Publications

Jin, S. V. (2026). “In ChatGPT-Powered Virtual Influencers We (Dis)Trust?”: The Privacy Paradox and the Double-Edged Sword of Ubiquitous Large Language Model (LLM) Generative AI as a General Purpose Technology (GPT) in a Human-Centered AI Ecosystem. Behavioral Sciences, 16(5), 651. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/bs16050651

Jin, S. V., & Ryu, E. (2025). Unraveling the dynamics of digital equality and trust in AI-empowered metaverses and AI-VR-convergence. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 210, 123877. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123877

Jin, S. V. (2025). “In Metaverse cryptocurrencies we (dis)trust?” Mediators and moderators of blockchain-enabled non-fungible token (NFT) adoption in AI-powered metaverses. AI. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ai6110286

Kozman, C., Coleman, R., & Gondwe, G. (2026). AI Bylines in Sports: An Experiment on Audience Perceptions of the Credibility and Comprehensibility of Sports News and Commentary. Communication & Sport, https://doi.org/10.1177/21674795261480628

Meekings, S.  (2026). AI Won’t Eat Your Brain: New Taxonomies & Opportunities for the Creative Writing Classroom.  New Writing, 1–16.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14790726.2026.2701206

Almahmoud, Z., Agarwal, V., Mahmoud, R., & Sastry, N. (2026). Modeling discourse structure with 2D similarity-based random walks for improved understanding of online conversations. Scientific Reports, 16, 17216. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-43577-7

Wen, T. J., Chuan, C-H., Anghelcev, G., Sar, S., Yun, J. T., & Xu, Y. (2024). Infusing affective computing models into advertising research on emotions.

Jin, S. V. (2024). “Technopian but lonely investors?”: Comparison between investors and non-investors of blockchain technologies, cryptocurrencies, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in Artificial Intelligence-Driven FinTech and decentralized finance (DeFi). Telematics & Informatics Reports. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teler.2024.100128 

Jin, S. V. , & Viswanathan, V. (2024). “Threatened and empty selves following AI-based virtual influencers”: comparison between followers and non-followers of virtual influencers in AI-driven digital marketing. AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture, and Communication. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-023-01832-9 

Jin, S. V. (2024). “In the Metaverse we (mis)trust?” Third-level digital (in)equality, social phobia, neo-luddism, and blockchain/cryptocurrency transparency in the artificial intelligence-powered Metaverse .CyberPsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 27(1), 64-75 . doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2022.0376 

Jin. S. V. (2023).  “To comply or to react, that is the question:” the roles of humanness versus eeriness of AI-powered virtual influencers, loneliness, and threats to human identities in AI-driven digital transformation. Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 1(2) , 100011. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbah.2023.100011 

Jin, S. V. , & Youn, S. (2023). Social presence and imagery processing as predictors of chatbot continuance intention in human-AI-interaction. International Journal of Human-Computer-Interaction, 39(9), 1874-1886. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10447318.2022.2129277 

Youn, S., & Jin, S. V.   (2022). In AI We Trust? The effects of parasocial interaction and technopian versus luddite ideological views on chatbot-based customer relationship management in the emerging “feeling economy”. Computers in Human Behavior, 119, 106721. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106721

Jin, S. V. , & Youn, S. (2021). “Why do consumers with social phobia prefer anthropomorphic customer service chatbots?”: Evolutionary explanations of the moderating roles of social phobia. Telematics & Informatics, 62, 101644. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2021.101644