5 papers
Visibility Without Guidance: Measuring the Actionability of Public Crisis Communication in Lebanon
Mohamed Soufan
Public crisis communication is most valuable when it enables protective action: when it tells affected populations not only what is happening, but where, what to do, how to access…
Linguistic Uncertainty and Reply Engagement on X: A Cross-Domain Replication of the Uncertainty-Reply Asymmetry
Mohamed Soufan
Linguistic uncertainty is common in social media, but its relationship with engagement remains unclear across languages and topics. Using 2,258 English-language posts on Federal Re…
Measuring the Gap Between Media Coverage and Public Information Demand: Evidence from the 2026 Lebanon Conflict
Mohamed Soufan
This study examines the relationship between media coverage and public information demand during the Lebanon conflict in March 2026. Using a dataset of 11,623 English-language news…
The Structure of Participation and Attention in Arabic-Language Hezbollah Discourse on X
Mohamed Soufan
Social media platforms play an increasingly important role in shaping political discussion and information flows. This study examines the structure of participation and attention i…
Linguistic Uncertainty and Engagement in Arabic-Language X (formerly Twitter) Discourse
Mohamed Soufan
Linguistic uncertainty is a common feature of social media discourse, yet its relationship with user engagement remains underexplored, particularly in non-English contexts. Using a…