Digital Nudging and Transparency: An Experimental Study of Two Types of Recommendation Badges.

Autor: Yuxiao Luo, Kumar, Nanda, Yazdanmehr, Adel
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Zdroj: Proceedings of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS); 2023, p1-5, 5p
Abstrakt: This paper investigates the impacts of digital nudging on customer purchase decisions. Digital nudge is an online choice architecture that alters individual’s behavior in a predictable way while preserving all the available options and keeping the same economic incentives. Most recently, academic research started to address the relationship between nudges and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) and found that personalized targeting algorithms influences individuals and collective behaviors in various ways that include undesired consequences for both end-users and firms. Drawing on literature of nudge and anchoring effect, this study proposes two types of nudges based on the transparency level: ambiguous badge (ex., Amazon’s Choice) and specific badge (ex., Best Seller). We further hypothesize that specific badge will manipulate user’s preferences to a less extent than ambiguous badge. This study will contribute to the ethical use of digital nudging in different contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index