The role of AI competencies: How do AI knowledge, skills, and attitudes shape users’ understanding and evaluation of explainable news recommendations?
Published online on August 03, 2026
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
This study investigates how explanations in AI-driven news recommender systems (RS) influence user understanding, trust, and attitudes toward the RS, and whether these effects depend on individual differences in AI competence. An online experiment (N= ...
This study investigates how explanations in AI-driven news recommender systems (RS) influence user understanding, trust, and attitudes toward the RS, and whether these effects depend on individual differences in AI competence. An online experiment (N= ...