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Evaluating the visual literacy of the Kuwaiti government’s Arabic infographics during the COVID-19 pandemic: an automated visual analysis and AI approach
Eisa Al Nashmi, Abdullah Almutairi, Manaf Bashir, Eiman AlsharhanWith infographics emerging as key communication tools on social media platforms, this study explores the visual literacy of governments in creating effective infographics…
Information literate students are more engaged and successful: role of information literacy in higher education
Shahzeb Mughari, Muhammad Asif Naveed, Ghulam Murtaza RafiqueThis research examined the effect of information literacy (IL) on academic engagement (AE), cognitive engagement (CE) and academic performance among business students in Pakistan.
Weighing user's privacy calculus on personal information disclosure: the moderating effect of social media identification
Xi Chen, Maomao Wu, Chen Cheng, Jian MouWith the widespread collection and utilization of user data, privacy security has become a crucial factor influencing online engagement. In response to the growing concern about…
So problematic and so tied to the media: analyzing the misinformation concern in six European countries
Carlos Rodríguez-Pérez, Francisco José Murcia Verdú, María José Ufarte RuizThis paper addresses the social issue of misinformation in six European countries by investigating how intangible factors associated with the collective evaluation of…
A study of the impact of ChatGPT self-efficacy on the information seeking behaviors in ChatGPT: the mediating roles of ChatGPT characteristics and utility
Il Bong MunThe purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence the information seeking behaviors of ChatGPT users. Specifically, we investigated how ChatGPT self-efficacy…
Long-term relationships between users and smart voice assistants: the roles of experience and love
Blanca Hernández-Ortega, Ivani Ferreira, Sara Lapresta-RomeroThis study examines why long-term relationships between expert users and smart voice assistants (SVAs) develop. It postulates that the five dimensions of experience (i.e. sensory…
Scientific evidence and specific context: leveraging large language models for health fact-checking
Zhenni Ni, Yuxing Qian, Shuaipu Chen, Marie-Christine Jaulent, Cedric BousquetThis study aims to evaluate the performance of LLMs with various prompt engineering strategies in the context of health fact-checking.
Drivers of the use of digital platforms by Portuguese parishes – how small government entities struggle with the demand for transparency
Patrícia Gomes, Tjerk Budding, Maria J. FernandesThe provision of online information through the use of digital platforms (websites and social networks) can be helpful for public sector organisations to promote transparency and…
Social media, misinformation and fake news in the pandemic: the dominant gaps and future research avenues
Noel Nutsugah, Kobby Mensah, Raphael Odoom, Amin AyarnahSocial networking sites have become breeding grounds for the spread of fake news and misinformation. At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the spread of fake news intensified…
Understanding the impact of government social media on citizens’ unverified information avoidance behavior during health crises: the health belief model
Xueyan Dong, Zhenya Tang, Houcai WangUnverified information avoidance behavior refers to the conscious effort made by individuals to avoid consuming information that has not been verified by credible sources. This…
A quantitative study of vocabulary categorization and reuse in the LIS field linked data
Siqi Liu, Junzhi JiaExploring diverse knowledge organization systems and metadata schemes in linked data, aiming to promote vocabulary usability and high-quality linked data creation within the LIS…
I assume others are influenced by health misinformation on social media: examining the underlying process of intentions to combat health misinformation
Chen Luo, Han Zheng, Yulong Tang, Xiaoya YangThe mounting health misinformation on social media triggers heated discussions about how to address it. Anchored by the influence of presumed influence (IPI) model, this study…
Internet memes and social media marketing: a review of theories
Charunayan Kamath, Sivakumar AlurSeveral businesses have begun to use memes as part of social media marketing. Although memes have been independently explored through various theories, their use in social media…
How are news portals integrated into daily news habits? A study on news trust, news repertoires and political participation in South Korea
Zhieh Lor, Jihyang Choi, Hae Jung OhThe modern high-choice news environment has changed the way people consume news. We examined the structure of news repertories, the role of news trust (and cynicism) in shaping…
Artificial intelligence (AI) for supply chain collaboration: implications on information sharing and trust
Eric Weisz, David M. Herold, Nadine Kathrin Ostern, Ryan Payne, Sebastian KummerManagers and scholars alike claim that artificial intelligence (AI) represents a tool to enhance supply chain collaborations; however, existing research is limited in providing…
Privacy? What’s that? Differences in privacy boundaries
Matthew Heinrich, Natalie GerhartWhile research on privacy concerns is rich in understanding and depth, there is still not a clear understanding of why people express having privacy concerns, but do not behave…
Network relations among open government data stakeholders: a structural social capital and ERGM analysis
Fuchuan Mo, XiaoJuan Zhang, Cuicui Feng, Jing TanThe objective of this research is to methodically categorize the various types of Open Government Data (OGD) stakeholders, and to elucidate the intricate network relationships…
How do users select the content they share on social media: flow theory perspective
Tanu ShreePaper studies the intervention of FI and TD on the sharing intention on social media (SM) users with different motivations.
Multi-level emotion propagation in natural disaster events: diverse leadership of super-spreaders in different levels of hierarchy
Yaming Zhang, Na Wang, Koura Yaya Hamadou, Yanyuan Su, Xiaoyu Guo, Wenjie SongIn social media, crisis information susceptible of generating different emotions could be spread at exponential pace via multilevel super-spreaders. This study aims to interpret…
Research on the motivation for viewer addiction to live streaming: a cross-cultural investigation of China and the USA
David Wang, Li WangWith the increasing popularity of live streaming, the exploration of online behaviors on live streaming platforms has become a research hot spot in academia. However, the…
Navigating the inception stage in online peer production communities: a comparative study on community building activities, user roles and interaction dynamics
Hengyi FuThis exploratory, descriptive study examines the factors that might influence the success or failure of online peer production communities during their inception stage. It focuses…
Finding “fake” in the news: the relationship between social media use, political knowledge, epistemic political efficacy and fake news literacy
Bingbing Zhang, Avery E. Holton, Homero Gil de ZúñigaIn the past few years, research focusing on misinformation, referred to broadly as fake news, has experienced revived attention. Past studies have focused on explaining the ways…
The digitalization tendency of young adults: differences by living environment, gender and education
Ilkim MarkocThis study investigates the differences in digitalization tendency levels among young adults (18–30) regarding their living environment, gender, and education.
Extending the norm activation model and unpacking laypeople’s misinformation correction process: multilayered roles of awareness, norms and efficacy
Anfan Chen, Zhuo Chen, Aaron Yikai NgThis study examines the role of crowd wisdom in misinformation correction. Going beyond fact-checking, we investigate the mechanisms underlying laypeople’s participation in…
Labservatory: a synergy between journalism studies and computer science for online news observation
Dimitris Trimithiotis, Iacovos Ioannou, Vasos Vassiliou, Panicos Christou, Stelios Chrysostomou, Erotokritos Erotokritou, Demetris KaizerThis article explores the synergy between journalism studies and computer science in the context of observing online news. By establishing web applications of online media…
How behaviour in terms of pluralistic ignorance affects social commerce intentions
Hao-Fan Chumg, Sheng-Pao Shih, I-Hua Hung, Wen-Chin Tsao, Jui-Lung ChenThis research explores the complex interplay of multiple social factors with regard to what might encourage or inhibit users to interact with social commerce (SC).
Generations X, Y, Z: the effects of personal and positional inequalities on critical thinking digital skills
Sabina LissitsaIn a time of fake news, misinformation, and disinformation, critical thinking has become the most important skill for discerning false, incomplete, and outdated information and…
Political familiarity vs. journalism background: insights from three Israeli prime ministers on social media
Gal YavetzTo explore a potential relationship between politicians’ media background and social media success through an analysis of content and engagement strategies adopted by three…
Coverage of the research documents with top altmetric attention scores in online news
Majid NabaviThis paper investigates the news coverage of research documents with the top Altmetric attention score (AAS) using a descriptive and explorative approach.
Factors influencing correction upon exposure to health misinformation on social media: the moderating role of active social media use
Mingfei Sun, Xu DongThe proliferation of health misinformation on social media has increasingly engaged scholarly interest. This research examines the determinants influencing users’ proactive…
The investigation of employee voice behavior – from the perspective of social media use in China
Xiaoyan DingEnterprises use social media for their daily work. The use of social media in the workplace is crucial for social connections, the growth and evolution of the enterprise, and it…
Do price consciousness, anti-socializing behavior and content add fuel to consuming online video streaming? A multigroup analysis and moderating role of gender and marital status
Hasnan Baber, Mina Fanea-Ivanovici, Marius-Cristian Pana, Alina Magdalena ManoleVideo streaming consumption has become a social and economic phenomenon in an age where the share of online entertainment has become larger and larger in the total entertainment…
The effects of disinformation among citizens of in Spain, UK and Germany: digital platforms, topics, consequences and influence of sociodemographic factors
Laura Alonso-Muñoz, Alejandra Tirado García, Andreu Casero-RipollésThe purpose of this article is to discover how false information has been received through mobile instant messaging services (MIMS), Facebook and Twitter and what sociodemographic…
Impacts of the COVID-19 infodemic on emotions through cognitive appraisals
Wenna Han, Hanna Lee, Yingjiao Xu, Yang ChengThe COVID-19 outbreak has been accompanied by a massive “infodemic”, characterized by an overabundance of information, both accurate and inaccurate, making it hard for people to…
Exploring knowledge sharing on social media from the perspectives of personality traits and social capital
Yueh-Min Huang, Ding-Chau Wang, Ho-Yuan Hsieh, Yong-Ming HuangThe purpose of this paper is to investigate what factors can affect individuals’ knowledge sharing on social media from the perspectives of personality traits and social capital.
The emergence of preprints: comparing publishing behaviour in the Global South and the Global North
Kristin Biesenbender, Nina Smirnova, Philipp Mayr, Isabella PetersThe recent proliferation of preprints could be a way for researchers worldwide to increase the availability and visibility of their research findings. Against the background of…
The impact of social media marketing activities in the museum industry
Nuan Luo, Zhaohai Zhu, Yuan Ni, Li Haodong, Jian ZhangThe social media expands the scope of museum marketing. Through the social media marketing, visitors get a rich and colorful visual experience, and the museum can quickly and…
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