We test the hypothesis that knowledge of historically documented, anti-black conspiracies affects perceived plausibility of new, anti-black conspiracies. In Experiment 1 (N = 78), African Americans and European Americans read about a current conspiracy aimed at undermining either African American or European American–elected officials. African Americans perceived the anti-black conspiracy as mo...

Donations to articles on social media, as a new behavior, have been trending in recent years. Unlike donations charitable and nonprofit organization or victims, media accorded minimal attention from academic researchers. From the stimuli–organism–response framework, this study proposed model investigate factors that influence donation intentions of users toward articles. Our results demonstrate...

BACKGROUND The effectiveness of foot orthoses has been evaluated in many clinical trials with sham foot orthoses used as the control intervention in at least 10 clinical trials. However, the mechanical effects and credibility of sham orthoses has been rarely quantified. This study aimed to: (i) compare the effects on plantar pressures of three sham foot orthoses to a customised foot orthosis, a...

Blockchain technology has been designed to improve the transmission of transparent information across a variety industries and products. Yet, consumers tend perceive product provided by blockchain (vs. humans) as less credible. As this may not apply all consumers, it becomes critical for companies understand how perceived credibility. This work investigates individual differences marketing acti...

The present research study examines the influence of perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) on consumer brand loyalty in banking industry. also indirect relationship between CSR and via credibility identification. causal is tested among CSR, identification, credibility, loyalty. Data were collected through a survey customers (n = 315) India. Structural equation modeling techniques (SEM...

BACKGROUND Web-based medical service (WBMS), a cooperative relationship between medical service and Internet technology, has been called one of the most innovative services of the 21st century. However, its business promotion and implementation in the medical industry have neither been expected nor executed. Few studies have explored this phenomenon from the viewpoint of inexperienced patients....