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Articles in Peer-Review Journals

  • Ariel, Y. (2026). Crisis documentation on Hebrew Wikipedia: Revision dynamics and epistemic stabilization in wartime articles. Journal of Documentation. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-04-2026-0232

  • Ariel, Y. (2026). Perceived information value in the association between need for cognition and online learning performance: Evidence from a simulated online learning environment. Information and Learning Sciences, 127(5-6), 269-286. https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-12-2025-0234

  • Ariel, Y., Weimann-Saks, D., & Elishar, V. (2026). Sheltering through media: Dispositions and wartime uses-and-gratifications. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2026.2687622

  • Elishar, V., & Ariel, Y. (2026). Revisiting agenda-setting theory in hybrid media ecosystems: Flash agendas, agenda leadership, and algorithmic curation. Journalism and Media, 7, 116. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia702011

  • Elishar, V., & Ariel, Y. (2026). Twitter adoption and perceived utility among Israeli news professionals: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, 15(1), 9-28. https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00122_1

  • Ariel, Y., & Levy, E. C. (2025). Always on, always anxious: Sirens, alerts, media exposure, and civilian impairment during the Israel-Hamas War. Israel Affairs, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2025.2573683

  • Ariel, Y., & Nir, B. (2025). Beyond the metrics: A critical analysis of digital success in Western societies. Philosophy & Technology, 38(132), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-025-00958-6

  • Ariel, Y., & Elishar, V. (2025). Political communication and the hype cycle: Tracing its evolution across the digital era. Journalism and Media, 6(2), 87. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia6020087

  • Ariel, Y., & Levy, E. C. (2025). The costs of connectivity: WhatsApp usage, privacy concerns, and protection behaviors in Israel. Communication Reports, 38(1), 25-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2024.2424552

  • Weimann-Saks, D., Elishar, V., & Ariel, Y. (2025). Journalistic norms on Telegram: Ethical dilemmas covering the 2023-2025 Israel-Hamas War. Journal of Media Ethics, 31(3), 123-142. https://doi.org/10.1080/23736992.2025.2560892

  • Gur, A., Levy, E. C., & Ariel, Y. (2025). Doctor on call: Physician smartphone use during medical consultations. Journal of Communication in Healthcare, 18(2), 143-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2024.2444795

  • Elishar, V., Ariel, Y., & Weimann-Saks, D. (2025). Psychological dynamics and media influence on rumor propagation during the 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War: A comparative analysis of early- and late-stage conflict. Asian Journal of Communication, 35(5), 448-468. https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2025.2531498

  • Elishar, V., Weimann-Saks, D., & Ariel, Y. (2025). Media consumption, social-media political tracking, and vote intention across four back-to-back Israeli elections (2019-22). Social Science Quarterly, 106(4), e70068. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.70068

  • Ariel, Y., & Elishar, V. (2025). Political Communication and the Hype Cycle: Tracing Its Evolution Across the Digital Era. Journalism and Media, 6(2), 87. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia6020087

  • Ariel, Y., & Levy, E. C. (2025). The Costs of Connectivity: WhatsApp Usage, Privacy Concerns, and Protection Behaviors in Israel. Communication Reports, 38(1), 25-45. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2024.2424552

  • Ariel, Y., Elishar, V., & Weimann-Saks, D. (2024). Analysing political engagement in a multimedia, multi-elections environment: predictive factors in an unpredictable political reality. The Journal of International Communication, 30(2), 233-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/13216597.2024.2340710

  • Ariel, Y., Weimann-Saks, D., & Elishar, V. (2024). Dual screening in dual conflicts: Israelis’ use of second screens during the May 2021 external and internal conflicts. Israel Affairs, 30(6), 1119–1136. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2024.2418731 

  • Weimann-Saks, D., Elishar, V., & Ariel, Y. (2024). FIFA World Cup as a Media Event: Psychological Factors’ Influence on Second Screen Usage. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 68(5), 736–757. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2024.2406864

  • Levy, E. C., Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2024). The effects of online interruption pace and richness on task performance. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 32(5), 844–858. https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2024.2317434 

  • Weimann-Saks, D., Ariel, Y & Elshar, V. (2024). The Iron Swords of the Soul: Psychological Variables and News Consumption Patterns and Their Relation to Rumor Spreading During Swords of Iron War. Media Frames. 26, 67-96 [Hebrew]. https://doi.org/10.57583/MF.2024.26.10066 

  • Ariel, Y., Unkle, J., Weimann-Saks, D., & Elishar-Malka, V. (2024). Far away but close at heart? German and Israeli consumption of news concerning the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian war. Media, War & Conflict, 17(3), 334-353. https://doi.org/10.1177/17506352231212415

  • Weimann-Saks, D., Elishar Malka, V., & Ariel, Y. (2024). The role of engagement and self-disclosure in mitigating loneliness: a study on women's closed Facebook groups. Communication & Society, 37(4), 107-124. https://doi.org/10.15581/03.37.4.107-124

  • Elishar, V., & Ariel, Y. (2023). Twitter adoption and perceived Utility among Israeli News professionals: A mixed-methods study. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies. online first, https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00122_1 

  • Elishar Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Weimann-Saks, D. (2023). Between the Homefront and Battleground, Between TV and Smartphone: Evaluating the Use of a Second Screen in the May 2021 Israel-Palestine Crisis. International Journal of Communication, 17(17), 3250-3266. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19807

  • Levy, E. C., & Ariel, Y. (2022). The Effects of Fragmented and Continuous Interruptions on Online Task Performance. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 12(4), e202229. https://doi.org/10.30935/ojcmt/12404   

  • Weimann-Saks, D., Elshar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Weimann, G. (2022) Spreading online rumours during the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of users’ knowledge, trust and emotions as predictors of the spreading patterns. The Journal of International Communication, 28(2), 249-264, http://doi.org/10.1080/13216597.2022.2099443

  • Weimann-Saks, D., Ariel, Y., & Elishar-Malka, V. (2022). The more I open up, the more you ‘like’ me: self-disclosure and intimacy predict engagement in women’s Facebook groups. International Journal of Web-Based Communities. 18(2), 173-185. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijwbc.2022.124776

  • Ariel, Y., Elishar-Malka, V., Seah, S., Weimann-Saks, D., & Weimann, G. (2022). #RumorsCOVID-19: Predicting the Forwarding of Online Rumors in Wuhan, China and in Israel. International Communication Gazette. 84(6) 550–569. https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485221074848 

  • Ariel, Y., Elishar-Malka, V., Weimann-Saks, D., Avidar, R. (2021). “If you follow me, I might (mis)lead you”: Following prime ministerial candidates on social networks as a predictor of the public agenda during an election campaign. The Agenda Setting Journal: Theory, Practice, Critique. 5(2), 266-291. https://doi.org/10.1075/asj.20014.ari  

  • Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Weimann-Saks, D. (2021). Migrating to social networks while watching televised sports: A case study of the effect of enjoyment on second screen usage during the World Cup. International Journal of Sport Communication. 14(3), 448-460. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2020-0325

  • Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Weimann, G. (2020). Rethinking political communication in the digital sphere. The Journal of International Communication. 26(2), 190-210.‏ https://doi.org/10.1080/13216597.2020.1771397 

  • Ariel, Y., & Elishar-Malka, V. (2019). Learning in the smartphone era: Viewpoints and perceptions on both sides of the lectern. Education and Information Technologies. 24(4), 2329–2340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-019-09871-w 

  • Weimann-Saks, D., Ariel, Y., & Elishar-Malka, V. (2019). Social Second Screen: WhatsApp and Watching the World Cup. Communication & Sport. 8(1), 123-141. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167479518821913  

  • Ariel, Y., Elishar-Malka, V., Weimann-Saks, D., & Avidar, R. (2017). Online agenda-setting research: Challenges and dilemmas. The Agenda-Setting Journal: Theory, Practice, Critique. 1(2), 118-136. https://doi.org/10.1075/asj.1.2.03ari 

  • Ariel, Y., Elishar-Malka, V., Avidar, R., & Levy, E.C. (2017). Smartphone's Usage among Young Adults: A Combined Quantitative and Qualitative approach. Israel Affairs. 23(5), 970-986. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2017.1345422 

  • Ginosar, A., & Ariel, Y. (2017). An analytical framework for online privacy research: What is missing?. Information and Management. 54(7), 948-957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2017.02.004   

  • Weimann-Saks, D., Ariel, Y., Malka, V., & Avidar, R. (2016). Trends in public and media agenda-setting during the 2015 Israeli elections. Israel Affairs, 22(3), 1-16.  https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2016.1174386 

  • Levy, E. C., Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2016). The Effect of Online Interruptions on the Quality of Cognitive Performance. Telematics and Informatics. 33(4), 1014-1021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2016.03.003 

  • Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Avidar, R. (2015). Fighting, Worrying, and Sharing: Operation ‘Protective Edge’ as the First WhatsApp War. Media, War, and Conflict. 8(3), 329-344. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635215611610 

  • Avidar, R., Ariel, Y., Malka, V., & Levy, E.C. (2015). Smartphones, publics, and OPRs: do publics want to engage? Public Relations Review, 41(2), 214-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2014.11.019 

  • Ariel, Y., & Avidar, R. (2015). Information, Interactivity, and Social Media. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 23(1), 19-30.  https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2015.972404 

  • Malka, V., Ariel, Y., Avidar, R., & Levy, E.C. (2015). “Operation ‘Protective Edge’: The First WhatsApp War?”. Kesher: Journal of Media and Communications History in Israel and the Jewish World, 47, 88-96 [Hebrew]

  • Avidar, R., Ariel, Y., Malka, V., and Levy, E.C. (2013). Smartphones and young publics: A new challenge for public relations practice and relationship building. Public Relations Review, 9(5), 603-605. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pubrev.2013.09.010 

 

Chapter in Academic Books

  • Nir, B., & Ariel, Y. (2019). "Online connectedness as a cure for loneliness?". In: Fox, B. (Ed.). Emotions and Loneliness in a Networked Society (pp. 271-282). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-3-030-24881-9

  • Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., & Avidar, R. (2019), "A Story of Love and Hate: Smartphones in Students’ Lives," Schulz, J., Robinson, L., Khilnani, A., Baldwin, J., Pait, H., Williams, A., Davis, J., & Ignatow, G. (Eds.) Mediated Millennials (Studies in Media and Communications, Vol. 19), (pp.33-50). Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN: 978-1-83909-078-3

  • Elishar-Malka, V., Ariel, Y., Avidar, R. & Cohen, A.A. (2017). “Reconceptualizing uses and gratifications vis-à-vis smartphone applications: The case of WhatsApp.” In: Vorderer, P., Hefner, D., Reinecke, L., & Klimmt, C. (Eds.). Permanently Online, Permanently Connected: Living and Communicating in a POPC World (pp.43-50). New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138245006

  • Avidar, R., Ariel, Y., & Elishar-Malka, V. (2017). “Wartime changes in news consumption patterns among Israeli WhatsApp users: Operation Protective Edge as a Case Study.” In: D. Rubinstein & D. Caspi. (Eds.) Reporting the Middle East: Challenges and Chances. (pp. 79-98). World Scientific Publishing. ISBN: 978-981-3225-36-7

  • Weimann-Saks, D., Ariel, Y., Malka, V., & Avidar, R. (2017). “Trends in public and media agenda-setting during the 2015 Israeli elections”, in E. Orkibi, & M. Gerstenfeld (Eds.). Israel at the Polls 2015: A Moment of Transformative Stability. London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-1138637030

  • Rafaeli, S., Hayat, T., & Ariel, Y. (2011). Virtual knowledge-building Communities. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Virtual Communities: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1529-1535). Hershey, PA: Information Science Reference. ISBN: 978-1609601010

  • Rafaeli, S., Hayat, T & Ariel, Y. (2009). “Knowledge building and motivations in Wikipedia: Participation as Ba” In F. J. Ricardo. (Ed). Cyberculture and New Media. Rodopi Press, Amsterdam. ISBN: 978-9042025189

  • Rafaeli, S, & Ariel, Y. (2008). “Online motivational factors: Incentives for Participation and Contribution in Wikipedia.” In: A. Barak (Ed.), Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace: Theory, Research, Applications. Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1139470179

  • Rafaeli, S., & Ariel, Y. (2007). ”Assessing Interactivity in Computer-Mediated Research.” In: A.N Joinson, K.Y.A McKenna, T. Postmes & U-D. Reips (Eds). The Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0191008085

  • Rafaeli, S., Hayat, T., & Ariel, Y. (2005). “Wikipedians’ sense of community, motivations, and knowledge building: a cross-cultural study” Proceedings of Wikimania 2005 – The First International Wikimedia Conference. August 2005, Frankfurt, Germany. ISBN: 978-145034229

 

Academic publications

  • Ariel, Y. (2009). “Interactivity, Cognition, and Value of Information: Interactive Information Exchanges in Online-Mediated Environments.” Doctoral Dissertation, Graduate Studies Authority, University of Haifa.

  • Ariel, Y. (2003). “Web site interactivity and gratifications expectations among users.” A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for an M.A. degree, University of Haifa, Department of Communication.

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