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The hidden threat of cyber-attacks – undermining public confidence in government 网络攻击的潜在威胁——破坏公众对政府的信心

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-08-18 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2112796

Ryan Shandler, M. A. Gomez

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引用次数: 19

A platform penalty for news? How social media context can alter information credibility online 对新闻的平台处罚?社交媒体环境如何改变在线信息的可信度

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-08-02 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2105465

A. Agadjanian, Jacob Cruger, Sydney House, Annie Huang, Noah Kanter, C. Kearney, Junghye Kim, Isabelle Leonaitis, Sarah Petroni, Leonardo Placeres, Morgan Quental, Henry Sanford, Cameron Skaff, Jennifer Wu, Lillian Zhao, B. Nyhan

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引用次数: 2

The phantom effect of social media: the impact of no “likes” on politicians’ responsiveness to public opinion 社交媒体的幽灵效应:没有“赞”对政客对公众舆论反应的影响

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-07-26 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2106005

Talia Goren, I. Beeri, D. Vashdi

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引用次数: 0

Effects of online user comments on public opinion perception, personal opinion, and willingness to speak out: A cross-cultural comparison between Germany and South Korea 网络用户评论对舆论感知、个人观点和发声意愿的影响:德国和韩国的跨文化比较

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-07-22 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2103766

Christiane Eilders, Pablo Porten-Cheé

引用次数: 2

Determination of households benefits from subsidies by using data mining approaches 利用数据挖掘方法确定家庭补贴收益

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-07-20 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2097974

S. M. Alavi A., O. Ebadati E., S. Masoud Alavi A., Towhid Firoozan Sarnaghi

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引用次数: 1

Like, Share, Comment, and Repeat: Far-right Messages, Emotions, and Amplification in Social Media 点赞、分享、评论和重复：社交媒体中的极右翼信息、情绪和放大

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-07-19 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2097358

Larissa Doroshenko, Fangjing Tu

引用次数: 4

Hashtag framing and stakeholder targeting: An affordance perspective on China’s digital public diplomacy campaign during COVID-19 标签框架与利益相关者定位:新冠肺炎期间中国数字公共外交活动的视角

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-07-14 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2096742

Rui Wang, W. Xu

引用次数: 3

Social media, misinformation, and age inequality in online political engagement 社交媒体、错误信息和网络政治参与中的年龄不平等

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-07-07 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2096743

Saifuddin Ahmed, Dani Madrid-Morales, M. Tully

引用次数: 5

An Intelligent system for the categorization of question time official documents of the Italian Chamber of Deputies 意大利众议院质询时间官方文件的智能分类系统

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-06-09 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2082622

A. Cavalieri, P. Ducange, S. Fabi, F. Russo, N. Tonellotto

引用次数: 1

Is computer-mediated communication more powerful than face-to-face discussion in mobilizing political participation? A study examines participation in electoral campaigns and political advocacy in Taiwan 在动员政治参与方面，以电脑为媒介的交流是否比面对面的讨论更有力?一项研究调查了台湾竞选活动和政治宣传的参与情况

IF 2.6 2区社会学

Journal of Information Technology & Politics Pub Date : 2022-06-06 DOI: 10.1080/19331681.2022.2084483

Jing Guo

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引用次数: 2