Online Information Review: Volume 46 Issue 3

Editorial: Five challenges in detection and mitigation of disinformation on social media

Marco Bastos

Prevalence of anger, engaged in sadness: engagement in misinformation, correction, and emotional tweets during mass shootings

Jiyoung Lee, Shaheen Kanthawala, Brian C. Britt, Danielle F. Deavours, Tanya Ott-Fulmore

The goal of this study is to examine how tweets containing distinct emotions (i.e., emotional tweets) and different information types (i.e., misinformation, corrective…

Information literacy: a desideratum of the 21st century

Pritika Reddy, Bibhya Sharma, Kaylash Chaudhary, ’Osaiasi Lolohea, Robert Tamath

The research surveyed the competency of information literacy of senior high school students in Fiji. This is to evaluate the strong predictors of information literacy.

Bibi and Mr. Prime Minister: do different Facebook identities imply different messages for political leaders?

Gal Yavetz

Social media has been widely adopted by politicians and political parties during elections and routine times and has been discussed before. However, research in the field has so…

Are data repositories fettered? A survey of current practices, challenges and future technologies

Nushrat Khan, Mike Thelwall, Kayvan Kousha

The purpose of this study is to explore current practices, challenges and technological needs of different data repositories.

m-Government experience: a qualitative study in India

Rajiv Kumar, Arindam Mukherjee, Amit Sachan

The purpose of this study is to understand and interpret the fundamental meanings attached to consumer behavior through m-Government (m-Gov) experience and to derive insights. The…

Arab women feelings while seeking information during COVID-19 pandemic: applying PMT constructs

Asma Alwreikat, Ahmed Shehata, Metwaly Ali Mohamed Edakar

This study investigates the effect of protection motivation theory (PMT) constructs on Arab women's feelings while seeking information during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The development of the data science capability maturity model: a survey-based research

Mert Onuralp Gökalp, Ebru Gökalp, Kerem Kayabay, Altan Koçyiğit, P. Erhan Eren

The purpose of this paper is to investigate social and technical drivers of data science practices and develop a standard model for assisting organizations in their digital…

Exploring determinants influencing information literacy with activity theory

Xuanxi Li, A.Y.M. Atiquil Islam, Eddie W.L. Cheng, Xiao Hu, Samuel Kai Wah Chu

This study aimed to provide evidence to support the use of a wiki called PBworks as a learning tool to foster students' information literacy (IL) skills based on activity theory.

Meta-analysis of the DeLone and McLean models in e-learning success: the moderating role of user type

Mona Jami Pour, Javad Mesrabadi, Mohammad Asarian

Reviewing the existing literature in the field of e-learning success reveals a considerable number of studies that primarily investigate the causal relationships proposed by the…

Effects of young adults' smartphone use for social media on communication network heterogeneity, social capital and civic engagement

Yonghwan Kim, Bumsoo Kim

This study examines the direct and indirect effect mechanisms of how using smartphones for social media is associated with college students' civic engagement via levels of…

Book review: Lives of data: essays on computational cultures from India

Nimmi Rangaswamy