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Yao, Mike Zhengyu Yao, Mike Zhengyu Vargas, Patrick Ahn, Sun Joo Grace Oh, Sang-Hwa Ho, Jeffrey 2023-08 application/pdf en text Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-08-01 The student, Yanyun (Mia) Wang, accepted the attached license on 2023-07-12 at 14:16. The student, Yanyun (Mia) Wang, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2023-07-13 at 11:18. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2023-07-14 at 12:06. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #19657 on 2023-12-04 at 17:35:14 Using augmented reality (AR) to increase risk perception of e-cigarettes among young adults: From the perspective of construal level theory Wang, Yanyun (Mia) 2023-07-14 Augmented Reality Health Communication E-cigarette use has surged in popularity, particularly among youth, despite its association with numerous health risks. Many users have inaccurate perceptions of the potential harms of e-cigarettes, stemming from a lack of knowledge, the delayed manifestation of health consequences, and a tendency to underestimate personal susceptibility to disease. This dissertation explores the potential of augmented reality (AR) technology to increase e-cigarette users' risk perception by decreasing psychological distance. Study 1, which compared AR and non-AR scenarios, demonstrated that AR substantially enhanced interoceptive awareness, irrespective of an individual's innate interoceptive sensitivity. Furthermore, Study 1 revealed that AR could effectively reduce both temporal and psychological distances. This reduction in distances led to an intensification of people's perceptions of risk likelihood, susceptibility, and severity. Expanding on this, Study 2 conducted a more nuanced comparison between self-focused AR and non-self-focused AR. The results indicated that both conditions have comparably significant impacts on perceived risk likelihood and severity. However, self-focused AR proved to be more effective in heightening people’s perception of risk susceptibility. Additionally, the study suggested that self-focused AR could decrease social distance compared to non-self-focused AR. This reduction influenced people’s perception of hypothetical distance, though it did not affect their perception of temporal distance. Text eng https://hdl.handle.net/2142/121264 Copyright 2023 Yanyun (Mia) Wang Ph.D. Dissertation Communications and Media University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Inst of Communications Rsch