Should a robot wear a mask during the pandemic?

Feier Chen, Bi Yang and Anna S. Mattila

Annals of Tourism Research, 2022, vol. 94, issue C

Abstract: •Tourists' responses to service robots' mask-wearing depend on political ideology.•Liberals prefer to interact with robots wearing masks.•Conservatives prefer to interact with robots without masks.•I-sharing may enhance tourists' acceptance of service robots.

Keywords: Service robot; COVID-19; Shared reality; I-sharing; Political ideology; Mask-wearing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2022.103407

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