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Perceptual identification of oral and nasalized vowels across American English and British English listeners and TTS voices 美式英语、英式英语听者和 TTS 语音对口型元音和鼻化元音的感知识别
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1307547
Jakub Gwizdzinski, Santiago Barreda, Christopher Carignan, Georgia Zellou
Nasal coarticulation is when the lowering of the velum for a nasal consonant co-occurs with the production of an adjacent vowel, causing the vowel to become (at least partially) nasalized. In the case of anticipatory nasal coarticulation, enhanced coarticulatory magnitude on the vowel facilitates the identification of an upcoming nasal coda consonant. However, nasalization also affects the acoustic properties of the vowel, including formant frequencies. Thus, while anticipatory nasalization may help facilitate perception of a nasal coda consonant, it may at the same time cause difficulty in the correct identification of preceding vowels. Prior work suggests that the temporal degree of nasal coarticulation is greater in American English (US) than British English (UK), yet the perceptual consequences of these differences have not been explored. The current study investigates perceptual confusions for oral and nasalized vowels in US and UK TTS voices by US and UK listeners. We use TTS voices, in particular, to explore these perceptual consequences during human-computer interaction, which is increasing due to the rise of speech-enabled devices. Listeners heard words with oral and nasal codas produced by US and UK voices, masked with noise, and made lexical identifications from a set of options varying in vowel and coda contrasts. We find the strongest effect of speaker dialect on accurate word selection: overall accuracy is highest for UK Oral Coda words (83%) and lower for US Oral Coda words (67%); the lowest accuracy was for words with Nasal Codas in both dialects (UK Nasal = 61%; US Nasal = 60%). Error patterns differed across dialects: both listener groups made more errors in identifying nasal codas in words produced in UK English than those produced in US English. Yet, the rate of errors in identifying the quality of nasalized vowels was similarly lower than that of oral vowels across both varieties. We discuss the implications of these results for cross-dialectal coarticulatory variation, human-computer interaction, and perceptually driven sound change.
鼻音共鸣是指在发出相邻元音的同时降低鼻辅音的舌尖,导致元音(至少部分)鼻化。在预期鼻音共鸣的情况下,元音上增强的共鸣幅度有助于识别即将出现的鼻尾辅音。然而,鼻化也会影响元音的声学特性,包括声门频率。因此,虽然预期鼻化可能有助于促进对鼻尾辅音的感知,但同时也可能给正确识别前面的元音带来困难。先前的研究表明,美式英语(US)的鼻音共时程度大于英式英语(UK),但这些差异的感知后果尚未得到探讨。本研究调查了美国和英国听者对美国和英国 TTS 语音中口音元音和鼻化元音的感知混淆。我们特别使用 TTS 语音来探讨人机交互过程中的这些感知后果,由于语音设备的兴起,人机交互正在日益增多。听者听到了由美国和英国声音发出的带有口音和鼻音尾音的单词,这些单词被噪声掩盖,听者从一组元音和尾音对比不同的选项中进行词性识别。我们发现说话者的方言对准确选词的影响最大:英国口语尾音单词的总体准确率最高(83%),美国口语尾音单词的准确率较低(67%);两种方言中鼻音尾音单词的准确率最低(英国鼻音=61%;美国鼻音=60%)。不同方言的错误模式也不同:两组听者在识别英国英语中的鼻音尾音时所犯的错误都比美国英语中的多。然而,在识别鼻化元音的质量方面,两种方言的错误率同样低于口化元音。我们讨论了这些结果对跨方言共发音变异、人机交互和知觉驱动的声音变化的影响。
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Changes in industry marketing of electronic nicotine delivery systems on social media following FDA's prioritized enforcement policy: a content analysis of Instagram and Twitter posts FDA 优先执法政策出台后,电子尼古丁输送系统行业在社交媒体上的营销变化:Instagram 和 Twitter 帖子内容分析
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-11 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1274098
Jamie Guillory, Sarah Trigger, Ashley Ross, Stephanie Lane, Annice Kim, James Nonnemaker, Sherry T. Liu, Kimberly Snyder, Janine Delahanty
In February 2020, FDA prioritized enforcement of flavored (other than tobacco- or menthol-flavored) cartridge-based electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) without premarket authorization. To explore potential marketing changes, we conducted a content analysis of brands' social media posts, comparing devices and flavors before/after the policy.We sampled up to three posts before (November 6, 2019–February 5, 2020) and after the policy (February 6–May 6, 2020) from brands' Instagram (n = 33) and Twitter (n = 30) accounts (N = 302 posts). Two analysts coded posts for device type and flavor. We summarized coded frequencies by device, flavor, and device-flavor combination, and by platform.In posts mentioning devices and flavors, those featuring flavored (other than tobacco- or menthol-flavored) cartridge-based devices (before: 2.5%; after: 0%) or tobacco- or menthol-flavored cartridge-based devices (before: 0%; after: 2.8%) were uncommon while any flavor disposables were most common (before: 10.8%; after: 14.6%) particularly after the policy. Half of posts featured devices without flavor (before: 50.0%; after: 50.0%) and one-fifth had no device or flavor references (before: 21.5%; after: 18.8%).In the months before and after the policy, it appears ENDS brands were not using social media to market flavored (excluding tobacco- or menthol-flavored) cartridge-based ENDS (i.e., explicitly prioritized) or tobacco- or menthol-flavored cartridge-based devices (i.e., explicitly not prioritized). Brands were largely not advertising specific flavored products, but rather devices without mentioning flavor (e.g., open/refillable, disposable devices). We presented a snapshot of what consumers saw on social media around the time of the policy, which is important to understanding strategies to reach consumers in an evolving ENDS landscape.
2020 年 2 月,美国食品药品管理局(FDA)对未经上市前授权的调味(非烟草味或薄荷味)盒装电子尼古丁给药系统(ENDS)进行了优先执法。为了探讨潜在的营销变化,我们对品牌在社交媒体上发布的帖子进行了内容分析,比较了政策实施前后的设备和口味。我们从品牌的Instagram(n = 33)和Twitter(n = 30)账户(N = 302条帖子)中抽取了政策实施前(2019年11月6日-2020年2月5日)和政策实施后(2020年2月6日-5月6日)的最多三条帖子。两名分析师对帖子的设备类型和口味进行了编码。在提及设备和口味的帖子中,有口味(除烟草味或薄荷味)的盒式设备(之前:2.5%;之后:0%)或有烟草味或薄荷味的盒式设备(之前:0%;之后:2.8%)的帖子并不常见,而任何口味的一次性设备最常见(之前:10.8%;之后:14.6%),尤其是在政策实施之后。在政策出台前后的几个月中,ENDS 品牌似乎没有使用社交媒体来推销有味道(不包括烟草或薄荷味道)的盒装 ENDS(即明确优先),也没有推销有烟草或薄荷味道的盒装设备(即明确不优先)。品牌基本上没有宣传特定口味的产品,而是宣传未提及口味的设备(如开放式/可充装、一次性设备)。我们展示了消费者在政策出台前后在社交媒体上看到的情况,这对于了解在不断变化的 ENDS 环境中接触消费者的策略非常重要。
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Understanding public preferences for learning about uncertain science: measurement and individual difference correlates 了解公众对学习不确定科学的偏好:测量与个体差异的相关性
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-08 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1245786
Chelsea L. Ratcliff, Blue Harvill, Rebekah Wicke
Although uncertainty is inherent in science, public audiences vary in their openness to information about preliminary discoveries and the caveats and limitations of research. These preferences shape responses to science communication, and science communicators often adapt messaging based on assumed preferences. However, there has not been a validated instrument for examining these preferences. Here, we present an instrument to capture preferences for information about uncertainty in science, validated with a large U.S. adult sample. Factor analysis results show that preferring certain scientific information and preferring uncertain scientific information are orthogonal constructs requiring separate measures. The final Preference for Information about Uncertain Science (or “PIUS-11”) scale comprises two dimensions: preferring complete information (i.e., caveats, limitations, and hedging included) and being open to learning about preliminary science. The final Preference for Certain Science Information (or “PCSI-9”) scale comprises two dimensions: preferring streamlined information (i.e., caveats, limitations, and hedging removed) and preferring to learn only about established science. We present psychometric properties of each scale and report observed relationships between each set of preferences and an individual's scientific understanding, trust in science, need for cognitive closure, and sociodemographic factors.
虽然不确定性是科学固有的,但公众对初步发现以及研究的警告和局限性的信息的开放程度各不相同。这些偏好塑造了对科学传播的反应,而科学传播者经常根据假设的偏好来调整信息传递。然而,还没有一个有效的工具来检查这些偏好。在这里,我们提出了一种工具来捕捉对科学中不确定性信息的偏好,并通过大量美国成年人样本进行了验证。因子分析结果表明,偏好确定的科学信息和偏好不确定的科学信息是需要单独测量的正交结构。对不确定科学信息的最终偏好(或“PIUS-11”)量表包括两个维度:偏好完整的信息(即,包括警告、限制和对冲),以及对初步科学的学习持开放态度。对某些科学信息的最终偏好(或“PCSI-9”)量表包括两个维度:更喜欢精简的信息(即,警告,限制和对冲删除),更喜欢只学习已建立的科学。我们展示了每个量表的心理测量特性,并报告了观察到的每组偏好与个人的科学理解、对科学的信任、认知封闭需求和社会人口因素之间的关系。
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The semantic map of when and its typological parallels 何时的语义图及其类型相似性
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-08 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1163431
Dag Haug, N. Pedrazzini
In this paper, we explore the semantic map of the English temporal connective when and its parallels in more than 1,000 languages drawn from a parallel corpus of New Testament translations. We show that there is robust evidence for a cross-linguistic distinction between universal and existentialWHEN. We also see tentative evidence that innovation in this area involves recruiting new items for universal WHEN which gradually can take over the existential usage. Another possible distinction that we see is between serialized events, which tend to be expressed with non-lexified constructions and framing/backgrounding constructions, which favor an explicit subordinator.
在本文中,我们从新约翻译的平行语料库中提取了1000多种语言的英语时间连接词及其相似之处,探讨了它们的语义地图。我们表明,有强有力的证据表明,普遍的和存在的时间之间存在跨语言的区别。我们还看到初步证据表明,这一领域的创新包括为通用WHEN招募新项目,这将逐渐取代存在用法。我们看到的另一个可能的区别是序列化事件之间的区别,序列化事件倾向于用非弹性结构来表达,而框架/背景结构则倾向于明确的从属结构。
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Digital participation in traumatic brain injury: scoping review about assessment tools for computer-mediated communication 创伤性脑损伤中的数字化参与:计算机辅助交流评估工具的范围审查
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1221149
Julia Büttner-Kunert, Julia Royko, Katharina Resch, Nathalie Heider, Zofia Falkowska
Individuals with chronic traumatic brain injury (TBI) are often affected by communication disorders which might have an impact on their social participation. Due to possible cognitive and communicative disabilities, as well as impairments of social cognitive skills, individuals with TBI have been observed to exhibit difficulties in maintaining and establishing social relationships, resulting in a greater risk of social isolation. This applies to both in-person as well as computer-mediated communication (CMC), which is considered an integral part of everyday life. Research on digital participation in the TBI population has focused on the possible challenges and barriers, but also on the benefits of CMC for social interactions. Guidelines from professional societies recommend questionnaires and checklists for assessing restrictions of communicative participation (e.g., ASHA, INCOG). However, there is no overview of whether the available instruments can capture digital aspects of participation or social media use in TBI.In this scoping review, following the PRISMA criteria, we aimed to provide an overview over currently available instruments that help assess CMC use as a measure of digital participation in the TBI population.The databases Web of Science Core Collection, Ovid, PsycInfo and Psyndex were screened for publications between the years 2013 and 2023 with relevant search terms referring to social participation, assessment tools, CMC and the target group, in order to find suitable tools to assess digital participation in individuals with TBI. In a multistage selection process following the PRISMA criteria, the instruments found were examined in terms of items that assess digital participation. The outcome of the review is an overview of the status quo of potentially available instruments that capture aspects of CMC.Following a screening on title/abstract and full-text level, a total of 10 studies could be identified that present assessment tools that evaluate CMC use as a measure of digital participation in the TBI population. Said studies were analyzed and compared in terms of content according to the selected parameters.Digital participation is an important aspect of everyday lives for individuals with TBI. Therefore, CMC should be an integral part of rehabilitation. The existing appropriate questionnaires uncovered in the current study should therefore be applied routinely to detect impairments in CMC and digital participation. Overall, however, there is still a great need for research in the field of CMC, both regarding methods for measuring digital participation disorders as well as resources.https://www.germanistik.uni-muenchen.de/forschung/proj_gl/review_participation_tbi.pdf.
慢性创伤性脑损伤(TBI)患者往往受到沟通障碍的影响,这可能会影响他们的社会参与。由于可能存在认知和交流障碍,以及社会认知技能受损,据观察,创伤性脑损伤患者在维持和建立社会关系方面表现出困难,从而导致更大的社会孤立风险。这既适用于面对面的交流,也适用于计算机媒介的交流(CMC),这被认为是日常生活中不可或缺的一部分。对TBI人群数字参与的研究主要集中在可能的挑战和障碍上,但也集中在CMC对社会互动的好处上。专业协会的指南建议使用问卷和检查表来评估交流参与的限制(例如,ASHA, INCOG)。然而,对于可用的工具是否能够捕捉TBI中参与或社交媒体使用的数字方面,并没有概述。在本次范围审查中,我们遵循PRISMA标准,旨在概述当前可用的工具,这些工具有助于评估CMC的使用情况,以衡量TBI人群的数字参与情况。在Web of Science Core Collection、Ovid、PsycInfo和Psyndex数据库中筛选2013年至2023年间的出版物,检索词包括社会参与、评估工具、CMC和目标群体,以找到合适的工具来评估TBI个体的数字参与。在遵循PRISMA标准的多阶段选择过程中,根据评估数字参与的项目对所发现的工具进行了检查。审查的结果是对捕获CMC各方面的潜在可用工具的现状进行概述。在对标题/摘要和全文进行筛选后,总共可以确定10项研究,这些研究提供了评估CMC使用情况的评估工具,以衡量TBI人群的数字参与情况。根据所选参数对所述研究的内容进行分析和比较。数字参与是TBI患者日常生活的一个重要方面。因此,CMC应该是康复的一个组成部分。因此,当前研究中发现的现有适当的问卷应常规应用于检测CMC和数字参与的损害。然而,总体而言,CMC领域仍有很大的研究需求,无论是测量数字参与障碍的方法还是资源。https://www.germanistik.uni-muenchen.de/forschung/proj_gl/review_participation_tbi.pdf。
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Health vs. privacy. How Norwegian public authorities and news media framed the newly developed digital contact tracing app “Smittestopp” under the COVID-19 pandemic 健康与隐私。挪威公共机构和新闻媒体如何在COVID-19疫情中使用新开发的数字联系人追踪应用程序 "Smittestopp"。
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-06 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1231304
Anne-Maren Karlberg, Melanie Magin
In spring 2020, shortly after the outbreak of the Coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19), Norway introduced the digital contract tracing app “Smittestopp” (“Stop infection”) as a measure to combat the pandemic. The launch was accompanied by scientific uncertainties about the technology: the app had been developed at lightning speed and hardly been tested, and its effects were unclear. It did not become a success, was strongly underused and soon had to be discontinued due to privacy issues. Our study starts from the assumption that in this situation of uncertainty about the technology, combined with and resulting from a lack of user experience, the app's public portrayal was a decisive factor for this outcome. We investigate the framing of “Smittestopp” in press releases by Norwegian public authorities and in news articles. By means of a qualitative content analysis, we identify 11 frames and uncover the opposition between health considerations and privacy concerns as central conflict line. In their press releases, the public authorities did not use frames very strategically. The news media provided diverse frames but at the same time focused relatively strongly on privacy issues that ultimately led to the app's discontinuation.
2020年春天,在2019年冠状病毒病(COVID-19)爆发后不久,挪威推出了数字合同跟踪应用程序“Smittestopp”(“停止感染”),作为应对这一流行病的措施。该应用的发布伴随着科学上的不确定性:该应用以闪电般的速度开发,几乎没有经过测试,其效果也不清楚。它并没有取得成功,没有得到充分利用,很快就因为隐私问题不得不停产。我们的研究从这样一个假设开始,即在这种技术不确定的情况下,再加上缺乏用户体验,应用程序的公众形象是导致这一结果的决定性因素。我们调查的框架“smiteststop”在挪威公共当局的新闻稿和新闻文章。通过定性内容分析,我们确定了11个框架,并揭示了健康考虑和隐私关注之间的对立,作为中心冲突线。在他们的新闻稿中,公共当局并没有很有策略地使用框架。新闻媒体提供了不同的框架,但同时相对强烈地关注隐私问题,这最终导致了这款应用的停产。
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The impacts of tobacco control legislation on public view of e-cigarette usage in Macao—The co-word analysis of Macao daily 控烟立法对澳门公众使用电子烟看法的影响--《澳门日报》的共词分析
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-05 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1196744
Kin-Sun Chan, Jing Xu, Rui Zhang, Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang, Yu Chen, Heng Zhang, Shiyu Liu, Aimei Mao, Guanwen Pu, Johnny Ka fai Au
Macao has been certified as a “Healthy City” by the World Health Organization, and has been adhering to the principle of combining prevention with proper medical care to build its medical system. As tobacco epidemic is a risk factor leading to a series of non-communicable diseases, the Macao SAR Government has continuously improved tobacco control measures.The data for this study were derived from a news report on “e-cigarettes” published in Macao Daily. Co-word analysis and thematic analysis were conducted to analyze the development of tobacco control legislation against e-cigarettes. Co-word analysis examined the association and frequency of keywords, while thematic analysis identified prevalent themes within the data.The study identified three stages of legislation against e-cigarettes: the pre-implementation stage, the early implementation stage, and the epidemic period. Each stage exhibited distinct characteristics and attention toward specific groups, particularly “teenagers” and “students,” increased significantly. Thematic analysis further highlighted the potential issues of drug use and smuggling associated with e-cigarettes.The findings suggest that the Macao SAR Government should prioritize the development of healthy behaviors among adolescents in the context of e-cigarette control. Additionally, considering regional cooperation to promote the “Healthy Bay Area” could be beneficial. Social media platforms and effective data management should be utilized as tools in these efforts.
澳门被世界卫生组织认定为“健康城市”,坚持预防与医疗相结合的原则,建设医疗体系。由于烟草流行是导致一系列非传染性疾病的危险因素,澳门特区政府不断完善控烟措施。本研究的数据来源于《澳门日报》发表的一篇关于“电子烟”的新闻报道。通过共词分析和专题分析来分析电子烟控烟立法的发展情况。共词分析检查了关键词的关联和频率,而主题分析确定了数据中的流行主题。该研究确定了针对电子烟立法的三个阶段:实施前阶段、实施早期阶段和流行期。每个阶段都表现出不同的特征,对特定群体的关注显著增加,尤其是“青少年”和“学生”。专题分析进一步强调了与电子烟有关的吸毒和走私的潜在问题。研究结果提示,澳门特区政府应在电子烟控制的背景下优先考虑青少年健康行为的发展。此外,考虑通过区域合作促进“健康湾区”也是有益的。应利用社交媒体平台和有效的数据管理作为这些努力的工具。
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Improving lexical retrieval with LingoTalk: an app-based, self-administered treatment for clients with aphasia 利用 LingoTalk 改善词汇检索:基于应用程序的失语症患者自我管理疗法
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1210193
Judith Heide, Jonka Netzebandt, Stine Ahrens, Julia Brüsch, Teresa Saalfrank, Dorit Schmitz-Antonischki
LingoTalk is a German speech-language app designed to enhance lexical retrieval in individuals with aphasia. It incorporates automatic speech recognition (ASR) to provide therapist-independent feedback. The execution and effectiveness of a self-administered intervention with LingoTalk was explored in a case series study.Three individuals with chronic aphasia participated in a highly individualized, supervised self-administered intervention lasting 3 weeks. The LingoTalk app closely monitored the frequency, intensity and progress of the intervention. Treatment efficacy was assessed using a multiple baseline design, examining both item-specific treatment effects and generalization to untreated items, an untreated task, and spontaneous speech.All participants successfully completed the intervention with LingoTalk, although one participant was not able to use the ASR feature. None of the participants fully adhered to the treatment protocol. All participants demonstrated significant and sustained improvement in the naming of practiced items, although there was limited evidence of generalization. Additionally, there was a slight reduction in word-finding difficulties during spontaneous speech.This small-scale study indicates that self-administered intervention with LingoTalk can improve oral naming of treated items. Thus, it has the potential to complement face-to-face speech-language therapy, such as within in a “flipped speech room” approach. The choice of feedback mode is discussed. Transparent progress monitoring of the intervention appears to positively influence patients' motivation.
LingoTalk是一款德语语音应用程序,旨在增强失语症患者的词汇检索能力。它结合了自动语音识别(ASR)来提供独立于治疗师的反馈。在一个案例系列研究中,探讨了使用LingoTalk进行自我管理干预的执行和有效性。三名慢性失语症患者参加了一项高度个性化、有监督的自我管理干预,持续3周。LingoTalk应用程序密切监测干预的频率、强度和进展。使用多基线设计评估治疗效果,检查项目特异性治疗效果和对未处理项目、未处理任务和自发言语的推广。所有参与者都成功地完成了使用LingoTalk的干预,尽管有一名参与者无法使用ASR功能。没有一个参与者完全遵守治疗方案。尽管泛化的证据有限,但所有参与者在命名练习项目方面都表现出显著和持续的改善。此外,在自发讲话时,找词困难也略有减少。这项小规模的研究表明,使用LingoTalk进行自我干预可以改善治疗物品的口腔命名。因此,它具有补充面对面语言治疗的潜力,例如在“翻转演讲室”方法中。讨论了反馈方式的选择。透明的干预进度监测似乎对患者的动机产生积极影响。
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The influence of key opinion leaders on consumers' purchasing intention regarding green fashion products 主要意见领袖对消费者购买绿色时尚产品意向的影响
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-12-01 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1296174
Khanh Vi Tran, Takuro Uehara
Using Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) is an emerging marketing strategy to promote green fashion products. However, research on the influence of KOLs on consumers' purchase intentions for green fashion products remains insufficient. Therefore, this study investigated how KOLs gained consumer trust and affected their green purchase intentions by applying the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) framework. Based on a literature review, this study considers KOL features, including reputation, perceived fit, and production involvement, and KOL content features, including content quality, aesthetic quality, and interactive content. To empirically verify these relationships, we conducted an online survey of Vietnamese consumers. We collected four hundred valid responses and employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to test the hypotheses based on the SOR framework. Of the six latent variables, KOL's perceived fit and interactive content were positively associated with consumer trust and strengthened their intention to make green purchases. Given the limited knowledge and low awareness of organizations of green products, this study recommends leveraging KOLs as a powerful marketing method to provide consumers with a more comprehensive understanding of the benefits associated with green fashion products. Furthermore, the limited applicability of the SOR framework (two of the six latent variables were significant) reveals the need for more studies on KOLs by further testing the SOR framework in different contexts or using alternative frameworks.
利用关键意见领袖(kol)来推广绿色时尚产品是一种新兴的营销策略。然而,关于意见领袖对消费者绿色时尚产品购买意愿影响的研究还不够。因此,本研究运用刺激-有机体-反应(SOR)框架来研究意见领袖如何获得消费者信任并影响其绿色购买意愿。在文献综述的基础上,本研究考虑了KOL特征,包括声誉、感知契合度和生产参与,以及KOL内容特征,包括内容质量、审美质量和互动内容。为了从经验上验证这些关系,我们对越南消费者进行了一次在线调查。我们收集了400份有效问卷,采用结构方程模型(SEM)对基于SOR框架的假设进行检验。在六个潜在变量中,KOL的感知契合度和互动内容与消费者信任呈正相关,并增强了消费者的绿色购买意愿。鉴于组织对绿色产品的知识和意识有限,本研究建议利用意见领袖作为一种强有力的营销方法,让消费者更全面地了解绿色时尚产品的好处。此外,SOR框架的有限适用性(六个潜在变量中有两个是显著的)表明需要通过在不同背景下进一步测试SOR框架或使用替代框架来对kol进行更多研究。
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A comprehensive model of intercultural communication for international students living in culturally diverse societies: evidence from China 针对生活在多元文化社会中的留学生的跨文化交际综合模式:来自中国的证据
IF 2.4 Q2 COMMUNICATION Pub Date : 2023-11-30 DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2023.1332001
Muhammad Umar Nadeem, Anastassia Zabrodskaja
Intercultural communication (IC) and international students go side by side in this era of internationalization of higher education. The key concepts of IC, namely intercultural effectiveness (ICE), intercultural competence (ICC), intercultural adjustment (ICA), and intercultural adaptation (ICN) are used interchangeably in the literature. However, the present study argues that the stated concepts are theoretically different and further proposes that ICE, ICC, ICA, and ICN are phases of IC. Based on these conceptual differences, a comprehensive model of IC (CMIC) is proposed in this study. The CMIC explains that these four concepts are principally developmental phases for international students to become interculturally effective in adapting to a new culture. The current research further offers preliminary testing of CMIC, which is applied to international students in Shanghai, China through quantitative research followed by a survey. Instruments developed by experts were used in this study. International students were approached to participate in the survey at the convenience of the researcher. One hundred and seventy-one international students represented 18 different cultures, which reconfirms the culture-general approach by considering the stance of more than two different cultures. The findings revealed that international students became interculturally effective and competent which further enabled them to adjust to China. Later, their adjustment helped them adapt better to the new culture. The findings of this study validated the core predictions of the CMIC. As this is the first testing of CMIC on a relatively small sample, more extensive testing is expected soon to validate its assumptions in different contexts, such as Pakistan, Malaysia, and Australia, among others. The CMIC also suggests practical implications for policymakers and institutes of host countries regarding international students and other people living in a culturally different society.
在高等教育国际化的今天,跨文化交际(IC)与留学生并行不悖。跨文化交际的关键概念,即跨文化效能(ICE)、跨文化能力(ICC)、跨文化适应(ICA)和跨文化适应(ICN),在文献中被交替使用。然而,本研究认为,上述概念在理论上是不同的,并进一步提出,ICE、ICC、ICA 和 ICN 是 IC 的各个阶段。基于这些概念差异,本研究提出了集成电路综合模型(CMIC)。CMIC 解释说,这四个概念主要是留学生在适应新文化过程中成为跨文化有效人才的发展阶段。本研究进一步对 CMIC 进行了初步测试,并通过定量研究和调查将其应用于中国上海的留学生。本研究使用了由专家开发的工具。在研究人员方便的情况下,留学生被邀请参与调查。171 名留学生代表了 18 种不同的文化,通过考虑两种以上不同文化的立场,再次证实了文化一般方法。调查结果显示,留学生在跨文化方面变得有效和胜任,这进一步帮助他们适应了中国。后来,他们的调整帮助他们更好地适应了新文化。本研究的结果验证了 CMIC 的核心预测。由于这是 CMIC 首次在相对较小的样本中进行测试,预计不久将进行更广泛的测试,以在巴基斯坦、马来西亚和澳大利亚等不同环境中验证其假设。CMIC 还为东道国的政策制定者和机构提供了有关留学生和其他生活在不同文化社会中的人的实际启示。
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