How Negative Framing Affects VR Tourism Adoption: Exploring the Role of Travel Anxiety During Crisis Events

This study investigates the impact of information framing (negative vs. positive) on the adoption of virtual reality (VR) tourism applications amidst various crisis events such as pandemics, natural disasters, political unrest, or terrorism. Using three experiments, we found that negatively framed i...

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Main Authors: Malodia, Suresh, Otterbring, Tobias, Taheri, Babak, Dhir, Amandeep
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