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- Publications
- Influence
Smartphones, publics, and OPR: Do publics want to engage?
- Ruth Avidar, Y. Ariel, V. Malka, E. C. Levy
- Political Science
- 1 June 2015
Smartphones offer new opportunities for public-organization engagement. The current study focuses on the actual usage of smartphones, as well as users’ willingness to engage with organizations via… Expand
Identity Prosthesis: Roles of Homeland Media in Sustaining Native Identity
This article focuses on the ways media texts produced in Israel constitute a vital part in the lives and identities of Jewish Israeli migrants in the United States. In this qualitative study,… Expand
Smartphones and young publics: A new challenge for public relations practice and relationship building
- Ruth Avidar, Y. Ariel, V. Malka, E. C. Levy, E. C. Levy
- Sociology
- 1 December 2013
Abstract This study focuses on smartphones and their potential contribution to relationship building, between organizations and young publics. A survey among a representative sample of 550 young,… Expand
Fast dose fractionation using ultra-short laser accelerated proton pulses can increase cancer cell mortality, which relies on functional PARP1 protein
Radiotherapy is a cornerstone of cancer management. The improvement of spatial dose distribution in the tumor volume by minimizing the dose deposited in the healthy tissues have been a major concern… Expand
Fighting, worrying and sharing: Operation ‘Protective Edge’ as the first WhatsApp war
- V. Malka, Y. Ariel, Ruth Avidar
- Sociology
- 22 October 2015
This study looks at the roles that WhatsApp, the popular smartphone application, played in the lives of Israeli citizens, who were exposed to war menaces during July 2014. During the war, WhatsApp… Expand
Reconceptualizing Uses and Gratifications vis-à-vis Smartphone Applications: The Case of WhatsApp
- V. Malka, Y. Ariel, Ruth Avidar, A. Cohen
- Sociology
- 28 July 2017
Reconceptualizing Uses and Gratifications vis-à-vis Smartphone Applications
- V. Malka, Y. Ariel, Ruth Avidar, A. Cohen
- Sociology
- 28 July 2017
Trends in public and media agenda-setting during the 2015 Israeli elections
- D. Weimann-Saks, Y. Ariel, V. Malka, Ruth Avidar
- Sociology
- 7 September 2016
Abstract The emergence of new media, primarily social networks, raises questions about the interactions at play between ‘new’ and ‘old’ media in terms of the media and the public agendas. This topic… Expand
Deliberative communication goes to college: the ‘Deliberation Forum’ project as a democratic agent of empowerment for communication students
- V. Malka
- Sociology
- 1 October 2016
A new field of research has developed over the last few decades, called ‘Deliberative Communication’. It focuses on the potential contribution of public deliberations to strengthening the foundations… Expand