Online Information Review: Volume 48 Issue 5

Fight against hair loss together: exploring self-disclosure and social support in an online hair loss support community

Zizhong Zhang

Hair loss is often overlooked but psychologically challenging. However, the emergence of online health communities provides opportunities for hair loss patients to seek social…

TAI: a lightweight network for content-based fake news detection

Na Ye, Dingguo Yu, Xiaoyu Ma, Yijie Zhou, Yanqin Yan

Fake news in cyberspace has greatly interfered with national governance, economic development and cultural communication, which has greatly increased the demand for fake news…

Predatory journals in dermatology: a bibliometric review

Amrollah Shamsi, Ting Wang, Narayanaswamy Vasantha Raju, Arezoo Ghamgosar, Golbarg Mahdizadeh Davani, Mohammad Javad Mansourzadeh

By distorting the peer review process, predatory journals lure researchers and collect article processing charges (APCs) to earn income, thereby threatening clinical decisions…

Development of a mobile health information application for immigrant women in South Korea

Sou Hyun Jang, Yong Jeong Yi, Yun-Mi Song

The primary objective was to develop a user-centered mobile health application (app) tailored to the specific health information needs of among immigrant women from diverse…

Polarization and reliability of news sources in Wikipedia

Puyu Yang, Giovanni Colavizza

Wikipedia's inclusive editorial policy permits unrestricted participation, enabling individuals to contribute and disseminate their expertise while drawing upon a multitude of…

Transgender health information: assessing the quality of online resources

Hasbi Alikunju, Anila Sulochana

The internet has evolved into an indispensable platform for seeking health information, particularly among transgender individuals. With an abundance of online resources…

Unlocking young people’s engagement with online news: affective or cognitive?

Bahiyah Omar, Hosam Al-Samarraie, Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani, Ng See Kee

Most new media research focuses on behavior as a measure of engagement, while the psychological state of being occupied with its content has received little attention. This study…

Social media use and social well-being: a systematic review and future research agenda

Krishna Murari, Shalini Shukla, Lalit Dulal

The purpose of this study is to provide a systematic review of the existing literature on social media (SM) use and examine its relationship with various facets of social…

The role of digital literacy and digital data security awareness in online privacy concerns: a multi-group analysis with gender

Mustafa Saritepeci, Hatice Yildiz Durak, Gül Özüdoğru, Nilüfer Atman Uslu

Online privacy pertains to an individual’s capacity to regulate and oversee the gathering and distribution of online information. Conversely, online privacy concern (OPC) pertains…

The “here and now” effect: JoMO, FoMO and the well-being of social media users

Tal Eitan, Tali Gazit

The rapid growth of social media has changed how people interact and connect with one another while also giving rise to new social-media associated psychological experiences, such…

Debiasing misinformation: how do people diagnose health recommendations from AI?

Donghee Shin, Kulsawasd Jitkajornwanich, Joon Soo Lim, Anastasia Spyridou

This study examined how people assess health information from AI and improve their diagnostic ability to identify health misinformation. The proposed model was designed to test a…

Abuse in the time of COVID-19: the effects of Brexit, gender and partisanship

Mehmet Emin Bakir, Tracie Farrell, Kalina Bontcheva

The authors investigate how COVID-19 has influenced the amount, type or topics of abuse that UK politicians receive when engaging with the public.