Research Article
Two surveys from Kuwait consider how the cognitive mediation model and two components of the spiral of silence (fear of social isolation and opinion congruency) affect how people share opinions.
A multi-modal discourse analysis of posts related to #NoToJeepneyPhaseout, campaigning to save this mode of transportation, unveiled frames indicating exclusion and oppression and showing unification, compassion, heroization, and cultural retention.
Content overload can make people take a long time to decide what to watch on Netflix, leading to stress.
This study explores the connection between following social media influencers (SMIs) and their followers’ trust in them for opinion building., using a survey and two focus group discussions.
A survey in China showed attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control are positively related to people’s intention to develop pro-environmental behavior towards climate change.
A survey in Taiwan show people are more accepting of robotic civil servants, compared to AI physicians, and least accepting of AI police officers.
An analysis of 4,364 comments extracted from 36 news articles from Vietnam show nine types of reactions, offering valuable insights into the societal dynamics of school violence.
A survey from South Korea shows exposure to cross-cutting political information in social media is associated with lower levels of perceived polarization, but it is offset by high political interest.
South Korean and U.S. surveys show live streaming exposure, engagement during a live stream, and perceived homophily of attitudes are positively related to perceptions of parasocial relationships with live streamers.
An analysis of 14 Malaysian newspapers highlights the dynamic nature of the Korean Wave discourse in Malaysia and its evolution in response to the changing media landscape and socio-economic factors.