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Gabriel Weimann

Gabriel Weimann

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
37
Citations
8989
World Ranking
6132
National Ranking
41

Overview

Gabriel Weimann is a researcher affiliated with the University of Haifa in Israel, specializing primarily in the social sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including sociology and political science, communication, education, artificial intelligence, and information systems. The research focuses importantly on topics such as misinformation and its impacts, social media and politics, terrorism, counterterrorism, and political violence, public relations and crisis communication, Islamic finance and communication, media studies and communication, as well as educational methods and impacts.

Their recent scholarly contributions include several published papers across a range of reputable venues. Notable works are:

  • "Research Note: Spreading Hate on TikTok" (2020) published in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
  • "TikTok's Spiral of Antisemitism" (2021) published in Journalism and Media
  • "TamTam: The Online Drums of Hate" (2023) published in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
  • "Coping with Hamas's Psychological Warfare during the Gaza War" (2024) published in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

While coauthoring, Gabriel Weimann frequently collaborates with Natalie Masri, Yaron Ariel, Dana Weimann-Saks, Vered Elishar-Malka, and Alexander Pack. These partnerships often contribute to advancing research in fields related to political violence, communication, and social media dynamics.

Their research is often published in venues that focus on conflict, communication, and terrorism. Frequent publication sites include:

  • Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
  • Journal of International Communication
  • Terrorism and Political Violence
  • Journalism and Media
  • Israel Affairs

Gabriel Weimann's academic output reflects a substantial engagement with the challenges posed by digital platforms in facilitating the spread of hate, misinformation, and political violence. Topics covered prominently in their studies include the mechanisms of social media in political discourse and the psychological warfare tactics employed in conflict zones.

Overall, their work occupies an intersection of social sciences where communication, political conflict, and media intersect, underpinning the evolving understanding of digital phenomena and their societal impacts.

Best Publications

  • Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, the New Challenges

    Gabriel Weimann

  • The Influentials: People Who Influence People

    Gabriel Weimann

  • THE INFLUENTIALS: BACK TO THE CONCEPT OF OPINION LEADERS?

    Gabriel Weimann

  • The Theater of Terror: Mass Media and International Terrorism

    Gabriel Weimann;Conrad Winn

  • On the Importance of Marginality: One More Step into the Two-Step Flow of Communication

    Gabriel Weimann

  • www.terror.net – How Modern Terrorism Uses the Internet

    Gabriel Weimann

  • Cultivation revisited: Some genres have some effects on some viewers

    Jonathan Cohen;Gabriel Weimann

  • Communicating Unreality: Modern Media and the Reconstruction of Reality

    Gabriel Weimann

  • Who Sets the Agenda Agenda-Setting as a Two-Step Flow

    Hans-Bernd Brosius;Gabriel Weimann

  • Cyberterrorism: The Sum of All Fears?

    Gabriel Weimann

  • Looking for opinion leaders : traditional vs. modern measures in traditional societies

    Gabriel Weimann;Deon Harold Tustin;Daan Van Vuuren;J.P.R. Joubert

  • Agenda Building, Agenda Setting, Priming, Individual Voting Intentions, and the Aggregate Results: An Analysis of Four Israeli Elections

    Tamir Sheafer;Gabriel Weimann

  • Uncovering the dark Web: A case study of Jihad on the Web

    Hsinchun Chen;Wingyan Chung;Jialun Qin;Edna Reid

  • Lone Wolves in Cyberspace

    Gabriel Weimann

  • Research Note: Spreading Hate on TikTok

    Gabriel Weimann;Natalie Masri

  • The strength of weak conversational ties in the flow of information and influence

    Gabriel Weimann

  • Terrorism in cyberspace : the next generation

    Gabriel Weimann

  • The Psychology of Mass-Mediated Terrorism:

    Gabriel Weimann

  • Going Dark: Terrorism on the Dark Web

    Gabriel Weimann

  • www.terrorism.com: Terror on the Internet

    Yariv Tsfati;Gabriel Weimann

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Bernd Brosius
Hans-Bernd Brosius Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
James B. Weaver
James B. Weaver Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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