Featured Translation Who Sells Knowledge Online? An Investigation of Knowledge Celebrities in China May 27, 2022June 15, 2022 Xiaoyu Chen digital influencer, knowledge celebrity, online identity, pay-for-knowledge practice, Social media Who Sells Knowledge Online? An Investigation of Knowledge Celebrities in China Xiaoyu Chen, Alton Chua, and L.G. Pee In China, there is an emerging class of online celebrities known as Read more Read more
Featured Translation A Rumor Reversal Model of Online Health Information during the Covid-19 Epidemic May 27, 2022June 9, 2022 Xiwei Wang COVID-19, information science, misinformation, Social media, social network analysis A Rumor Reversal Model of Online Health Information during the Covid-19 Epidemic Xiwei Wang Rumor during the Covid-19 epidemic The Covid-19 epidemic has profoundly changed the global economy and society, Read more Read more
Frontiers Endangered Social Media Innovations Part 1: Usenet’s Small World Model Preventing Large Scale Content Manipulation April 7, 2022April 22, 2022 Christopher Lueg censorship, Social media, usenet Endangered Social Media Innovations Part 1: Usenet’s Small World Model Preventing Large Scale Content ManipulationChristoper LuegYet another troubling development in social media (as if there aren’t enough already—e.g. Read more Read more
Translation What Are They Saying? A Speech Act Analysis of a Vaccination Information Debate on Facebook March 30, 2022June 9, 2022 Laurie Bonnici Facebook, Social media, speech act analysis What Are They Saying? A Speech Act Analysis of a Vaccination Information Debate on Facebook Laurie Bonnici and Jinxuan Ma Vaccine-preventable diseases are on the rise in part because of Read more Read more
Translation Social Noise: What Is It, and Why Should We Care? February 24, 2022May 26, 2022 Tara Zimmerman identity curation, information behavior, Social media, social noise Social Noise: What Is It, and Why Should We Care? Tara Zimmerman As social media, online relationships, and perceived social expectations on platforms such as Facebook play a greater role Read more Read more
Translation To Learn from Your Own or Others’ Experiences? February 10, 2022April 22, 2022 Shengli Li consumer behavior, online review, Social media To Learn from Your Own or Others’ Experiences? The influence of online ratings and free samples on users’ purchase decision of experience goods. Shengli Li Have you ever felt overwhelmed Read more Read more
Editorial True Cost of Free Search October 16, 2021March 28, 2022 Chirag Shah Conspiracy theory, Google, misinformation, Search engines, Social media True Cost of Free SearchChirag Shah, University of WashingtonWith all the attention that Facebook is getting recently, we often forget that the problem of biased algorithms is not Read more Read more
