International Journal of Social Media and Online Communities

This article seeks to find the uses and gratification that consumers receive by using digital media during the lockdown when there is a situation of Covid. This article tries to provide a more comprehensive understanding of why consumers use digital ...

An online survey of 200 participants was conducted on the experiences of sharing material and immaterial artifacts, focusing on interaction with non-media content types. The survey included six categories of sharing: music preferences, travel plans, ...

Social media movements take place in an increasingly volatile technological landscape. Researchers who want to analyse their spread must navigate methodological challenges relating to data accessibility, combining qualitative and quantitative data, and ...

This study uses the online disinhibition effect as a theoretical framework for understanding disclosures of ADHD on non-anonymous (Facebook) and anonymous (Reddit) channels. Specifically, a quantitative content analysis compared public Facebook and ...

Although Lebanon currently has the highest proportion of adults aged 65 years and above, we noticed the lack of sufficient studies and information on older people in many fields. The Lebanese older population suffered from the outbreak of Covid-19, ...

Recently, generative AI has gained increased attention and impact across a variety of areas. Fake news can be used to manipulate public opinion, it is an important topic of investigation. Many factors affect how people perceive news in terms of ...