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Yaron Ariel, Vered Elishar & Dana Weimann-Saks (18 Apr 2024): Analysing political engagement in a multimedia, multi-elections environment: predictive factors in an unpredictable political reality, The Journal of International Communication

Weimann-Saks, D., Elishar, V., & Ariel, Y. (2024). FIFA World Cup as a Media Event: Psychological Factors’ Influence on Second Screen Usage. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 68(5), 736–757.

Ariel, Y., Saks, D. W., & Malka, V. E. (2024). Dual screening in dual conflicts: Israelis’ use of second screens during the May 2021 external and internal conflicts. Israel Affairs, 30(6), 1119–1136.

Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Weimann-Saks, D. (2023) "Between the Homefront and the Battleground; between the TV and the Smartphone: Evaluating the use of a second screen during Operation' Guardian of the Walls'". International Journal of Communication.

Elishar, V., & Ariel, Y. (2023). Twitter adoption and perceived utility among Israeli news professionals: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, online first,

Ariel, Y., Weimann-Saks, D., Unkel, J., & Elishar-Malka, V. (2023). Far away but close at heart? German and Israeli consumption of news concerning the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian war. Media, war, and Conflict, online first.

Weimann-Saks, D., Ariel, Y., & Elishar-Malka, V. (2022). "The More I Open Up, the More You "Like" Me: Self-Disclosure and Intimacy Predict Engagement in Women's Facebook Groups". International Journal of Web Based Communities, 18(2), 173-185.

Weimann-Saks, D., Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., and Weimann G. (2022) "Spreading online rumours during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of knowledge, trust, and emotions”. The Journal of International Communication, 28(2), 249-264.

Ariel, Y., Elishar-Malka, V., Seah, S., Weimann-Saks, D., Weimann, G. (2022). #RumorsCOVID-19: Predicting the Forwarding of Online Rumors in Wuhan, China and in Israel. International Communication Gazette.

Y Ariel, V Elishar Malka, D Weimann Saks, R Avidar (2021) “If you follow me, I might (mis) lead you” Following prime ministerial candidates on social networks as a predictor of the public agenda during an election campaign. The Agenda Setting Journal

Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Weimann-Saks, D. (2021). Migrating to Social Networks While Watching Televised Sports: A Case Study of the Effect of Enjoyment on Second-Screen Usage During the World Cup, International Journal of Sport Communication, 14(3), 448-460.

Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y, and Weimann, G. (2020). Rethinking Political Communication in the Digital Sphere. The Journal of International Communication, 26:2, 190-210

Weimann-Saks, D., Ariel, Y., & Elishar-Malka, V. (2020). Social Second Screen: WhatsApp and Watching the World Cup. Communication & Sport, 8(1), 123–141.

Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Avidar, R. (2019), "A Story of Love and Hate: Smartphones in Students’ Lives", Schulz, J., Robinson, L., Khilnani, A., Baldwin, J., Pait, H., Williams, A., Davis, J. and Ignatow, G. (Ed.) Mediated Millennials (Studies in Media and Communications, Vol. 19), (pp.33- 50). Emerald Publishing Limited

Ariel, Y., & Elishar-Malka, V. (2019). Learning in the smartphone era: Viewpoints and perceptions on both sides of the lectern. Education and Information Technologies. 24(4), 2329–2340

Malka, V., Ariel, Y., Avidar, R. & Cohen, A.A. (2018). "Converging social needs with smartphone applications: The case of WhatsApp". In: P. Vorderer, D. Hefner, R, Reinecke, & C. Klimmt (Eds), Permanently Online, Permanently Connected (pp. 43-50). New York: Routledge

Avidar, R., Ariel, Y., & Malka, V. (2018). “Wartime changes in news consumption patterns among Israeli WhatsApp users: Operation Protective Edge as a case Study". In: D. Caspi, (Ed.) Reporting the Middle East: Challenges and Chances, Singapore: World Scientific Publishing (pp. 79-98).