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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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).

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