A Review of Social Media Website Users’ Interaction Paths with Governmental Accounts during the COVID-19 Pandemic
This study aims to describe and analyze the paths of social media website users’ interaction with the content of government accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the study are to describe the roles of government accounts as a tool to support the concept of health communication amo...
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| author | Amal Mohammed Nabil Abdul Azim Badr Tarek Ismail Mohamed Nassereldin Abdel Qadir Osman Alexey Mikhaylov |
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| description | This study aims to describe and analyze the paths of social media website users’ interaction with the content of government accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the study are to describe the roles of government accounts as a tool to support the concept of health communication among users of social media websites and analyze the targeted and untargeted roles that have emerged in this context, describe the roles of government accounts as a tool of government communication and analyze how government institutions employed them during the COVID-19 pandemic, and describe the roles of social media websites as a tool to address the problems and challenges created by the social spacing procedures and solutions provided by these websites to deal with these challenges. This study surveys a sample of previous studies conducted on the roles of government accounts on social media websites during the COVID-19 pandemic. The tools of this study are both analytical and comparative as they analyze and compare the results of previous studies on the interaction paths of internet users. The results indicate that social media websites have been considered a pivotal tool for building a renewable and interactive system. This coincides with developments in the communication environment in which the individual is present within the social pattern, and its depth of impact has been demonstrated, particularly after the repercussions of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7987ba0c2cd94d3494776da540d1d8e42023-11-23T16:52:36ZengMDPI AGInformatics2227-97092022-06-01935010.3390/informatics9030050A Review of Social Media Website Users’ Interaction Paths with Governmental Accounts during the COVID-19 PandemicAmal Mohammed Nabil Abdul Azim Badr0Tarek Ismail Mohamed1Nassereldin Abdel Qadir Osman2Alexey Mikhaylov3College of Mass Communication, Ajman University, Ajman 13306, United Arab EmiratesCollege of Mass Communication, Ajman University, Ajman 13306, United Arab EmiratesCollege of Mass Communication, Ajman University, Ajman 13306, United Arab EmiratesFinancial Faculty, Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, 124167 Moscow, RussiaThis study aims to describe and analyze the paths of social media website users’ interaction with the content of government accounts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the study are to describe the roles of government accounts as a tool to support the concept of health communication among users of social media websites and analyze the targeted and untargeted roles that have emerged in this context, describe the roles of government accounts as a tool of government communication and analyze how government institutions employed them during the COVID-19 pandemic, and describe the roles of social media websites as a tool to address the problems and challenges created by the social spacing procedures and solutions provided by these websites to deal with these challenges. This study surveys a sample of previous studies conducted on the roles of government accounts on social media websites during the COVID-19 pandemic. The tools of this study are both analytical and comparative as they analyze and compare the results of previous studies on the interaction paths of internet users. The results indicate that social media websites have been considered a pivotal tool for building a renewable and interactive system. This coincides with developments in the communication environment in which the individual is present within the social pattern, and its depth of impact has been demonstrated, particularly after the repercussions of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9709/9/3/50COVID-19government accountsinteraction pathssocial media websites |
| spellingShingle | Amal Mohammed Nabil Abdul Azim Badr Tarek Ismail Mohamed Nassereldin Abdel Qadir Osman Alexey Mikhaylov A Review of Social Media Website Users’ Interaction Paths with Governmental Accounts during the COVID-19 Pandemic Informatics COVID-19 government accounts interaction paths social media websites |
| title | A Review of Social Media Website Users’ Interaction Paths with Governmental Accounts during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full | A Review of Social Media Website Users’ Interaction Paths with Governmental Accounts during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Social Media Website Users’ Interaction Paths with Governmental Accounts during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Social Media Website Users’ Interaction Paths with Governmental Accounts during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_short | A Review of Social Media Website Users’ Interaction Paths with Governmental Accounts during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| title_sort | review of social media website users interaction paths with governmental accounts during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | COVID-19 government accounts interaction paths social media websites |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9709/9/3/50 |
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