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Debiasing misinformation: how do people diagnose health recommendations from AI? Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Donghee Shin, Kulsawasd Jitkajornwanich, Joon Soo Lim, Anastasia Spyridou
Purpose 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 cognitive heuristic theory in misinformation discernment. Design/methodology/approach We proposed the heuristic-systematic model to assess health misinformation processing in the algorithmic context. Using the Analysis
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The role of digital literacy and digital data security awareness in online privacy concerns: a multi-group analysis with gender Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Mustafa Saritepeci, Hatice Yildiz Durak, Gül Özüdoğru, Nilüfer Atman Uslu
Purpose 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 to the protection of personal information, along with the worries or convictions concerning potential risks and unfavorable outcomes associated with its collection, utilization and distribution. With a holistic approach
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Abuse in the time of COVID-19: the effects of Brexit, gender and partisanship Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Mehmet Emin Bakir, Tracie Farrell, Kalina Bontcheva
Purpose The authors investigate how COVID-19 has influenced the amount, type or topics of abuse that UK politicians receive when engaging with the public. Design/methodology/approach This work covers the first year of COVID-19 in the UK, from March 2020 to March 2021 and analyses Twitter abuse in replies to UK MPs. The authors collected and analysed 17.9 million reply tweets to the MPs. The authors
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Unlocking young people’s engagement with online news: affective or cognitive? Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Bahiyah Omar, Hosam Al-Samarraie, Ahmed Ibrahim Alzahrani, Ng See Kee
Purpose 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 examined news engagement beyond pure action observation by exploring young people’s psychological experiences with the news. Design/methodology/approach The study carried out a digital native’s survey on 212 people
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The “here and now” effect: JoMO, FoMO and the well-being of social media users Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Tal Eitan, Tali Gazit
Purpose 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 as the well-known fear of missing out (FoMO) and the somewhat new phenomena, the joy of missing out (JoMO). This study aims to develop a new scale for measuring JoMO and explore its independent nature and relationships
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The scientific periphery and new flows of knowledge: the case of regional preprint servers Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-31 François van Schalkwyk
Purpose It is unclear whether regional rather than global or discipline-focussed preprint platforms as an innovation in the communication of science are removing any of the barriers faced by researchers in the scientific periphery or whether they are increasing access to and visibility of science from the periphery. In response, this paper focusses on the uptake, visibility and academic impact of regional
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Transgender health information: assessing the quality of online resources Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Hasbi Alikunju, Anila Sulochana
Purpose The internet has evolved into an indispensable platform for seeking health information, particularly among transgender individuals. With an abundance of online resources available, extensive research into the credibility and reliability of this information is essential, as concerns about the quality of online resources persist. Transgender individuals are drawn to online health information
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Social media use and social well-being: a systematic review and future research agenda Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Krishna Murari, Shalini Shukla, Lalit Dulal
Purpose 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 well-being (SWB). Design/methodology/approach The study identifies and selects relevant articles using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) framework, wherein 273 articles were identified
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Mobilization, self-expression or argument? A computational method for identifying language styles in political discussion on Twitter Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Lingshu Hu
Purpose This study develops a computational method to investigate the predominant language styles in political discussions on Twitter and their connections with users' online characteristics. Design/methodology/approach This study gathers a large Twitter dataset comprising political discussions across various topics from general users. It utilizes an unsupervised machine learning algorithm with pre-defined
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Polarization and reliability of news sources in Wikipedia Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Puyu Yang, Giovanni Colavizza
Purpose Wikipedia's inclusive editorial policy permits unrestricted participation, enabling individuals to contribute and disseminate their expertise while drawing upon a multitude of external sources. News media outlets constitute nearly one-third of all citations within Wikipedia. However, embracing such a radically open approach also poses the challenge of the potential introduction of biased content
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The emergence of preprints: comparing publishing behaviour in the Global South and the Global North Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Kristin Biesenbender, Nina Smirnova, Philipp Mayr, Isabella Peters
Purpose The 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 rising publication costs caused by the increasing prevalence of article processing fees, the search for other ways to publish research results besides traditional journal publication may increase. This could be especially
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Development of a mobile health information application for immigrant women in South Korea Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Sou Hyun Jang, Yong Jeong Yi, Yun-Mi Song
Purpose 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 backgrounds in Korea. Design/methodology/approach In-depth interviews were conducted with 24 immigrant women to gain insights into their health information-seeking behavior. Based on the findings, a mobile app was designed
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TAI: a lightweight network for content-based fake news detection Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Na Ye, Dingguo Yu, Xiaoyu Ma, Yijie Zhou, Yanqin Yan
Purpose Fake news in cyberspace has greatly interfered with national governance, economic development and cultural communication, which has greatly increased the demand for fake news detection and intervention. At present, the recognition methods based on news content all lose part of the information to varying degrees. This paper proposes a lightweight content-based detection method to achieve early
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Predatory journals in dermatology: a bibliometric review Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Amrollah Shamsi, Ting Wang, Narayanaswamy Vasantha Raju, Arezoo Ghamgosar, Golbarg Mahdizadeh Davani, Mohammad Javad Mansourzadeh
Purpose By distorting the peer review process, predatory journals lure researchers and collect article processing charges (APCs) to earn income, thereby threatening clinical decisions. This study aims to identifying the characteristics of predatory publishing in the dermatology literature. Design/methodology/approach The authors used Kscien's list to detect dermatology-related predatory journals. Bibliometric
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Geographical and gender inequalities in health sciences studies: testing differences in research productivity, impact and visibility Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Manuel Goyanes, Márton Demeter, Gergő Háló, Carlos Arcila-Calderón, Homero Gil de Zúñiga
Purpose Gender and geographical imbalance in production and impact levels is a pressing issue in global knowledge production. Within Health Sciences, while some studies found stark gender and geographical biases and inequalities, others found little empirical evidence of this marginalization. The purpose of the study is to clear the ambiguity concerning the topic. Design/methodology/approach Based
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A contribution-based indicator of research productivity: theoretical definition and empirical testing in the field of communication Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Olga Blasco-Blasco, Márton Demeter, Manuel Goyanes
Purpose The purpose of this article is to theoretically outline and empirically test two contribution-based indicators: (1) the scholars' annual contribution-based measurement and (2) the annual contribution modified h-index, computing six criteria: total number of papers, computed SCImago Journal Rank values, total number of authors, total number of citations of a scholar’s work, number of years since
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Bibliometric analysis of literature on social media trends during the COVID-19 pandemic Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Rujing Xin, Yi Jing Lim
Purpose This study employs bibliometric analysis to map the research landscape of social media trending topics during the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors aim to offer a comprehensive review of the predominant research organisations and countries, key themes and favoured research methodologies pertinent to this subject. Design/methodology/approach The authors extracted data on social media trending topics
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Open science policies as regarded by the communities of researchers from the basic sciences in the scientific periphery Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Alejandra Manco
Purpose This paper explores the different open science policy effects on the knowledge generation process of researchers in basic sciences: biology, chemistry and physics. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses a qualitative methodology with a content analysis approach. It uses seventeen semi-directed interviews. Findings The main perceived effect of open science is access to research inputs,
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Shaming behavior in online communities: exploring a new configuration of digital conversations Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Osnat Roth-Cohen, Tsuriel Rashi
Purpose This research aims to conceptualize online shaming discourse in virtual communities and to serve as a practical guide for online community managers and members. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual study explores the construction of meanings in human interaction in online communities by presenting a conceptual model, “The Triple-Responsibility Model in Online Communities,” that is based
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Digital preservation practices for information resources in university libraries of Pakistan Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Rafiq Ahmad, Muhammad Rafiq
Purpose The digital contents (d-contents) are vulnerable to various threats either natural or manmade. Digital preservation is the plethora of a wide array of strategies necessary for the long-term preservation of digital objects. This study was carried out to assess the digital preservation practices for information resources in university libraries of Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative
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Who corrects misinformation online? Self-perceived media literacy and the moderating role of reflective judgment Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Porismita Borah, Kyle John Lorenzano
Purpose Purpose: The main purpose of the study is to understand the factors that facilitate correction behavior among individuals. In this study the authors examine the impact of self-perceived media literacy (SPML) and reflection on participants’ correction behavior. Design/methodology/approach Methods: Data for the study were collected from Amazon's MTurk using an online survey. Data were collected
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Breaking the silence: the role of social media in fostering community and challenging the spiral of silence Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Tal Laor
Purpose This research aims to examine the ways and the extent to which social media platforms undermine the spiral of silence by facilitating the expression of diverse voices and opinions. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured interviews were conducted with members of closed groups focused on non-consensus topics. Findings Facebook closed group members perceive the media as isolating and portraying
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Shame on you! How incivility and absence of supporting evidence in likeminded Facebook comments influence evaluations of ingroup members and online political participation Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Yonghwan Kim
Purpose This study examined how likeminded Facebook comments with incivility and without supporting evidence influence readers' evaluations of the commenter and online political participation intention. This study also investigated whether the indirect effect of exposure to uncivil comments and comments without evidence on online political participation through evaluations of the commenters is contingent
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Stories worth sharing – why do people spread news online? Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Maria-Magdalena Rosu, Ana-Maria Cosmoiu, Rodica Ianole-Calin, Sandra Cornoiu
Purpose The insidious proliferation of online misinformation represents a significant societal problem. With a wealth of research dedicated to the topic, it is still unclear what determines fake news sharing. This paper comparatively examines fake and accurate news sharing in a novel experimental setting that manipulates news about terrorism. Design/methodology/approach The authors follow an extended
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Creating a virtuous circle during a pandemic threat: netizens' resilience via information-induced psychological distance and social media approach Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Chih-An Lin, Yu-Ming Hsu, Homin Chen
Purpose During COVID-19 restrictions, people spent more time in cyberspace and consuming health-related information. An increase was also observed in mediated caring messages or health-relevant information sent to one another. This study aims to explore how the information and interactions around COVID-19 can provide a good learning opportunity for public health, specifically related to eHealth literacy
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Transforming entrepreneurial research: leveraging library research services and technology innovations for rapid information discovery Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Varun Gupta, Chetna Gupta
Purpose With the aid of libraries, the research paper aims to assist businesses in swiftly and accurately acquiring knowledge and insights from scholarly literature to guide their inventive and decision-making processes. The foundation for achieving the goal is Connected Papers technology. Design/methodology/approach The author's professional expertise in performing literature reviews using connected
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Media events in an age of “cross-media”: a smartphone diary app study Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Azi Lev-On, Hila Lowenstein-Barkai
Purpose Aiming to explore how audience consume and produce media events in the digital, distributed and social era we live in, the paper analyzes the viewing patterns of video news items during a media event (the week of Donald Trump's presidential visit to Israel, the first to a country outside the US), compared to a parallel comparable “ordinary” period (two weeks later, in which no inordinacy events
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Understanding Shadow IT usage intention: a view of the dual-factor model Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Trang Nguyen
Purpose Despite the growing concern about security breaches and risks emerging from Shadow IT usage, a type of information security violation committed by organizational insiders, this phenomenon has received little scholarly attention. By integrating the dual-factor theory, unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) and social control theory, this research aims to examine facilitating
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Digital divide: accessing digital technologies for firms in BOP countries Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Ewuradjoa Mansa Quansah
Purpose Digital technologies (DTs) are key and essential in firms and communities. Countries in low-income areas, such as Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) contexts, struggle with digital development. To understand how firms in BOP countries access DTs, a qualitative study was conducted to provide insight into how firms in these contexts access DTs and the challenges they face while accessing these technologies
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Exploring Arab researchers' research data sharing and requesting practices: a survey study Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-09-01 A. Subaveerapandiyan, Mohammad Amees, Lovely M. Annamma, Upasana Yadav, Kapata Mushanga
Purpose This survey-based study aims to explore the research data dissemination and requesting practices of Arab researchers. It investigates the reasons, types, methods, barriers and motivations associated with data sharing and requesting in the Arab research community. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 205 Arab researchers representing various disciplines and
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Gendered COVID-19 discussions on Twitter: a Norwegian case Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Sanjana Arora, Jonas Debesay, Hande Eslen-Ziya
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has resurfaced challenges to gender equality and gender relations both worldwide and in Norway. There have been massive public discussions on social media platforms, highlighting the potential of analysing public discourses in a non-reactive manner (Rauchfleisch et al., 2021). Further, discourses from social media may affect cultural representations and broad discourses
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Employing face reading technology to study the effects of the fake news' message sidedness on consumers' emotional valence and arousal Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Anat Toder Alon, Hila Tahar
Purpose This study aims to investigate how message sidedness affects the impact of fake news posted on social media on consumers' emotional responses. Design/methodology/approach The study involves a face-tracking experiment in which 198 participants were exposed to different fake news messages concerning the COVID-19 vaccine. Specifically, participants were exposed to fake news using (1) a one-sided
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Introversion-extraversion and online course satisfaction Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Tsahi Hayat, Tal Samuel-Azran, Shira Goldberg, Yair Amichai-Hamburger
Purpose The 2020 Coronavirus pandemic forced universities to hastily transition to eLearning on a mass scale, necessitating the identification of populations who are more challenged by the transition. This study aims to identify how students’ level of introversion/extraversion and digital literacy come to play in their satisfaction with the eLearning environment. Design/methodology/approach The analysis
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The effect of social media environments on online emotional disclosure: tie strength, network size and self-reference Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Xi Xu, Jing Liu, Jia Hao Liu
Purpose Motivating users to self-disclose online is significant to the long-term development of social media. Therefore, research on emotional disclosure, a significant form of self-disclosure, is required. By developing a stimulus-organism-response model, this study aims to investigate the mechanisms by which the social media environment affects users' online emotional disclosure. Design/methodology/approach
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Framework for using online social networks for sustainability awareness Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Ricardo Chalmeta, Adriana M. Barbeito-Caamaño
Purpose This study aims to contribute to the field of computer systems for sustainability research. It proposes a framework for sustainability awareness using online social networks (OSNs) by analyzing major research streams of the current state of knowledge and different bibliometric variables, and identifies a future research agenda in the field. Design/methodology/approach The preferred reporting
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The development and validation of the Indian social media addiction scale Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Natasha Saqib, Faseeh Amin
Purpose Millions of social media users over the last two decades have become dependent on social media that has negatively affected their lives, both physically and mentally. Earlier attempts on social media addiction (SMA) scale development have not been made in India which makes it essential to undertake such a study in this region. One of the objectives of this study was to explore and identify
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Between remediating and participating: visuals of the Ford–Kavanaugh controversy on Instagram Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Bimbisar Irom
Purpose The study seeks to contribute to a deeper understanding of the relationship between remediations and participation in new media. By lending some transparency, the analysis hopes to contribute toward generating a critical optics aware of the potentials and pitfalls of emergent media. Design/methodology/approach The methodology is visual semiotic analysis. The author make no claim for one, true
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The utilitarian and hedonic value of immersive experiences on WeChat: examining a dual mediation path leading to users' stickiness and the role of social norms Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-07-06 Inma Rodríguez-Ardura, Antoni Meseguer-Artola, Qian Fu
Purpose An integrative model that predicts users' stickiness to WeChat is built. In the proposed model, perceived value plays a dual mediating role in the causal pathway from users' immersive experiences of presence and flow to their engagement and stickiness. Furthermore, presence is treated as a bi-dimensional construct made up of spatial feelings and the sense of being in company, and users' engagement
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Effect of information literacy on lifelong learning, creativity, and work performance among journalists Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-06-30 Haleema Saadia, Muhammad Asif Naveed
Purpose This research examined the effects of information literacy on lifelong learning, creativity, and work performance among journalists in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach Survey research design was applied to conduct this research. The participants were recruited through a stratified convenient sampling process from the press clubs of four provinces (e.g. Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Using online English learning resources: utilitarian and hedonic perspectives Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Fan-Chen Tseng, Pei-Hsun Emma Liu, T.C. Edwin Cheng, Ching-I Teng
Purpose This study intended to identify and categorize the drivers of using online English learning resources (OELR) and to understand OELR's impacts. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted an online survey, obtained complete responses from 157 OELR users and used structural equation modeling (SEM) for hypothesis testing. Findings Most utilitarian and hedonic drivers lead to positive perceptions
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How social are open-access debates: a follow-up study of tweeters' sentiments Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Hajar Sotudeh
Purpose Despite the widespread studies on the attitudes about OA, there exists little comparative evidence about the opinions of author and non-author parties at a global level in a social context. To bridge the gap, this study first investigated the opinions of the users who posted at least one tweet about OA in 2019. Then, it zoomed in to explore the views of the OA-interested tweeters, i.e. the
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Exploring the psychometric properties of the digital citizenship scale among Indian students Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Shivangi Verma, Naval Garg
Purpose Previous studies highlighted a shortage of scale to measure digital citizenship among Indians. Accordingly, this study examined the psychometric properties of Jones and Mitchell’s (2016) digital citizenship scale in the Indian context with the help of two independent studies. Design/methodology/approach In the first study, the factorial validity of the scale was determined using the exploratory
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Google Discover: uses, applications and challenges in the digital journalism of Spain, Brazil and Greece Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Carlos Lopezosa, Dimitrios Giomelakis, Leyberson Pedrosa, Lluís Codina
Purpose This paper constitutes the first academic study to be made of Google Discover as applied to online journalism. Design/methodology/approach This paper constitutes the first academic study to be made of Google Discover as applied to online journalism. The study involved conducting 61 semi-structured interviews with experts that are representative of a range of different professional profiles
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The infinity vaccine war: linguistic regularities and audience engagement of vaccine debate on Twitter Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-05-01 Rachel X. Peng, Ryan Yang Wang
Purpose As public health professionals strive to promote vaccines for inoculation efforts, fervent anti-vaccination movements are marshaling against it. This study is motived by a need to better understand the online discussion around vaccination. The authors identified the sentiments, emotions and topics of pro- and anti-vaxxers’ tweets, investigated their change since the pandemic started and further
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Towards a taxonomy of research areas in open government data Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Ahmad Nadzri Mohamad, Allan Sylvester, Jennifer Campbell-Meier
Purpose This study aimed to develop a taxonomy of research areas in open government data (OGD) through a bibliometric mapping tool and a qualitative analysis software. Design/methodology/approach In this study, the authors extracted metadata of 442 documents from a bibliographic database. The authors used a bibliometric mapping tool for familiarization with the literature. After that, the authors used
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Are memes selfish? How Internet memes reflect crisis–Covid-19 pandemic in Israel Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-19 Tal Laor
Purpose The paper aims to explore, using an analysis of the three components of memes content, form and stance – whether and how the memes offer a broad picture of a specific society during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Design/methodology/approach The author collected, from the two largest Facebook groups in Israel, 25 memes with the largest number of likes in each month, beginning from the month in
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Enhancing social capital and reciprocity through community news media during COVID-19: a study of video volunteers Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Gyanesh Govindarajan, K.A. Geetha, Santosh K. Patra, T.T. Sreekumar
Purpose This article attempts to highlight the defining role that community media engagements play during times of the pandemic. It is argued that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic forced community news media houses to reinvent their news reporting practices to cover issues pertaining to the marginalized and underprivileged sections of the society. It explores the role of community media in engaging
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Citation pattern of open access and toll-based research articles in the field of biological and physical sciences: a comparative study Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Zahid Ashraf Wani, Tariq Shafi Shah
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between the access mode of research articles [Open Access (OA) and Toll-Access (TA)] and their subsequent citation counts in Biological and Physical Sciences in three Impact factor zones (High, Medium and Low). Design/methodology/approach Three subjects each from Biological Sciences (Biochemistry, Cell Biology and Genetics) and Physical
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Students' attitude and learning effectivenes for two types of podcasts in MBA course Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Golan Carmi
Purpose The purpose of this research is to inspect the perceptions of MBA students regarding learning through podcasts. The author's goals are to reveal the students' attitudes toward the use of podcasts as a key learning tool in a graduate academic course, to examine the learning efficacy in this mode of learning, to inspect students' opinions regarding flexibility in learning with podcasts and to
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The funding effect on citation and social attention: the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a case study Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Pablo Dorta-González, María Isabel Dorta-González
Purpose Academic citation and social attention measure different dimensions in the impact of research results. The authors quantify the contribution of funding to both indicators considering the differences attributable to the research field and access type. Design/methodology/approach Citation and social attention accumulated until the year 2021 of more than 367 thousand research articles published
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Reviewing the critical challenges that influence the adoption of the e-learning system in higher educational institutions in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-04-04 Fadi Abdelfattah, Abrar Mohammed Al Alawi, Khalid Abed Dahleez, Ayman El Saleh
Purpose This paper aims to review the critical challenges and factors influencing the successful adoption of electronic learning (e-learning) systems in higher educational institutions before and during the current propagation of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This study undertook a literature review concerning the in-depth revision of previous studies
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A systematic review of socio-technical gender bias in AI algorithms Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-14 Paula Hall, Debbie Ellis
Purpose Gender bias in artificial intelligence (AI) should be solved as a priority before AI algorithms become ubiquitous, perpetuating and accentuating the bias. While the problem has been identified as an established research and policy agenda, a cohesive review of existing research specifically addressing gender bias from a socio-technical viewpoint is lacking. Thus, the purpose of this study is
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Political ideology and differences in seeking COVID-19 information on the internet: examining the comprehensive model of information seeking Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Xianlin Jin
Purpose Guided by the Comprehensive Model of Information Seeking (CMIS), this article identifies significant predictors that impact individuals seeking COVID-19 information. People with different political ideologies read contradictory information about the COVID-19 pandemic. However, how political ideology may affect COVID-19 information seeking remains unclear. This study explores the major information
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When WhatsApp changed its privacy policy: explaining WhatsApp discontinuation using an enablers-inhibitors' perspective Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Ali Farooq, Laila Dahabiyeh, Yousra Javed
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the factors that enable and inhibit WhatsApp users' discontinuance intention (DI) following the change in WhatsApp's privacy policy. Design/methodology/approach Using the enabler-inhibitor model as a framework, a research model consisting of discontinuation enabler distrust (DT) and the DT's antecedents [(negative electronic word of mouth (NEWOM),
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Digital natives and streaming TV platforms: an integrated perspective to explain continuance usage of over-the-top services Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Felix Friederich, Ramon Palau-Saumell, Jorge Matute, Jan-Hinrich Meyer
Purpose Digital natives constitute a substantial part of consumers nowadays. Yet, a theoretical understanding of the factors driving their engagement with new-age digital services is lacking. This study therefore aims to examine digital natives’ continuance usage of the proliferating over-the-top (OTT) services. To address these objectives, the study uses a comprehensive model that primarily integrates
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Viewing advertisements in social networks: the attitude-intention inconsistency revisited Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-14 Cuong Hung Nguyen, Hung Vu Nguyen, Theu Kim Doan, Minh Hoang Nguyen, Mai Thi Thu Le
Purpose This study provides a framework to explain the attitude–intention gap in viewing advertisements in social networks. Going beyond the literal and evaluative inconsistency issues in measuring factors with theory of planned behavior (TPB), the authors propose and test a theoretical framework with possible moderators to the relationship between the attitude and behavioral intention. Design/methodology/approach
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Data sharing and reuse practices: disciplinary differences and improvements needed Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Nushrat Khan, Mike Thelwall, Kayvan Kousha
Purpose This study investigates differences and commonalities in data production, sharing and reuse across the widest range of disciplines yet and identifies types of improvements needed to promote data sharing and reuse. Design/methodology/approach The first authors of randomly selected publications from 2018 to 2019 in 20 Scopus disciplines were surveyed for their beliefs and experiences about data
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Understanding the relationship between social media use and depression: a review of the literature Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Wenlong Zhu, Jian Mou, Morad Benyoucef, Jongki Kim, Taeho Hong, Sihua Chen
Purpose This paper analyzes the existing body of work on the relationship between depression and social media use in the information system field, including the impact of social media use on depression, the effect of depression on social media use and the association and interaction between depression and social media use. Design/methodology/approach Using the systematic review method, this study selected
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Access and impact barriers to academic publications: a global study of thesis and dissertation embargo policies Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-31 Behrooz Rasuli, Joachim Schöpfel, Michael Boock, Brenda Van Wyk
Purpose Many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) allow students or their advisors to restrict access to theses/dissertations (TDs) by applying embargoes. This study aims to identify why Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) allow embargoes. Design/methodology/approach One hundred HEIs were randomly selected, representing seven geographic regions. The authors imported policies/guidelines for embargoing
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The “gender affinity effect” behind female politicians' social media support: facebook civil talk during Israel's 2021 elections Online Information Review (IF 3.1) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Tal Samuel-Azran, Moran Yarchi
Purpose The study aims to examine the validity of the gender affinity effect on social media throughout election campaigns. Design/methodology/approach This paper examines the role of gender in political discourse, using citizens' conversations on Facebook in the days leading up to Israel's 2021 elections as its case study. The analysis measured the engagement generated by male and female politicians