Eun Hwa Jung

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Eun Hwa Jung investigates the intersection of human-robot interaction, media psychology, and aging, with a particular focus on how older adults perceive and adopt socially assistive robots. Her work reveals that media portrayals—especially the "Hollywood Robot Syndrome"—significantly shape seniors’ robot anxiety and adoption intentions, a finding supported by her highly cited 2016 study (78 citations). Jung’s research on “cheery companions or serious assistants” (123 citations) demonstrates that role and demeanor congruity critically influence robot attraction and use among senior citizens. She has also explored how robot gender presentation matters, co-authoring influential work on “Feminizing Robots” (55 citations), which argues that monitor-based robots can be designed to align with caregiving roles traditionally associated with female workers. Her studies on mental models of robots (36 citations) and the third-person effect in robot perception (2 citations) further illuminate the nuanced psychological barriers to adoption. Jung’s work is foundational for designing robots that are not only functional but socially and emotionally acceptable to aging populations, making her a leading voice in gerontechnology and human-robot interaction.

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1. 1
   Cheery companions or serious assistants? Role and demeanor congruity as predictors of robot attraction and use intentions among senior citizens

   123 citations · 2016
2. 2
   The Hollywood Robot Syndrome media effects on older adults' attitudes toward robots and adoption intentions

   78 citations · 2016
3. 3
   Feminizing Robots

   55 citations · 2016
4. 4
   Mental models of robots among senior citizens

   36 citations · 2015
5. 5
   The Hollywood Robot Syndrome: Media Effects on Older Adults' Attitudes toward Robots and Adoption Intentions

   29 citations · 2016
6. 6
   The young and the vulnerable?

   2 citations · 2014

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