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This study examines the paradoxical relationship between prosocial content on social media and the self-promotional nature of many social media platforms. Specifically, our study examines how differences in two perceived affordances—persistence and…

The rise of large language models (LLMs) expands opportunities for creating interpersonal messages. Building on artificial intelligent (AI)-mediated
communication (AI-MC), this study examines how people use LLM-based chatbots to generate support…

This study examined whether accuracy nudges and content veracity labels enhance people’s discernment in believing and sharing true versus
false news. Participants in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Hong Kong were shown five true and five…

Building on the idea that subjective evaluations of social media use (SMU) may shape well-being effects, this study investigated how two
“social media mindsets”—agency (perceived control over SMU) and valence (perceived effects of SMU)—relate to…

While authenticity has been identified as pivotal on social media, it has not been studied as part of a broader value ecology shaping content evaluation. Addressing this gap, we investigated users’ evaluations of prominent Instagram genres in…