Same Stories, Different Journeys: From Social Comparison to Sensemaking in AI-Mediated Peer Career Exploration
3.60T1 sourcearXiv cs.HC
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Published by arXiv cs.HC (T1 source). The original is at https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.11039.
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SummaryPaper presents JobMate, a system that transforms real social media career posts into persona-grounded conversational AI agents, replacing passive feed scrolling with active dialogue. A between-subjects study (N=24) found the system redirected upward social comparison toward self-reframing and improved sensemaking, though users still valued authentic peer content for emotional grounding.
Why it mattersConcrete pattern for converting social media UGC into persona-grounded AI dialogue, with controlled study evidence on shifting passive browsing to active sensemaking.
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