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Social media has become instrumental for older adults in maintaining social connections, which are an integral component of older adults’ well-being. However, little is known about how daily positive/negative social […]
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The comment section accompanying news stories on social media offers an important interactive context for news, but may also afford the possibility to spread anti-establishment, trust-eroding comments. Exposure to such […]
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BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic reshaped social dynamics, fostering reliance on social media for information, connection, and collective sense-making. Understanding how citizens navigate a global health crisis in varying cultural and […]
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This study analyses three major research fields: citizens’ e-government, e-participation, and social media use. It compares the distribution of publications and citation network structure. We use three bibliometric software tools […]
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The proliferation of fake news on social media platforms makes it necessary to investigate how news content and user comments can influence user engagement. This study analyzes a robust dataset […]
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Hashtags are integral to conversations and discussions on social media and are used to communicate emotions and meaning. However, little is known about how hashtags form impressions of social media […]
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The spread of false and hateful messages poses one of the greatest challenges in the current communication ecosystem. Although both phenomena have been widely analyzed, few studies have examined their […]
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On social network sites, news media have lost their dominance as news sources, as individual actors (family members, friends) play the role of news intermediaries. Since determining a news source […]
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Given the popularity of short-form video platforms such as TikTok, particularly among young women and people of color, representations on these sites may shape beliefs about, identification with, and self-images […]
