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  1. Advocacy and Representation Claims in Social Media Campaigns

    Article • Societies, August 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  2. The Challenge is the Message: Uses and Gratifications Across Positive, Neutral, and Negative Social Media Challenges

    Article • July 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  3. Has social media altered the concept of friendship? An Aristotelian perspective

    Article • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  4. Pluralism research rewired: Mutual adjustment and democratic collaboration online

    Article • The Information Society, April 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  5. Social media challenges as an intersection between Internet memes and traditional challenges: a conceptual analysis

    Article • Frontiers in Communication, March 2026, Frontiers

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  6. The Mediatization of War: A Roadmap for Research Based on the October 7, 2023, Hamas Attack on Israel

    Article • Armed Forces & Society, March 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  7. The public on trial: how the perceived significance of media exposure shapes interest, knowledge and opinion in a murder case

    Article • Information Communication & Society, March 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  8. A Crisis, or not a Crisis? A Case Study About the Misperception of a Local Social Media Crisis

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  9. A Crisis, or Not a Crisis? A Case Study About the Misperception of a Local Social Media Crisis

    Article • Social Sciences, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  10. Heritage in the Social Media Age: Online Genealogy Communities and Their Managers as Knowledge Hubs in the Genealogical Ecosystem

    Article • Social Sciences, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  11. From Silence to Visual Resistance: A Study of #WhyIDidntReport Posts on Instagram

    Article • July 2025, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  12. Heritage in the Social Media Age: Online Genealogy Communities and Their Managers as Knowledge Hubs in the Genealogical Ecosystem

    Article • April 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  13. Policing injustice in the digital age: analyzing police representation in social media activism

    Article • Crime Law and Social Change, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  14. Role expansion of social media groups

    Article • February 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  15. Categorizing Social Media-Based Collective Action

    Article • Information Polity, February 2025, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  16. Mediatization and Justice: How Public Participation Influences Legal Processes Through Online Discovery

    Article • Mediatization Studies, January 2025, Wydawnictwo Uniwersyteu Marii Curi-Sklodowskiej w Lublinie

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  17. Strategies for Dealing with Controversial User-Generated Content on Social Media: Challenges and Managerial Responses

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  18. Online communities as arenas of “amateur expertise”: examples from the social media activity for justice for Roman Zadorov

    Article • Frontiers in Sociology, December 2024, Frontiers

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  19. Cognitive Map of Perceptions of Social Networks as a Means of Justice in Sexual Offenses

    Article • Journalism and Media, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  20. Genealogy in social media: navigating time and space

    Article • The History of the Family, October 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  21. Covering online protest: what changes and what remains the same? Examples from the protest for justice for Roman Zadorov

    Article • Journal of Information Technology & Politics, September 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  22. A Cognitive Map of Sexual Violence Victims’ Decision-Making: Understanding the Preference for Social Media over Formal Legal Avenues—Insights from Media Consultants

    Article • Social Sciences, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  23. Do class WhatsApp groups undermine perceived teacher authority? Perspectives of female students in religious high schools

    Article • Educational Media International, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  24. Exposure to diverse political views in contemporary media environments

    Article • Frontiers in Communication, April 2024, Frontiers

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  25. Covering a health crisis as a military crisis? The Israeli media coverage of the first COVID-19 wave crisis

    Article • Israel Affairs, April 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  26. Carry-over effects of priming viewers with pro and anti-establishment messages in video content

    Article • Heliyon, April 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  27. A Cognitive Map of Sexual Violence Victims’ Decision-Making: Understanding the Preference for Social Media over Formal Legal Avenues—Insights from Media Consultants

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  28. Carry-Over Effects of Priming Viewers with Pro and Anti-Establishment Messages in Video Content

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  29. Covering a Health Crisis as a Military Crisis? The Israeli Media Coverage of the First COVID-19 Wave Crisis

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  30. Exposure to Diverse Political Views in Contemporary Media Environments

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  31. Measuring digital literacy with eye tracking: an examination of skills and performance based on user gaze

    Article • Aslib Journal of Information Management, December 2023, Emerald

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  32. Democratizing the discourse on criminal justice in social media: the activity for justice for Roman Zadorov as a case study

    Article • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, November 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  33. Making sense of murder: Characterizing stories in social media groups

    Article • Media Culture & Society, October 2023, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  34. Media events in an age of “cross-media”: a smartphone diary app study

    Article • Online Review, October 2023, Emerald

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  35. What characterize the rumors circulating on social media in Israel in the first wave of COVID-19?

    Article • Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, October 2023, Bastas Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  36. Ad-hoc activism: Characteristics of administrators of activist groups on social media

    Article • International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, September 2023, Intellect

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  37. Diplomacy under fire: Engagement with governmental versus non-governmental messages on social media during armed conflicts

    Article • Government Information Quarterly, June 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  38. A big-data analysis of the communication patterns of parliament members with the public on Facebook: top-down, non-inclusive and non-egalitarian

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  39. Campaigning Online: Use of the Internet by Parties, Candidates and Voters in National and Local Election Campaigns in Israel

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  40. Facebook Campaigning: Candidates' Perspectives

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  41. Live, visual, social, and mobile: media ecology in emergencies and ordinary times

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  42. MPs on Facebook: Differences between Members of Coalition and Opposition

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  43. Normalizing or equalizing? Characterizing Facebook campaigning

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  44. Silent Partners: How Politicians’ Facebook Communication with Constituents is Mediated

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  45. Smartphones, text messages, and political participation

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  46. The Anti-Social Network? Framing Social Media in Wartime

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  47. The Dormant Volcano: Social Media and the Temple Mount, Jerusalem

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  48. The igniter and the megaphone: Perceptions of Facebook’s role in activism

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  49. To Browse, or Not to Browse? Third-Person Effect Among Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women, in Regards to the Perceived Danger of the Internet

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  50. Uses and gratifications of members of communities of practice

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  51. “Objection, Your Honor”: Use of Social Media by Civilians to Challenge the Criminal Justice System

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  52. A big-data analysis of the communication patterns of parliament members with the public on Facebook: top-down, non-inclusive and non-egalitarian

    Article • Aslib Journal of Information Management, November 2022, Emerald

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  53. Polarization of Deliberative and Participatory Activists on Social Media

    Article • Media and Communication, October 2022, Cogitatio

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  54. Joining and Gaining Knowledge From Digital Literacy Courses: How Perceptions of Internet and Technology Outweigh Socio-Demographic Factors

    Article • Media and Communication, October 2022, Cogitatio

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  55. The Dormant Volcano: Social Media and the Temple Mount, Jerusalem

    Article • Social Media + Society, October 2022, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  56. Writings on the City Wall

    Article • August 2022, IGI Global

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  57. Social Media Jurors: Conceptualizing and Analyzing Online Public Engagement in reference to Legal Cases

    Article • Crime Law and Social Change, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  58. Measuring Digital Literacy with Eye Tracking: An examination of skills and performance based on user gaze

    Article • June 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Nili Steinfeld, Dr. Azi Lev-On

  59. Watching participatory budgeting events or attending them produce different distributive outcomes

    Article • Online Review, June 2021, Emerald

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  60. Municipal Campaigns on Facebook: What influences the scope of engagement and does it win votes?

    Article • June 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr. Azi Lev-On, Nili Steinfeld

  61. News videos consumption in an age of new media: a comparison between adolescents and adults

    Article • Journal of Children and Media, April 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  62. SNS Adoption for Consumer Active Information Search (AIS) - the Dyadic Role of Information Credibility

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, March 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  63. SOCIAL MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITY: THE CASE OF WHATSAPP

    Article • March 2021, IATED Academy, S.L.

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  64. Mobile applications in local government

    Article • Electronic Government an International Journal, January 2021, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  65. The long-term effects of digital literacy programs for disadvantaged populations: analyzing participants’ perceptions

    Article • Journal of Information Communication and Ethics in Society, December 2020, Emerald

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  66. Police in social media: To protect and share?

    Article • First Monday, December 2020, University of Illinois Libraries

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  67. MPs on Facebook

    Article • Digital Government Research and Practice, April 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Nili Steinfeld, Dr. Azi Lev-On

  68. Silent Partners: How Politicians' Facebook Communication with Constituents is Mediated

    Article • Politics &amp Policy, April 2020, Wiley

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  69. Top-down, Non-inclusive and Non-egalitarian

    Article • June 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Nili Steinfeld, Dr. Azi Lev-On

  70. Smartphones, text messages, and political participation

    Article • Mobile Media & Communication, March 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  71. Viewing diaries in an age of new media: An exploratory analysis of mobile phone app diaries versus paper diaries

    Article • Methodological Innovations, January 2019, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  72. MPs and Audiences on Social Media during Emergencies: Automatic and Manual Content Analyses of Facebook Posts

    Article • JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government, December 2018, JEDEM Journal of e-Democracy and Open Government

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  73. How important are new and mainstream media in protests?

    Article • Journal of Language and Politics, October 2018, John Benjamins

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  74. The igniter and the megaphone: Perceptions of Facebook’s role in activism

    Article • Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, August 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  75. Facilitating cross-cleavage communication online: Findings from interviews with ultra-Orthodox, religious, and secular participants

    Article • The Communication Review, July 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  76. Live, visual, social, and mobile: media ecology in emergencies and ordinary times

    Article • Online Review, July 2018, Emerald

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  77. How is social media portarayed in the mainstream media in emergencies?

    Article • Social Media + Society, July 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  78. Coalition and opposition MPs on Facebook

    Article • May 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  79. “Objection, Your Honor”

    Article • Social Science Computer Review, May 2018, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On, Nili Steinfeld

  80. Complementing or Substituting? News in an Era of Multiple Platforms and Second Screens

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  81. Journalists who cross over to politics: perceived motivations, communicative and parliamentary salience

    Article • Israel Affairs, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  82. MPs and Audiences on Social Media During Emergencies: Automatic and Manual Content Analyses of Facebook Posts

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  83. Perceptions, Uses, Visual Aspects, and Consequences of Social Media Campaigning: Lessons from Municipal Facebook Campaigning, Israel 2013

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  84. Writings on the City Wall

    Article • January 2018, IGI Global

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  85. How is the content in parlamentarians' FB pages generated?

    Article • Journal of Legislative Studies, October 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  86. Administrating social media: The significance of managers

    Article • First Monday, October 2017, University of Illinois Libraries

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  87. M-governments in the local level: An exploratory study

    Article • August 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  88. The third-person effect on Facebook: The significance of perceived proficiency

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  89. Uses and Gratifications: Evidence for Various Media

    Article • March 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  90. Looks That Matter

    Article • American Behavioral Scientist, December 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  91. Does Facebook Campaigning assist the more established forces or the more marginalized parties?

    Article • New Media & Society, September 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  92. User comments and public opinion: Findings from an eye-tracking experiment

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, August 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  93. Online Communities of Practice: Social or Cognitive Arenas?

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  94. Social Media and the City: Analyzing Conversations in Municipal Facebook Pages

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  95. Deliberating through the radio: a preliminary assessment

    Article • Journal of Multicultural Discourses, November 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  96. Local engagement online: Municipal Facebook pages as hubs of interaction

    Article • Government Information Quarterly, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  97. Studying the coevolution of social distance, offline- and online contacts

    Article • Computers in Human Behavior, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  98. Uses and gratifications of members of communities of practice

    Article • Online Review, April 2015, Emerald

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  99. ‘Well-Done, Mr. Mayor!'

    Article • International Journal of E-Planning Research, April 2015, IGI Global

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  100. Equalization of What? Status, Expertise, and Tenure in Virtual Communities of Practice

    Article • Human Services Organizations Management Leadership & Governance, March 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  101. Campaigning Online, Locally

    Article • January 2015, IGI Global

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  102. Campaigning Online, Locally

    Article • International Journal of E-Politics, July 2014, IGI Global

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  103. Managers and members in online communities of practice

    Article • June 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  104. Promoting online deliberation quality: cognitive cues matter

    Article • Information Communication & Society, April 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  105. Gaps close, gaps open: a repeated cross-sectional study of the scope and determinants of the ethnic digital divide

    Article • International Journal of Electronic Governance, January 2014, Inderscience Publishers

    Dr Sabina Lissitsa, Dr. Azi Lev-On

  106. Cleavages and Links

    Article • January 2014, IGI Global

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  107. Communities, Crowds and Focal Sites: Fine-Tuning the Theoretical Grounding of Collaboration Online

    Article • The Journal of Community Informatics, May 2013, University of Waterloo

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  108. Another flew over the digital divide: internet usage in the Arab-Palestinian sector in Israel during municipal election campaigns, 2008

    Article • Israel Affairs, January 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  109. "Let Us Talk to People, Not to Computers": Obstacles for Establishing Relationships and Trust in Social Workers’ Online Communities of Practice

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  110. Passive Participation in Communities of Practice: Scope and Motivations

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  111. YouTube Usage in Low-Visibility Political Campaigns

    Article • Journal of Information Technology & Politics, April 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  112. Communication, community, crisis: Mapping uses and gratifications in the contemporary media environment

    Article • New Media & Society, August 2011, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  113. MK websites and the personalization of Israeli politics

    Article • Israel Affairs, July 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  114. Campaigning Online: Use of the Internet by Parties, Candidates and Voters in National and Local Election Campaigns in Israel

    Article • Policy & Internet, January 2011, Wiley

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  115. Studying the ethical implications of e-trust in the lab

    Article • Ethics and Information Technology, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  116. Engaging the Disengaged: Collective Action, Media Uses, and Sense of (Virtual) Community by Evacuees From Gush Katif

    Article • American Behavioral Scientist, February 2010, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  117. Group and Dyadic Communication in Trust Games

    Article • Rationality and Society, January 2010, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  118. The medium or the message? Communication relevance and richness in trust games

    Article • Synthese, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  119. Internet-Based Collaborations and Their Political Significance

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  120. Internet-Based Collaborations and Their Political Significance

    Article • Journal of Information Technology & Politics, April 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  121. The Democratizing Effects of Search Engine Use: On Chance Exposures and Organizational Hubs

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Azi Lev-On

  122. Internet : la main invisible de la délibération

    Article • Esprit, January 2006, CAIRN

    Dr. Azi Lev-On