Yannis Theocharis, Cardenal, Ana , Jin, Soyeon , Aalberg, Toril , Hopmann, David Nicolas , Strömbäck, Jesper , Castro, Laia , Esser, Frank , van Aelst, Peter , de Vreese, Claes , Corbu, Nicoleta , Koc-Michalska, Karolina , Matthes, Joerg , Schemer, Christian , Sheafer, Tamir , Splendore, Sergio , Stanyer, James , Stępińska, Agnieszka , ו Štětka, Václav . Submitted.
“Does The Platform Matter? Social Media And Covid-19 Conspiracy Theory Beliefs In 17 Countries”. New Media & Society, Pp. 14614448211045666.
תקציר While the role of social media in the spread of conspiracy theories has received much attention, a key deficit in previous research is the lack of distinction between different types of platforms. This study places the role of social media affordances in facilitating the spread of conspiracy beliefs at the center of its enquiry. We examine the relationship between platform use and conspiracy theory beliefs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on the concept of technological affordances, we theorize that variation across key features make some platforms more fertile places for conspiracy beliefs than others. Using data from a crossnational dataset based on a two-wave online survey conducted in 17 countries before and after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we show that Twitter has a negative effect on conspiracy beliefs—as opposed to all other platforms under examination which are found to have a positive effect.
Pablo J Boczkowski, Suenzo, Facundo , Mitchelstein, Eugenia , Kligler-Vilenchik, Neta , Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Keren , Hayashi, Kaori , ו Villi, Mikko . Submitted.
“From The Barbecue To The Sauna: A Comparative Account Of The Folding Of Media Reception Into The Everyday Life”. New Media & Society, Pp. 14614448211000314.
תקציר How and why do people still get print newspapers in an era dominated by mobile and social media communication? In this article, we answer this question about the permanence of traditional media in a digital media ecosystem by analyzing 488 semi-structured interviews conducted in Argentina, Finland, Israel, Japan, and the United States. We focus on three mechanisms of media reception: access, sociality, and ritualization. Our findings show that these mechanisms are decisively shaped by patterns of everyday life that are not captured by the scholarly foci on either content- or technology-influences on media use. Thus, we argue that a non-media centric approach improves descriptive fit and adds heuristic power by bringing a wider lens into crucial mechanisms of media reception in ways that expand the conceptual toolkit that scholars can utilize to analyze the role of media in everyday life.
Nora Boneh ו Doron, Edit . Submitted.
“Habituality And The Habitual Aspect Bt - Theoretical And Crosslinguistic Approaches To The Semantics Of Aspect, Rothstein, Susan [Ed], Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins, 2008, Pp 321-347”. בתוך Theoretical And Crosslinguistic Approaches To The Semantics Of Aspect, Rothstein, Susan [Ed], Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins, 2008, Pp 321-347. .
Publisher's Version תקציר The paper examines the linguistic expression of habituality showing that two concepts must be distinguished: gnomic habituality & actualized habituality. It is claimed, on the basis of Modern Hebrew, that the two concepts are derived from non-quantificational habitual operators – Hab which is modal & yields gnomic habituality, & (phi)Hab which is aspectual & yields actualized habituality. The core meaning of both operators is iteration over a contextually long interval. Syntactically, the operators differ with respect to their position: Hab is argued to be a VP-level adverb & (phi)Hab – an aspectual head. This is correlated with the fact that gnomic habituality is expressed via the simple form of the verb while the expression of actualized habituality involves periphrasis. The paper ends with a diachronic consideration of the Hebrew periphrastic form suggesting that its habitual use can already be detected in Biblical Hebrew. Figures, References. Adapted from the source document
