Chunli Ji

Love as Calculation: The Internalized Rationality of Digital Intimacy and the Erosion of Social Flow

As neoliberal rationality permeates private life, romantic relationships are increasingly managed as calculated projects rather than spontaneous, autotelic bonds. Drawing on Self-Determination Theory (SDT), this study examines how calculative subjectivity is associated with dimin...

Flattery from robots, praise from humans: building consumer trust and comfort

Purpose This study aims to investigate how the interaction between service agent type (robot vs human) and language style (flattery vs praise) influences customers’ psychological comfort, alongside the dual mediating roles of affective and cognitive trust and the moderating role...