Less is More: Towards Sustainability-Aware Persuasive Explanations in Recommender Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2409.18690v1
• Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 12:24:10 GMT
• Title: Less is More: Towards Sustainability-Aware Persuasive Explanations in Recommender Systems
• Authors: Thi Ngoc Trang Tran, Seda Polat Erdeniz, Alexander Felfernig, Sebastian Lubos, Merfat El-Mansi, Viet-Man Le,
• Abstract summary: We discuss the concept of "sustainability-aware persuasive explanations" Based on a user study in three item domains, we analyze the potential impacts of sustainability-aware persuasive explanations.
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• Abstract: Recommender systems play an important role in supporting the achievement of the United Nations sustainable development goals (SDGs). In recommender systems, explanations can support different goals, such as increasing a user's trust in a recommendation, persuading a user to purchase specific items, or increasing the understanding of the reasons behind a recommendation. In this paper, we discuss the concept of "sustainability-aware persuasive explanations" which we regard as a major concept to support the achievement of the mentioned SDGs. Such explanations are orthogonal to most existing explanation approaches since they focus on a "less is more" principle, which per se is not included in existing e-commerce platforms. Based on a user study in three item domains, we analyze the potential impacts of sustainability-aware persuasive explanations. The study results are promising regarding user acceptance and the potential impacts of such explanations.

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