Fake news: Acceptance by demographics and culture on social media

G Rampersad, T Althiyabi - Journal of Information Technology & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Fake news has trumped up attention across cultures from the United States Elections to the
Arab Spring. While political marketers have long used the language of fear and persuasion …

Understanding the buffering effect of social media use on anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

Y Marzouki, FS Aldossari, GA Veltri - Humanities and Social Sciences …, 2021 - nature.com
During the COVID-19 outbreak, lockdown measures have been deployed worldwide. In the
wake of these measures, internet and social media use has reached unprecedented peaks …

[PDF][PDF] Rethinking the'Arab Spring': The Root Causes of the Tunisian Jasmine Revolution and Egyptian January 25 Revolution

MIS Saidin - International Journal of Islamic Thought, 2018 - researchgate.net
This article reviews the events of 2010-2011 Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions with specific
attention to the background of uprisings, timeline of events and causes of the revolutions …

Does online social media lead to social connection or social disconnection?

JM Twenge - Journal of College and Character, 2013 - degruyter.com
Today's young generation (often called Millennials, GenY, or Generation Me) are the first to
grow up with the Internet and social networking websites. Have these experiences led to …

[PDF][PDF] Consumer attitudinal insights about social media advertising: A South Asian perspective

IA Mir - The Romanian Economic Journal, 2012 - academia.edu
Evolution of social media profoundly transformed the communication landscape (Edwards,
2011). Most importantly, it changed the consumers' way of thinking (Mir and Zaheer, 2012) …

Understanding the usage of global social networking sites by Arabs through the lens of uses and gratifications theory

IM Al-Jabri, MS Sohail, NO Ndubisi - Journal of Service Management, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding of the determinants and
usage of global technology services in Saudi Arabia. The technology under investigation is …

[PDF][PDF] Challenges and opportunities of Facebook as a media platform in Ethiopia

SS Kumlachew - Journal of Media and Communication studies, 2014 - academia.edu
This paper aims at analyzing the opportunities and challenges Facebook, which is the most
widely used social media in Ethiopia, entails as a media platform in Ethiopia. It also looked …

Online media and offline empowerment in post-rebellion Tunisia: An analysis of Internet use during democratic transition

A Breuer, J Groshek - Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Social media are reputed to have played a crucial role in mobilizing citizens against
autocratic governments in the Middle East/North Africa (MENA) region. In Tunisia, digital …

Users' satisfaction with social network sites: A self-determination perspective

X Wang, Y Li - Journal of Computer Information Systems, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
When the online social networking market is no longer a “blue ocean,” retaining existing
users and maintaining their satisfaction with the current social network site (SNS) become …

Internet and political empowerment: Towards a taxonomy for online political empowerment

A Pirannejad, M Janssen - Information Development, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
In the age of the information revolution, the Internet can be used to involve citizens in
political processes and leads to the emergence of the new version of political empowerment …