Vol. 14, No. 2 (2025)

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Published: 2025-07-11

Articles

• Implications of social media use among self-employed workers during the pandemicThe case of photographers and video makers in Brazil

  Cristina Marins, Victoria Perfeito, Heitor Guimaraes, Gabriela Serafim

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• Weighing the advice of doctors versus online strangersA socio-demographic profile

  Mark LaCour, India LeBlanc, Gabrielle Capps

  23-56

  
  

• Fitspo and Bopo: An experimental studyDisentangling text from image effects in #bopo and #fitspo media

  Tanya Berry, Sean Locke, Elaine Ori

  57-84

  
  

• Thirdhand smoke educational narratives on the risks of exposure to childrenExamining Facebook’s algorithmic priorities and user engagement

  Rachael Record, Lydia Greiner, Heather Wipfli, Miguel Mejia, Jessica Pugel, Georg Matt

  85-100

  
  

Vol. 14, No. 1 (2025)

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Published: 2025-05-31

Special Issue: Intersections of Politics and Social Media

• Editor letter

  Mia Moody-Ramirez, Gabriel B. Tait

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• Political themes in memesAn exploration of Ghanaian online memetic discourse

  Millicent Elewosi, Joseph P. Zompetti

  4-35

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• Somalia needs legal framework to stop social media “warlords”Study on impact of social media on conflict dynamic shows

  Abdullahi Abdi Sheikh

  36-56

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• Users’ engagement with male and female politicians’ Instagram postsEvidence from Israel’s 2021 election

  Galit Sharon, Moran Yarchi

  57-83

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• Gatecrashing journalismHow influencers are redefining news in Zambia

  Gregory Gondwe

  84-103

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• #ProtestPolicingIntersecting race and social media activism in the Mile High City

  Nancy Rios-Contreras

  104-125

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Articles

• Social media users’ perceptions of roles and responsibilities

  Jessica Roberts

  126-144

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• Using AsianCrit Theory to assess Asian prejudice in policymakers’ statements on Twitter

  Claudia Bawole, George Daniels

  145-169

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• Optimizing engagement of “willing messengers”Effective health information dissemination using social media and networks

  Terry Stringer Damron, Joe Cangelosi

  170-188

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• Social media use and its impact on Palestinian women’s well being and self-empowerment

  Rania Al Namara, Harsha Gangadharbatla

  189-221

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• Tweet, watch, repeatNeuroticism, conscientiousness, and the quest for belonging on social TV

  Lauren Auverset

  222-257

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• The role of networks in spreading hate speech on Twitter

  Jari-Mikko Meriläinen

  258-278

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Book Reviews

• Review of Gender in the Digital Sphere: Representation, Engagement, and Expression

  Tim Coady

  BR1-3

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• Review of Pandemics in the Age of Social Media: Information and Misinformation in Developing Nations

  Elizabeth Hernandez

  BR4-6

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