Gal Yavetz

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• Ph.D
• Lecturer at Bar Ilan University

This study examines the psychological and social impacts of the April 2024 Iranian combined attack on Israel—a new, globally unprecedented experience for civilians. Aware of incoming missiles and drones, Israelis followed real-time television coverage, including countdowns and visual simulations, which allowed them to anticipate the impacts of pote...

Purpose-This study aimed to investigate the perception and acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies among the Israeli workforce. More specifically, it examined how age, income, and education level are related to employees' fears of being replaced by AI technologies and their willingness to adopt these technologies in their personal a...

Purpose To explore a potential relationship between politicians’ media background and social media success through an analysis of content and engagement strategies adopted by three consecutive Israeli prime ministers on their official Facebook pages. Design/methodology/approach A detailed comparative content analysis of a total of 1,242 posts publ...

Purpose-This study evaluates the network characteristics of the haemophilia community on X (previously known as Twitter) and identifies prevalent themes in their conversations, informed by the Uses and Gratifications (U&G) theory, within the broader context of information systems and communication studies. Design/methodology/approach-The study anal...

This study examines far-right politicians’ use of social media to advance their political agendas and mobilise voters. It focuses on a case study of Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s former Minister of National Security. It highlights his rise to power through the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party, which secured six parliamentary seats in the 2022 Knesset...

In this study, we explored political participation among young adults in Israel, with a particular focus on the impact of polarization on their engagement in online discourse. To this end, by extracting a total of 23,223 Facebook activities (e.g., likes, comments) from 50 participants, we analyzed 2,323 partisan-political and 1,434 socio-political...

Following the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, in Israel, communication instantly became an essential tool for public officials needing to inform and protect the population. This paper analyzes how Facebook was used by Israeli public organizations after the attack, and the impact of social-media content on citizen engagement in the case of a terror...

Call for Papers: Special Issue of the journal "Social Sciences" on "Technology, Digital Media, and Politics." Dr. Gal Yavetz and myself are editing a Special Issue of the journal "Social Sciences" (IF 1.7) titled "Technology, Digital Media, and Politics." We encourage submissions that address a variety of themes, including but not limited to the f...

Purpose This study evaluates how publicly available archival documents shaped online discussions about allegations that thousands of children were kidnapped during the 1950s in Israel, known as the Yemenite children’s affair. It examines if access to historical records leads to more informed and rational public discourse, especially on social media...

This essay summarizes survey-based research conducted on a representative sample (N = 651) of the adult population (18+) in Israel during the Swords of Iron War. The research focuses on the distribution of information sources for news consumption, changes in information and media consumption in Israel during the war, and a focused examination of in...

This article examines how former prime minister of Israel, Naftali Bennett, used his private Facebook account differently from the official page. It discussed the differences between the two accounts by conducting an in-depth content analysis of all published posts on the two pages over five months. Its findings illustrated Bennet’s clear preferenc...

Many perceive Facebook not just for socializing, but also as a tool for job hunting. This study's goal is to identify features that boost success in job-seeking posts, measured by exposure and engagement. Analyzing 346 posts from public Facebook groups (2021-2023), we investigated the correlation between post characteristics and their performance....

The widespread adoption of social networking sites has made these platforms useful for governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to disseminate diplomatic messages and engage with their audience. However, it is unclear whether “top-down” or “bottom-up” approaches to diplomacy are more conducive for generating user engagement during arm...

The aim of this study is to investigate how central government agencies used social media to communicate and disseminate information to the public during the Coronavirus outbreak. In addition, this study seeks to examine the characteristics of the messages, content, and engagement rates of the information which has been published by the four centra...

Social media has been widely adopted by local governments during emergencies and crises and its role as a communication platform has been discussed in various studies on natural hazards, pandemics and terror attacks. However, research in the field has not addressed how municipalities use social media to communicate valuable information during armed...

This study aims to examine the information behavior and acquisition of government information by Israeli citizens on social media. A mixed-methods research approach was used, with the study conducted in two main stages: an online survey, via a questionnaire distributed among Israeli citizens, and in-depth interviews. Both stages focus on citizens’...

Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the information needs and information seeking behaviors of Israeli citizens during the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in 2020, with an emphasis on the dissemination of digital information by government agencies. Design/methodology/approach: The research approach underlying this investigation...

Social media has been widely adopted by politicians and political parties during elections and routine times and has been discussed before. However, research in the field has so far not addressed how a political leader's private or official social media account affects their message, language and style. The current study examined how Israeli Prime...

The purpose of this study is to examine the information distributed on social media by government ministries. In addition, this study seeks to categorize and identify the characteristics of the highest engaging government social media posts. This article is based on content analysis to examine the work of Israeli government ministries on Facebook...

This article explores how senior police officers perceive the presence of the police on social media. While interviewees argued that the police have a “duty of presence” on social media, they also reported that it should focus on information-provision and image-enhancement on the police’s home turf, avoiding confrontations in “external” social medi...

Purpose: The current study seeks to present and examine the strategies, management and dissemination of information on social media platforms by Israeli government organizations and agencies. Design/methodology/approach: The article uses the "Case Study" approach, through semi-structured, in-depth interviews conducted with directors in charge of...

The article explores the perceptions of senior police officers concerning the place of social media in the current media ecology, and the desired mode of operation of the police within them. The study demonstrates that the different forms of social media are perceived as significant arenas in the contemporary media landscape, which are "here to sta...

The Internet is a major source for health information but contributes to the digital divide and health disparities. Minorities with low literacy skills are at a particular disadvantage in obtaining online information. A website was created with health information presented through videos in Amharic and an interface that does not require reading ski...

Background Though the internet is increasingly an important source of health information, it contributes to social gaps when disadvantaged and low-literacy groups have limited access to it or the online information is not tailored to their specific needs. For immigrants generally dependent on others (such as children) by language limitations, it i...