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Research Articles

Effects of Live Streaming Proneness, Engagement and Intelligent Recommendation on Users' Purchase Intention in Short Video Community: Take TikTok (DouYin) Online Courses as an Example

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Pages 3071-3083 | Received 22 Dec 2021, Accepted 02 May 2022, Published online: 24 Aug 2022

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