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Chi-Horng Liao

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ID7752088
NAMEChi-Horng Liao
GIVEN NAMESChi-Horng
FAMILY NAMELiao
SIGNATURELIAO C
AFFILIATIONSTzu Chi University
ORCID0000-0002-1531-4817
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0
  • Talking green

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao, Hope Wilfred Banda•ARTICLE•Humanities and Social Sciences…•2026

    This study examines how chatbot interactivity and limitation transparency shape users’ receptiveness to chatbot recommendations in environmental communication. Drawing on the theory of interactive media effects, we conceptualize these two chatbot features as distinct design cues that influence message acceptance through different psychological mechanisms. Across three experimental studies with Taiwanese participants, the findings show that chatbo…

  • The role of virtual reality in enhancing behavioral empathy

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao•ARTICLE•Humanities and Social Sciences…•2025

    Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly being used to promote altruistic behavior, yet its mechanisms for enhancing altruistic behavior remain underexplored. This study investigates how cognitive absorption in VR enhances behavioral empathy, drawing on cognitive absorption theory and the empathy-altruism model. Three studies were conducted using modified Delphi (m-Delphi), Fuzzy Decision Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory (F-DEMATEL), structural…

  • Assessing the Impact of Moral Elevation on Altruistic Behavior in the Context of Media Convergence

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao•ARTICLE•SAGE Open•2025

    This study investigates the impact of prosocial media exposure through virtual reality on altruistic behavior, drawing upon Social Cognitive Theory. It posits that exposure to prosocial content elicits moral elevation, which in turn fosters altruistic behavioral intentions. The study also examines the moderating effects of media synchronicity characteristics, specifically feedback transmission velocity, reprocessability, and rehearsability, in th…

  • Exploring perceived learning effectiveness in virtual reality health communication through the lens of construal level theory

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2024

    The results suggest that interrelationships among the factors can enhance the perceived learning effectiveness of health communication from VR. The crucial role of ensuring low psychological distance and high engagement in VR communication is also confirmed, providing crucial implications for VR communication practitioners

  • Evaluating the Social Marketing Success Criteria in Health Promotion

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2020

    Health promotion campaigns are used to raise awareness about health issues with the purpose of improving health outcomes and community wellbeing. They are important for increasing community awareness of health behavior changes. In the application of health promotion, social marketing can be used to influence changes in individual behavior. Social marketing encourages the social behavioral change of the target audience. This social behavioral chan…

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  • Evaluating the Social Marketing Success Criteria in Health Promotion

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao•ARTICLE•International Journal of…•2020

    Health promotion campaigns are used to raise awareness about health issues with the purpose of improving health outcomes and community wellbeing. They are important for increasing community awareness of health behavior changes. In the application of health promotion, social marketing can be used to influence changes in individual behavior. Social marketing encourages the social behavioral change of the target audience. This social behavioral chan…

  • Exploring perceived learning effectiveness in virtual reality health communication through the lens of construal level theory

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2024

    The results suggest that interrelationships among the factors can enhance the perceived learning effectiveness of health communication from VR. The crucial role of ensuring low psychological distance and high engagement in VR communication is also confirmed, providing crucial implications for VR communication practitioners

  • The role of virtual reality in enhancing behavioral empathy

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao•ARTICLE•Humanities and Social Sciences…•2025

    Virtual reality (VR) is increasingly being used to promote altruistic behavior, yet its mechanisms for enhancing altruistic behavior remain underexplored. This study investigates how cognitive absorption in VR enhances behavioral empathy, drawing on cognitive absorption theory and the empathy-altruism model. Three studies were conducted using modified Delphi (m-Delphi), Fuzzy Decision Making and Trial Evaluation Laboratory (F-DEMATEL), structural…

  • Assessing the Impact of Moral Elevation on Altruistic Behavior in the Context of Media Convergence

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao•ARTICLE•SAGE Open•2025

    This study investigates the impact of prosocial media exposure through virtual reality on altruistic behavior, drawing upon Social Cognitive Theory. It posits that exposure to prosocial content elicits moral elevation, which in turn fosters altruistic behavioral intentions. The study also examines the moderating effects of media synchronicity characteristics, specifically feedback transmission velocity, reprocessability, and rehearsability, in th…

  • Talking green

    Open Access•Chi-Horng Liao, Hope Wilfred Banda•ARTICLE•Humanities and Social Sciences…•2026

    This study examines how chatbot interactivity and limitation transparency shape users’ receptiveness to chatbot recommendations in environmental communication. Drawing on the theory of interactive media effects, we conceptualize these two chatbot features as distinct design cues that influence message acceptance through different psychological mechanisms. Across three experimental studies with Taiwanese participants, the findings show that chatbo…

Psychology (3 works) · Behavioral Health and Interventions (2 works) · Human–computer interaction (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Virtual reality (2 works) · AI in Service Interactions (1 work) · Biostatistics (1 work)

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