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Social media and democracy [PDF]

open access: yesEl Profesional de la Información, 2018
Slowly approaching the second quarter of the 21st century, research on social media and its effects over democracy has quickly permeated across various fields in social sciences, particularly political communication. Based on accumulated evidence in this strand of literature, this paper briefly summarizes several established research areas.
de Zúñiga, Homero Gil   +2 more
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The Impact of Social Media Activities on Brand Equity

open access: yesInformation, 2021
This study aims to investigate the impact of Social Media Activities on brand equity (brand awareness and brand image). A cross-sectional quantitative study has been conducted using a validated questionnaire distributed to a convenience sample of 362 ...
Ra’ed Masa’deh   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The search for alternative knowledge in the post-truth era: Anti-vaccine mobilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2022
The search for alternative knowledge, conspiracy theories, distrust of expertise and anti-science movements are gaining momentum and post-truth populism is speeding up on the back of fake news.
Hande Eslen-Ziya, Ezgi Pehlivanli
doaj   +1 more source

The Shorter the Better? Effects of Privacy Policy Length on Online Privacy Decision-Making

open access: yesMedia and Communication, 2020
Privacy policies provide Internet users with the possibility to inform themselves about websites’ usage of their disclosed personal data. Strikingly, however, most people tend not to read privacy policies because they are long and cumbersome, indicating ...
Yannic Meier   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The non-substitutability of local news?Advertising and the decline of journalism's umbrella market model

open access: yesNordicom Review, 2021
This article addresses the challenges facing local newspapers as the digital economy transitions to artificial intelligence (AI). We interview five CEOs of Scandinavian newspaper corporations, representing small, mid-sized, and large newspaper chains ...
Sjøvaag Helle, Owren Thomas
doaj   +1 more source

Social Media and Social Class [PDF]

open access: yesAmerican Behavioral Scientist, 2018
Background:This article explores the relationship between social class and social media use and draws on the work of Pierre Bourdieu in examining class in terms of social, economic, and cultural capital. The article starts from a prior finding that those who predominantly only use social media formed a higher proportion of Internet users from lower ...
Yates, Simeon, Lockley, Eleanor
openaire   +3 more sources

A Petrostate’s Outlook on Low-Carbon Transitions: The Discursive Frames of Petroleum Policy in Norway

open access: yesEnergies, 2021
Norway is a petroleum exporting country that, simultaneously, is at the forefront of implementing ambitious climate policy measures. Through a discourse analysis of official documents that address petroleum policy, this article examines how the Norwegian
Tine S. Handeland, Oluf Langhelle
doaj   +1 more source

Social media literacy: A conceptual framework

open access: yesNew Media & Society, 2022
Concerns over the harmful effects of social media have directed public attention to media literacy as a potential remedy. Current conceptions of media literacy are frequently based on mass media, focusing on the analysis of common content and evaluation ...
Hyunyi Cho   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Social Media, Social Comment and the Moralising Media-Scape [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
This chapter explores food culture in social media. It focuses in particular on the affordances offered by social media platforms to create, develop and negotiate individual digital identities, which mediate personal, social and professional relationships with and investment in food, nurture and wellbeing.
Drylie Carey, Lindsey   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Social Media Use for Health Purposes: Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research, 2021
Background Social media has been widely used for health-related purposes, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous reviews have summarized social media uses for a specific health purpose such as health interventions, health campaigns, medical ...
Junhan Chen, Yuan Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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