Whale You Go Green? Immediate and Longitudinal Effects of Embodied Conversational AI Avatars on Sustainable Behavioral Tendencies and Pro-Environmental Attitudes
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Embodied conversational AI can be persuasive, but can it motivate people to develop sustainable behavioral tendencies and increase pro-environmental attitudes? We conducted a randomized experiment (N = 576) comparing four embodied avatars--a beluga whale, Greta Thunberg, Emma Watson, and a generic human--with a text chatbot and no-intervention control. All embodied conditions increased immediate sustainable product selection relative to the control (beta = .401-.609, all q
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| Document Title | Whale You Go Green? Immediate and Longitudinal Effects of Embodied Conversational AI Avatars on Sustainable Behavioral Tendencies and Pro-Environmental Attitudes |
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| Author / Organization | Rachel Poonsiriwong, Pat Pataranutaporn |
| Subject & Discipline | cs.HC |
| Categories | Computer Science & Mathematics |
| Publication Year | 2026 |
| License / Rights | arXiv Open Access / Creative Commons |
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| File Format | application/pdf (Portable Document Format) |
| Language | EN |
| Catalog ID | DOC-116613 |
| Original Source Link | Visit Source Page on arxiv.org » |