The purpose of this study was to explore the underlying mechanisms through which the use
of social media affects endorser effectiveness. Based on theories related to parasocial …

Chatbots have great potential to serve as a low-cost, effective tool to support people's self-
disclosure. Prior work has shown that reciprocity occurs in human-machine dialog; however …

In the early days of the Internet, both conventional wisdom and scholarship deemed online
communication a threat to well-being. Later research has complicated this picture, offering …

In light of the omnipresence of personal information exchange in the virtual world, this study
examines the effects of Facebook use on privacy perceptions and self-disclosure behaviors …

Chatbots are becoming increasingly popular. One promising application for chatbots is to
elicit people's self-disclosure of their personal experiences, thoughts, and feelings. As …