Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVERTISING
Volume 40, Issue 8, Pages 1366-1384Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02650487.2021.1982529
Keywords
Artificial intelligence (AI); psychological distance; recommendation agent; construal level theory (CLT); anthropomorphism
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- Ministry of education of the Republic of Korea
- National Research Foundation of Korea [NRF-2019S1A3A2099973]
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This study examines the impact of perceived similarity and psychological distance on the persuasion of AI recommendation agents. Results show that psychological distance is crucial in determining the effectiveness of messages in health-related issues.
Artificial intelligence (AI) plays various roles in our daily lives, such as personal assistant, salesperson, and virtual counselors; thus, it stands out in various fields as a recommendation agent. This study explored the effects of perceived similarity and psychological distance on the persuasion of AI recommendation agents through two experiments. Results of Experiment 1 elucidated that individuals feel more psychologically distant when they interact with AI recommendation agents than with human agents as a result of a different level of perceived similarity. Furthermore, psychological distance plays a mediating role in determining the effectiveness of desirability- vs. feasibility-focused messages in health-related issues. In Experiment 2, we manipulated the AI speaker's level of perceived similarity via anthropomorphism and found that the AI's recommendation with secondary (vs. primary) features is more effective when AI is humanized, and the reverse was found in non-humanized AI conditions. Both theoretical and managerial implications are provided.
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