Sex buyers’ attitudes: A study of Toronto’s online "Escort Review Board" by Rock Leung, Mikhaela Gray-Beerman

“…This research reveals an attitude of consumerism in people who buy sex that leverages online communities 1) to select almost any type of person for a sexual experience and 2) get the support of fellow members to help them pursue a desired sexual experience. …”
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Using unofficial media, less trusting of Chinese polity?-An analysis based on the moderated mediation effect. by Qian Hu, Yanping Pu

“…Further research finds that unofficial media use has a stronger impact on trust in the central government, court, and police, compared to trust in township governments. Weibo or online communities and overseas media can deconstruct political trust, however, gossip or chatting with friends can construct political trust. …”
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Commentary: an industry perspective on the importance of incorporating participant voice before, during, and after clinical trials by N. Goodson, P. Wicks, C. Farina

“…Examples of approaches used include recruitment of “look alike” participant samples through online communities, surveys, and the use of smartphone apps to directly record participants’ spoken reactions to trial materials like recruitment materials, site visit schedules, or informed consent materials. …”
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What “Real” Women Want: Alt-Right Femininity Vlogs as an Anti-Feminist Populist Aesthetic by Megan L. Zahay

“…I conclude by calling scholars of populism and rhetoric to attend to the way multi-layered conventions of aesthetics on social media platforms can spread extremist messaging through ambiguous content within and beyond online communities.…”
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Respect My Privacy by Kang, Ted Taiho

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Socio-Kinetics : visualizing impressions of people behavior through motion by Lee, Hyun-Yeul.

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Online trans-dimensional von Mises-Fisher mixture models for user profiles by Qin, X, Cunningham, P, Salter-Townshend, M

“…The proliferation of online communities has attracted much attention to modelling user behaviour in terms of social interaction, language adoption and contribution activity. …”

Critical discourse analysis of online resistance against compulsory hijab law in facebook postings, Iran by Dehghan., Ehsan

“…In the last couple of years, Iranian women have formed online communities to resist such laws and voice their dissent. …”
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Communicate to engage: storytelling, content creation, and promoting the idea of sustainability and intercultural dialogue in travel videoblogs by Anna Maj

“…Bloggers create and stimulate the existence of online communities, express specific ideas, concepts and worldviews that partly come from the area of scientific discourse, particularly anthropological, cultural and ethical ones. …”
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The Contribution of Dissociation and Interpersonal Sensitivity to Self-Injurious Behavior in Young Women by N.A. Polskaya, M.A. Melnikova

“…The study was conducted on a Russian-speaking female sample (N=968, Mean age — 21.29, SD=4.30) in online communities of psychological support for mental health disturbances. …”
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A case for deliberate and accommodative design for blended teaching and learning in universities in developing countries by Khutso Mnisi

“…The technology part of the ‘blend’ is crucial, as it allows teachers and learners to interact beyond the classroom, form online communities of sharing ideas and debates, and learn according to their pace and environment. …”
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Internet representations of dialectal English by Laura Gabrielle Goudet

“…The corpus of this study is composed of written productions found in African American and Scottish online communities, Black Planet and Scotster. These will be examined to compare the parallel development of alternative spellings of these dialects. …”
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Factors affecting online health community participation behavior in patients with thyroid cancer. by Kyung Ah Park, So Yeon Eum, Hyeonjung Oh, Myung Hae Cho, Hang-Seok Chang, Yong Sang Lee, Sanghee Kim, Cheong Soo Park

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate factors associated with use of online health communities by patients with thyroid cancer to understand the characteristics of patients participating in such online communities. A questionnaire survey was completed by 114 thyroid cancer patients admitted for surgery at a general hospital in Seoul, Korea. …”
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Earthquake conspiracy discussion on Twitter by Dmitry Erokhin, Nadejda Komendantova

“…This study makes a significant contribution to the field of social psychology and communication by providing insights into the dynamics of belief reinforcement within online communities amidst heightened attention to conspiracy theories triggered by significant events. …”
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A case for deliberate and accommodative design for blended teaching and learning in universities in developing countries by Khutso Mnisi

“…The technology part of the ‘blend’ is crucial, as it allows teachers and learners to interact beyond the classroom, form online communities of sharing ideas and debates, and learn according to their pace and environment. …”
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Technologies for sharing: lessons from quantified self about the political economy of platforms by Barta, K, Neff, G

“…This, we argue, has implications for researchers hoping to understand online communities and the ‘sharing economy' more generally.…”

Building online social identity and fandom activities of K-pop fans on Twitter by Marlyna Maros, Fara Nadia Abdul Basek

“…Over the years, they have built online communities, which are called fandoms. K-pop fandoms are zealous in fandom activities that some abused were detected, such as spreading false news and provocating fandom wars. …”
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Machine learning for detecting fake accounts and genetic algorithm-based feature selection by Amine Sallah, El Arbi Abdellaoui Alaoui, Stéphane C.K. Tekouabou, Said Agoujil

“…This global trend has not spared African online communities, where the proliferation of OSNs has provided new opportunities and challenges. …”
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E-cigarettes on Instagram: Exploring vape content via an Australian vaping influencer by Jonine Jancey, Renee N. Carey, Becky Freeman, Tama Leaver, Katharina Wolf, Marilyn Bromberg, Kevin Chai, Stella Bialous, Phoebe Adams, Meghan Mcleod, Kahlia McCausland

“…One-third of the vape accounts (n=127; 34.4%) had a shared focus, indicating that vape content may permeate into other online communities through shared interests. A total of 64 accounts (17.3%) potentially violated Meta’s policy by attempting to purchase, sell, raffle or gift e-cigarette products. …”
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Opacity behind the wheel: The relationship between transparency of algorithmic management, justice perception, and intention to quit among truck drivers by Antoine Bujold, Xavier Parent-Rocheleau, Marie-Claude Gaudet

“…Data were collected from 110 respondents via online communities of truck drivers. The results show that the transparency of algorithmic surveillance is positively related to procedural justice whereas the transparency of algorithmic performance management is positively related to distributive justice. …”
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