News Sites and Fake News in the Egyptian Political Transformation 2013–2014: Aljazeera.net case study

 Online activities allow users to benefit from, and engage with, news and information in a more complex way than was possible with old news settings. However, many have expressed concerns about the effects of false news stories, or ‘fake news’, circulated largely via online services on public view. This study examines the news sites’ behaviour and the attitudes of elite Egyptian academics towards information provided by the aljazeera.net news site during the Egyptian political conflict and the transformation from former President Mohamed Morsi to current President Abdul Fatah el-Sisi. A total of 450 elite academics were surveyed online to evaluate news and information about the political conflict and the transformation in Egypt through focusing on how they became informed about such news, their perceptions of news via the aljazeera.net site and their evaluation of whether the network has misused information regarding this period. The results indicated that the aljazeera.net site used different, false and ‘fake news’ techniques mainly in support of the pro-Morsi position during the transition to el-Sisi. Respondents indicated that misinformation was clearly provided by aljazeera.net in different formats, though some highlighted the importance of accessing news from online sources. Respondents indicated that online content can be easily spread among users with no significant third-party filtering, fact checking or editorial judgment. This raises questions about who becomes the arbiter of truth.     Keywords: Fake News, Misinformation News, Online News Sites, aljazeera.net, Mohamed Morsi, Abdul Fatah el-Sisi, News Propaganda, Social Networking Sites, Online Audience

Foreign media choices and gulf elites’ prospect in crises: The US-Iran 2019 conflict

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Foreign media choices and gulf elites’ prospect in crises: The US-Iran 2019 conflict

This data are linked to Foreign media choices and gulf elites’ prospect in crises: The US-Iran 2019 conflict studyTHIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

Understanding the Effects of Social Media Marketing on Customers’ Bank Loyalty

This data were used to analyse and understanding the effects of social media marketing on customers’ bank loyalty in Jordan. We find the following:This study used customers’ experiences to assess the role of social media marketing (SMM) efforts in increasing online customer-based loyalty in the banking sector in Jordan, and using the two main components of the TAM model, perceived the ease of use and perceived usefulness, to understand the relationship. Data were gathered through an online survey with 329 respondents through online banking services in Jordan. A test of the structural equation model (SEM) indicated that perceived usefulness strongly affects electronic word of mouth (EWM), informativeness (INF), and social media features (SMF); and perceived ease of use is indirectly linked to these factors. Behavioral in-tention is strongly affected by both the perceived usefulness and the ease of use of online banking services. Based on the self-proposed model, e-marketing has impacted customers’ bank loyalty regarding its online services, and the role of social media marketing has remained very important to enhancing customer-based loyalty. This study contributes to the literature by integrating SMF, EWM, and INF in a single framework. It also provides managerial implications and guides for scholars, managers, and practitioners in e-marketing to use customers’ experience to increase customer loyalty. Further research and suggestions are offered.THIS DATASET IS ARCHIVED AT DANS/EASY, BUT NOT ACCESSIBLE HERE. TO VIEW A LIST OF FILES AND ACCESS THE FILES IN THIS DATASET CLICK ON THE DOI-LINK ABOV

SEM-ANN-based approach to understanding students' academic-performance adoption of YouTube for learning during Covid.

A hybrid analysis of Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN), through SmartPLS and SPSS software, as well as the importance-performance map analysis (IPMA) were used to examine the impact of YouTube videos content on Jordanian university students' behavioral intention regarding eLearning acceptance, in Jordan. According to the evaluation of both ANN and IPMA, performance expectancy was the most important and, theoretically, several explanations were provided by the suggested model regarding the impact of intention to adopt eLearning from Internet service determinants at a personal level. The findings coincide greatly with prior research indicating that users' behavioral intention to adopt eLearning is significantly affected by their performance expectancy and effort expectancy. The paper contributed to technology adoption e.g., YouTube in academia, especially in Jordan. Respondents showed a willingness to employ and adopt the new technology in their education. Finally, the findings were presented and discussed through the UTAUT and TAM frameworks

Improving the deaf and hard of hearing internet accessibility : JSL, text-into-sign language translator for Arabic

Our society is more dependent on ICT regardless of our abilities. However, some webpages cannot be accessed by D/HoH people, especially when they lack education skills. Technological experts have offered several solutions over the years e.g., fixed content given to D/HoH users, or videos using SL, which affects the presentation. As a suggested solution, the Jordanian Sign Language browser (JSL) was developed. This allows D/HoH users to choose any word and translate it into SL using videos with translated words appearing on the screen on request without disturbing the website presentation. The JSL acceptance was measured using the usability questionnaire (SUMI). The model was drawn from 100 Jordanian D/HoH users to measure their satisfaction and acceptance and test the following factors: Efficiency, Effect, Helpfulness, and Learnability. The findings revealed that the proposed model was reliable and reinforced the need for including ICT in D/HoH institutions. It is anticipated that it will help online D/HoH people in enhancing their social and educational skills

Improving the deaf and hard of hearing internet accessibility : JSL, text-into-sign language translator for Arabic

Our society is more dependent on ICT regardless of our abilities. However, some webpages cannot be accessed by D/HoH people, especially when they lack education skills. Technological experts have offered several solutions over the years e.g., fixed content given to D/HoH users, or videos using SL, which affects the presentation. As a suggested solution, the Jordanian Sign Language browser (JSL) was developed. This allows D/HoH users to choose any word and translate it into SL using videos with translated words appearing on the screen on request without disturbing the website presentation. The JSL acceptance was measured using the usability questionnaire (SUMI). The model was drawn from 100 Jordanian D/HoH users to measure their satisfaction and acceptance and test the following factors: Efficiency, Effect, Helpfulness, and Learnability. The findings revealed that the proposed model was reliable and reinforced the need for including ICT in D/HoH institutions. It is anticipated that it will help online D/HoH people in enhancing their social and educational skills