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#Terrorism 2.0: A study of the role of Twitter by pro-ISIS fanboys in the #BrusselsAttacks of March 2016
(2018)
ISIS have become experts at exploiting social media to advance their digital campaign. This research paper is concerned with identifying the salient sentiments contained within the Twitter content of 23 identified pro-ISIS ...
On the nature of disgust - An analysis of disgust and its factors in political conservatism and religion online
(2019)
Previous research has posited links between purity and conscientiousness as correlates for political conservatism; further, the links between disgust as motivator for right-wing beliefs. A mixed methods approach was ...
A study of anxiety associated with mobile phone separation
(2010)
This study sought to investigate Irish peoples' dependence on their mobile phones, their willingness to be separated from their mobile phones and the perceived anxiety associated with this separation. To this end a group ...
Smartphone usage and dependency in urban and rural Irish adults
(2015)
The aim of the current study was to determine age and gender differences in smartphone usage and dependency in urban and rural Irish settings as dependency on smartphone technology has become a global issue. 250 Irish ...
Connected by technology, empathetically disconnected: A correlational study into phubbing behaviour in Ireland
(2019)
Smartphones have transformed how we communicate (Leggett & Rossouw, 2014), however, our dependence on smartphones has become intrusive for many people (Ofcom, 2018). Phubbing (phone snubbing) has become a “normal” activity ...
Employer branding: Examining the relationship between employers’ attractiveness attributes and application intentions of online jobseekers
(2017)
Employer branding has become an increasingly important factor shaping organisations' recruitment strategies in the digital age. This research study explores the relationship between perceived attractiveness attributes of ...
Technostress & personality: factors in the digital divide?
(2009)
The term 'digital divide' is generally explained as a division between people who do, and those who do not, access internet technologies because of economic, social, educational and age inequalities. This quantitative study ...
Netflix viewing behaviours in relation to introversion and extraversion
(2018)
The present study aimed to examine the effects of being either introverted or extraverted in relation to participant viewing habits and behaviours when using the Video-On-Demand service, Netflix. Areas of examination ...
An exploration of gaming, problem solving, spatial skills, and persistence
(2018)
The aim of the study was to discover if playing a popular video game (Portal 2) would result in short-term cognitive and psychological improvements, namely problem solving, spatial skills, and persistence. It partially ...
Devices of mass distraction: Can they be kept at bay by going grey? An investigation into greyscale as an effective strategy in reducing phone use
(2019)
Due to the rise of problematic phone use, this study aimed to investigate whether greyscale is effective in reducing phone engagement. It employed a repeated measures between groups experimental design, with engagement on ...