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Digitalization, AI and the rise of techno-religion: Transhumanist promises and the challenge to Enlightenment 数字化、人工智能和技术宗教的兴起：超人类主义的承诺和对启蒙运动的挑战

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103115

Michael Latzer

Digitalization, currently spearheaded by artificial intelligence, not only disenchants but also re-enchants societies, giving rise to a transhumanism-shaped techno-religion that contests prevailing interpretations of the Enlightenment project in Western societies. This article draws on a long-term perspective on media change and a sociotechnical conception of the digitalization of societies as the Digital Trinity: the co-evolutionary interplay of datafication, algorithmization, and platformization. It argues that this trinity of transformative forces is marked by a transhumanist reinterpretation of Enlightenment and exhibits corresponding techno-religious features. These features are revealed both in societal functions (e.g., handling contingencies, contributing to sensemaking) and in individual experiences of digitalization (e.g., the feedback loop of sacralizing technology and the self). Transhumanist visions of a technically controllable human evolution and transcendence replicate and reinforce belief structures traditionally associated with organized religions. Drawing on critical-theoretical readings of Kant, the article demonstrates how the rise of this techno-religion and its underlying transhumanist reinterpretation of Enlightenment stand in tension with the prevailing Kantian conception of Enlightenment, whose emancipatory aim is to foster “maturity” through critical reason, rationality, and human autonomy. In response, it suggests a next wave of Enlightenment that moves beyond the anthropocentric 18th-century model by combining the safeguarding of traditional values with the overcoming of recognized shortcomings and adaptation to today's highly networked digital realities. It argues for curbing the mystical side of digitalization; reclaiming public discourse from transhumanist mythologies; and reframing human self-understanding within a networked, more ecocentric perspective, for example, by resisting the strong anthropomorphization of technological systems.

目前由人工智能引领的数字化，不仅让社会失去魅力，也让社会重新充满魅力，催生了一种超人类主义形态的技术宗教，与西方社会对启蒙运动的主流解释形成了竞争。本文借鉴了媒体变革的长期视角，以及社会数字化作为数字三位一体的社会技术概念：数据化、算法化和平台化的共同进化相互作用。它认为，这三位一体的变革力量以启蒙运动的超人类主义重新诠释为标志，并表现出相应的技术宗教特征。这些特征既体现在社会功能（例如，处理突发事件，为意义构建做出贡献）中，也体现在数字化的个人体验中（例如，将技术和自我神圣化的反馈回路）。技术上可控的人类进化和超越的超人类主义愿景复制并强化了传统上与有组织的宗教相关的信仰结构。通过对康德批判理论的解读，本文展示了这种技术宗教的兴起及其潜在的对启蒙运动的超人类主义重新解释与盛行的康德启蒙概念是如何对立的，后者的解放目标是通过批判理性、理性和人类自治来培养“成熟”。作为回应，它提出了下一波启蒙运动，通过将维护传统价值观与克服公认的缺点和适应当今高度网络化的数字现实相结合，超越18世纪的人类中心主义模式。它主张遏制数字化的神秘一面；从超人类主义神话中夺回公共话语；在一个网络化的、更以生态为中心的视角中重新构建人类的自我理解，例如，通过抵制技术系统的强烈拟人化。

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The behavioral impact of 5G adoption: Evidence from individual-level transaction data 5G采用对行为的影响：来自个人层面交易数据的证据

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103112

Joseph Lee , Jae-Hyeon Ahn , Jaeho Myeong

The rollout of 5G mobile technology has been anticipated to play a pivotal role in digital transformation, yet rigorous empirical evidence on its behavioral effects remains limited. This study addresses that gap by analyzing individual-level transaction data from South Korea covering October 2018 to December 2019. Employing a difference-in-differences approach with coarsened exact matching, we estimate the causal impact of 5G adoption on consumption patterns across digital and non-digital domains. Results show that 5G adoption increases in the frequency, spending amount, share, and diversity of digital transactions, while non-digital transactions remain unchanged. These effects are particularly strong in non-metropolitan regions, where improvements in network performance trigger larger behavioral responses. Within these regions, younger users and women show especially pronounced increases in digital engagement, while income-related differences are not statistically significant. By providing individual-level evidence on how advanced mobile infrastructure influences real-world consumption behavior, this study contributes to the literature on digital behavior, infrastructure inequality, and the digitalization paradox, with implications for business strategy and public policy.

预计5G移动技术的推出将在数字化转型中发挥关键作用，但有关其行为影响的严格实证证据仍然有限。本研究通过分析韩国2018年10月至2019年12月的个人层面交易数据，解决了这一差距。采用具有粗化精确匹配的差中之差方法，我们估计了5G采用对数字和非数字领域消费模式的因果影响。结果显示，5G的采用在数字交易的频率、支出金额、份额和多样性方面都有所增加，而非数字交易保持不变。这些影响在非大都市地区尤其强烈，在那里，网络性能的改善会引发更大的行为反应。在这些地区，年轻用户和女性用户的数字参与度明显增加，而收入相关的差异在统计上并不显著。通过提供先进移动基础设施如何影响现实世界消费行为的个人层面证据，本研究为数字行为、基础设施不平等和数字化悖论方面的文献做出了贡献，并对商业战略和公共政策产生了影响。

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A scaling law for two-sided networks? Empirical evidence for a mobile payment scheme 双边网络的缩放定律？移动支付方案的经验证据

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103103

Leo Van Hove , Radoslaw Kotkowski , Michal Polasik

Metcalfe's law holds that the value of a communications network is proportional to the square of the number of users. A recent paper proposes a similar scaling ‘law’ for two-sided networks that are subject to indirect network effects: their value would increase with the product of the two network sizes. The present paper operationalises and tests this growth law, with data for the BLIK mobile payment scheme in Poland. We effectively find a strong correlation between our proxy for network value on the one hand and the product of the number of active BLIK users and BLIK-accepting merchants on the other. This is true for both point-of-sale and online transactions. We also show that the value of the BLIK networks exhibits faster-than-linear growth over time. The main driver would appear to be the accelerating, S-shaped uptake of BLIK on the consumer side, rather than acceptance by merchants.

梅特卡夫定律认为，通信网络的价值与用户数量的平方成正比。最近的一篇论文对受间接网络效应影响的双边网络提出了类似的缩放“定律”：它们的价值将随着两个网络规模的乘积而增加。本文运用波兰BLIK移动支付方案的数据，对这一增长规律进行了操作和测试。我们有效地发现，我们的网络价值代理与活跃的BLIK用户和接受BLIK的商家数量的乘积之间存在很强的相关性。对于销售点和在线交易都是如此。我们还表明，随着时间的推移，BLIK网络的价值呈现出比线性更快的增长。主要驱动力似乎是消费者对BLIK的加速s型接受，而不是商家的接受。

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Efficiency and effectiveness of net neutrality rules in the mobile sector: Relevant developments and state of the empirical literature 移动部门网络中立规则的效率和有效性：相关发展和经验文献的状态

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103111

Wolfgang Briglauer , Christopher Yoo

The net neutrality debate, spanning about two decades, has recently undergone revisions in the EU and the UK and encountered divergent policies in the US. These rules significantly influence market power in the ICT ecosystem, shaped by fundamental changes effected by the embrace of sector-specific regulation in the EU and the origin of the net neutrality debate in the US in the early 2000s. Notably, empirical research on the economic impact of net neutrality rules is limited despite the fact that it represents a substantial ex-ante market intervention with uncertain effects towards main market actors. Focusing on the mobile sector, we examine the effectiveness of net neutrality rules in light of key technological and regulatory developments and the efficiency of net neutrality rules in light of the empirical literature. The available empirical literature inidcates that net neutrality regulation is likely to be inefficient, implying negative welfare effects, even more so when the total regulatory costs are taken into account. In contrast, no empirical study supports the arguments of proponents. Moreover, we find that net neutrality policies imposed on only one segment of the Internet value chain have become increasingly ineffective and that EU-style net neutrality regulations will lead to substantial market uncertainties regarding 5G-based services and applications. In terms of efficiency and effectiveness, the “first best” policy recommendation would be to remove obvious over-regulation that impedes investment, such as net neutrality rules. The “second best” policy recommendation in terms of actual political feasibility is that providers of broadband Internet access services should be given more options for pricing and quality design, subject to established ex-post competition law as well as existing sectoral transparency and end-user protections. Alternatively, regulators could consider a principles-based framework subject to a limited scope of ex-ante obligations.

关于网络中立性的辩论持续了大约20年，最近在欧盟和英国经历了修订，在美国遇到了不同的政策。这些规则显著影响着ICT生态系统中的市场力量，而这些力量是由欧盟对特定行业监管的接受以及21世纪初美国网络中立性辩论的起源所带来的根本性变化所塑造的。值得注意的是，关于网络中立规则的经济影响的实证研究是有限的，尽管它代表了对主要市场参与者具有不确定影响的实质性事前市场干预。专注于移动部门，我们根据关键技术和监管发展检查网络中立规则的有效性，并根据实证文献检查网络中立规则的效率。现有的经验文献表明，网络中立性监管可能是低效的，这意味着负面的福利效应，当考虑到总监管成本时更是如此。相比之下，没有实证研究支持支持者的论点。此外，我们发现仅对互联网价值链的一个部分施加的网络中立政策已经变得越来越无效，而欧盟式的网络中立法规将导致基于5g的服务和应用的巨大市场不确定性。就效率和有效性而言，“最佳”政策建议是取消阻碍投资的明显过度监管，例如网络中立规则。就实际的政治可行性而言，“次优”的政策建议是，宽带互联网接入服务的提供商应该在定价和质量设计方面有更多的选择，但要遵守既定的事后竞争法以及现有的部门透明度和最终用户保护。或者，监管机构可以考虑一个基于原则的框架，但受制于有限范围的事前义务。

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Internet use, gender role attitudes, and female labor market outcomes in rural China 互联网使用、性别角色态度与中国农村女性劳动力市场结果

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103108

Nanyan Hu, Yonghao Hu, Jinqian Zhai, Laping Wu

This study draws on seven waves of data from the China General Social Survey (CGSS) to examine the impact of Internet use on labor market outcomes among rural female in China. Employing both ordinary least squares (OLS) and two-stage least squares (2SLS) estimation strategies, we address potential endogeneity concerns and explore the underlying mechanisms of this relationship. The empirical results indicate that Internet use significantly improves rural female’s labor market outcomes by increasing their likelihood of engaging in off-farm employment, extending working hours, and raising annual wages. These positive effects are pronounced among female who are younger, have fewer children, and possess higher levels of education. Mechanism analysis shows that Internet use improves employment outcomes by promoting more egalitarian gender role attitudes. Moreover, Internet use improves the quality of female employment, primarily reflected in the signing of labor contracts, access to employment-related social security, and increased job satisfaction. By focusing on the often-overlooked group of rural female workers, this study contributes to the growing literature on digitalization and labor market outcomes, shedding light on the role of online access in promoting female’s economic empowerment.

本研究利用中国综合社会调查（CGSS）的七波数据来考察互联网使用对中国农村女性劳动力市场结果的影响。采用普通最小二乘（OLS）和两阶段最小二乘（2SLS）估计策略，我们解决了潜在的内生性问题，并探讨了这种关系的潜在机制。实证结果表明，互联网的使用通过增加农村女性从事非农就业的可能性、延长工作时间和提高年工资显著改善了农村女性的劳动力市场结果。这些积极影响在年轻、孩子少、教育水平高的女性中表现得尤为明显。机制分析表明，互联网使用通过促进更平等的性别角色态度来改善就业结果。此外，互联网的使用提高了女性的就业质量，主要体现在劳动合同的签订、获得与就业相关的社会保障以及工作满意度的提高。通过关注经常被忽视的农村女工群体，本研究为越来越多的关于数字化和劳动力市场结果的文献做出了贡献，揭示了在线访问在促进女性经济赋权方面的作用。

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Analyzing the dynamics of the SVOD market in the EU-27: Factors influencing user subscriptions and revenue growth 分析欧盟27国SVOD市场的动态：影响用户订阅和收入增长的因素

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103110

Athanasios Papathanasopoulos, Dimitris Varoutas

Subscription Video-on-Demand (SVOD) platforms play a dominant role within the European Over-the-Top (OTT) media landscape, securing a substantial share of the digital media market. This study investigates the key drivers behind SVOD growth across the EU-27, focusing on the convergence of broadband infrastructure, smart device adoption, and investment in original content from 2017 to 2023. Employing fixed-effects models and descriptive statistics, the analysis identifies the critical factors influencing SVOD market expansion, including fixed broadband subscriptions, average broadband speed, and the increasing proliferation of smart devices, specifically smartphones and smart remote controls. Findings reveal that SVOD platforms outperform alternative models such as Advertising-based Video-on-Demand (AVOD) and Transactional Video-on-Demand (TVOD) in revenue generation, despite AVOD leading in user adoption. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic served as a catalyst for SVOD adoption, temporarily accelerating subscription rates and content consumption before user behavior normalized in the post-pandemic period. This study demonstrates that robust telecommunications infrastructure and smart technologies accelerate shifts in media consumption patterns and drive revenue growth.

订阅视频点播（SVOD）平台在欧洲OTT媒体领域占据主导地位，确保了数字媒体市场的巨大份额。本研究调查了欧盟27国SVOD增长背后的关键驱动因素，重点关注2017年至2023年宽带基础设施的融合、智能设备的采用和原创内容的投资。采用固定效应模型和描述性统计，该分析确定了影响SVOD市场扩张的关键因素，包括固定宽带用户、平均宽带速度以及智能设备（特别是智能手机和智能遥控器）的日益普及。调查结果显示，SVOD平台在创收方面优于其他模式，如基于广告的视频点播（AVOD）和交易视频点播（TVOD），尽管AVOD在用户采用率方面领先。此外，COVID-19大流行成为SVOD采用的催化剂，在大流行后用户行为正常化之前，暂时提高了订阅率和内容消费。这项研究表明，强大的电信基础设施和智能技术加速了媒体消费模式的转变，并推动了收入的增长。

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AI literacy for safe deployment: Cross-national evidence on the interaction between talent and governance 安全部署的人工智能素养：人才与治理之间相互作用的跨国证据

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103106

Jeong-Ah Park , Chang Hyun Kim , Hye-Jin Kim

This study investigates how national AI literacy and its operating environment jointly shape the frequency of AI-related incidents and hazards across countries. Drawing on cross-national panel data from 62 countries between 2014 and 2024, we integrate AI incident reports from the OECD AI Incidents Monitor with indicators from the Tortoise Global AI Index. AI literacy is proxied by the AI Talent Index, capturing the human capital available for AI development and deployment, while the AI Operating Environment Index reflects institutional and regulatory conditions supporting responsible AI use. Using a correlated random effects negative binomial model, we find that countries with higher AI literacy are associated with higher expected counts of reported AI-related incidents, consistent with greater exposure and capture. However, this relationship is significantly mitigated in countries with more mature operating environments. The interaction between AI talent and governance demonstrates a complementary risk-mitigation effect: in environments with robust safeguards, higher AI literacy leads to lower expected incident counts compared to environments with high literacy but weak governance. These findings suggest that building human capital without adequate governance may increase societal risk, and that effective AI policy must align investments in talent with regulatory infrastructure. Our results underscore the need for integrated national strategies to promote both capability and accountability in the era of rapidly advancing AI.

本研究调查了各国的人工智能素养及其运行环境如何共同影响各国人工智能相关事件和危害的频率。根据2014年至2024年间来自62个国家的跨国面板数据，我们将经合组织人工智能事件监测的人工智能事件报告与乌龟全球人工智能指数的指标相结合。人工智能素养由人工智能人才指数代表，该指数反映了可用于人工智能开发和部署的人力资本，而人工智能运营环境指数反映了支持负责任地使用人工智能的制度和监管条件。使用相关随机效应负二项模型，我们发现人工智能素养较高的国家报告的人工智能相关事件的预期数量较高，这与更多的曝光和捕获相一致。然而，在经营环境较为成熟的国家，这种关系明显减弱。人工智能人才和治理之间的相互作用表明了一种互补的风险缓解效应：在具有强大保障措施的环境中，与具有高素养但治理薄弱的环境相比，较高的人工智能素养会导致较低的预期事件计数。这些研究结果表明，在没有适当治理的情况下建设人力资本可能会增加社会风险，有效的人工智能政策必须使人才投资与监管基础设施保持一致。我们的研究结果强调，在人工智能快速发展的时代，需要制定综合的国家战略，以促进能力和问责制。

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When “more is less”: Connecting for a better life in rural Mexico 当“多即是少”：在墨西哥农村连接更好的生活

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103054

Jorge Mora-Rivera , Fernando García-Mora , Manuel Cavazos-Castro

A growing body of literature has shown that Internet penetration boosts economic development. However, the impact of mobile Internet coverage on social backwardness is not well-documented, especially in rural settings. On the one hand, mobile Internet coverage reduces transaction costs and facilitates access to new markets, offering significant benefits to remote rural villages. On the other hand, unequal diffusion of the mobile Internet may exacerbate the digital divide, preventing the most deprived villages from taking full advantage of its benefits. Using an ordered probit model with instrumental variables and a dataset that integrates novel and spatial data on the 3G and 4G coverage of major mobile network operators, official information on social backwardness, and data from National Population and Housing Censuses, this paper examines whether mobile Internet coverage impacts social backwardness in rural Mexico considering the endogeneity of Internet diffusion. Our results suggest that mobile Internet coverage reduces social backwardness, thereby helping to mitigate social inequality among populations residing in rural Mexican villages. Moreover, the evidence indicates that the combined presence of both 3G and 4G technologies yields a slightly greater impact on diminishing social backwardness than either technology alone. These findings highlight the need to strengthen public-private collaborations and public intervention aimed at expanding mobile Internet coverage across rural Mexico.

越来越多的文献表明，互联网的普及促进了经济发展。然而，移动互联网覆盖对社会落后的影响并没有得到很好的证明，特别是在农村地区。一方面，移动互联网的覆盖降低了交易成本，促进了进入新市场，为偏远农村带来了巨大的好处。另一方面，移动互联网的不平等扩散可能加剧数字鸿沟，使最贫困的村庄无法充分利用其好处。本文利用一个带有工具变量的有序概率模型，以及一个整合了主要移动网络运营商3G和4G覆盖的新数据和空间数据、社会落后的官方信息以及国家人口和住房普查数据的数据集，研究了考虑到互联网扩散的内质性，移动互联网覆盖是否会影响墨西哥农村的社会落后。我们的研究结果表明，移动互联网的覆盖减少了社会落后，从而有助于缓解居住在墨西哥农村人口之间的社会不平等。此外，有证据表明，3G和4G技术的结合对减少社会落后的影响略大于单独使用任何一种技术。这些发现强调了加强公私合作和公共干预的必要性，旨在扩大墨西哥农村地区的移动互联网覆盖范围。

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The evolution of the digital economy: Comparative insights from China and the United States, 1995–2020 数字经济的演变：1995-2020年中美两国的比较分析

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103075

Khuong Vu , Yiya Lu , Saya Shiba

This paper examines the evolution of the digital economy in China and the United States from 1995 to 2020, highlighting both convergence and enduring asymmetries. Using harmonized input–output data, digital value-added is decomposed into ICT production, backward linkages, and digital transformation of non-ICT sectors. China's digital economy grew nearly ninefold—four times the pace of the U.S.—raising its relative scale from under 20 % to almost 80 % of the U.S. level. Yet the convergence is uneven. China has overtaken the U.S. in ICT hardware and telecommunications, driven by global value chain integration, FDI, and state-led industrial policy, but continues to lag significantly in software, IT services, and digital content, where the U.S. retains a decisive lead. To capture these dynamics, the paper introduces a “catch-up pace” metric, showing how structural divergence between China's infrastructure-driven model and the U.S.’s innovation-led model is intensifying strategic competition and heightening the risk of digital trade conflict.

本文考察了1995年至2020年中国和美国数字经济的演变，强调了趋同和持久的不对称。利用统一的投入产出数据，将数字增值分解为ICT生产、后向联系和非ICT部门的数字化转型。中国的数字经济增长了近9倍，是美国的4倍，其相对规模从不到美国的20%提高到近80%。然而，这种融合是不平衡的。在全球价值链整合、外国直接投资和国家主导的产业政策的推动下，中国在ICT硬件和电信领域超过了美国，但在软件、IT服务和数字内容领域仍然明显落后，而美国在这些领域保持着决定性的领先地位。为了捕捉这些动态，本文引入了一个“追赶速度”指标，展示了中国基础设施驱动模式与美国创新主导模式之间的结构性差异如何加剧战略竞争，并增加了数字贸易冲突的风险。

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Mapping the rise of virtual influencers: A bibliometric analysis 描绘虚拟影响者的崛起：文献计量学分析

IF 6.4 2区管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION

Telecommunications Policy

Pub Date : 2025-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.103071

Anna Pujadas-Gómez , Mònika Jiménez-Morales , Mireia Montaña-Blasco

Virtual influencers (VIs), AI-driven digital personas designed for social media engagement and brand promotion, have become increasingly influential in digital marketing. This bibliometric analysis maps the academic landscape of virtual influencer research, identifying key trends, influential authors, dominant themes, and methodological approaches. Using Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus as primary databases, 183 publications were analyzed, revealing a substantial rise in research interest since 2020. The findings indicate that most studies focus on consumer behavior, branding, and advertising effectiveness, while aspects such as social effects, ethical considerations, or human-computer interaction remain underexplored. Findings from this review emphasize the need for more diverse theoretical frameworks and interdisciplinary research to capture the full impact of virtual influencers in digital culture. Future research should expand beyond marketing-focused analyses to explore their societal, psychological, and regulatory effects.

虚拟影响者（VIs）是为社交媒体参与和品牌推广而设计的人工智能驱动的数字角色，在数字营销中越来越有影响力。这个文献计量分析绘制了虚拟影响者研究的学术景观，确定了关键趋势、有影响力的作者、主导主题和方法方法。以Web of Science （WoS）和Scopus为主要数据库，对183篇出版物进行了分析，发现自2020年以来，研究兴趣大幅上升。研究结果表明，大多数研究都集中在消费者行为、品牌和广告效果上，而社会效应、伦理考虑或人机交互等方面仍未得到充分探讨。本综述的研究结果强调需要更多样化的理论框架和跨学科研究，以捕捉虚拟影响者在数字文化中的全部影响。未来的研究应该超越以市场为中心的分析，探索它们的社会、心理和监管效应。

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