Yeslam Al-Saggaf
Biographic Data
| ID | 322733 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yeslam Al-Saggaf |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yeslam |
| FAMILY NAME | Al-Saggaf |
| SIGNATURE | AL-SAGGAF Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charles Sturt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7299-5578 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Effect of Children’s Phubbing on Parents’ Psychological Wellbeing
Attending to the phone while interacting face‐to‐face with another person, a behaviour known as phubbing, can be detrimental to the phubbed person’s psychological wellbeing. Recent research revealed that phubbing friends and partners indirectly affected the phubbed individual’s wellbeing. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of children’s phubbing on parents’ psychological wellbeing; not the effect of parents’ phubbing on children’…
Using data mining to discover new patterns of social media and smartphone use and emotional states
Social media and smartphone use are strongly linked to users' emotional states. While numerous studies have established that fear of missing out (FOMO), boredom, and loneliness predict social media and smartphone use, numerous other studies have concluded that social media and smartphone use negatively impact these emotional states (i.e., FOMO, boredom, and loneliness). Phubbing ( phone snubbing ), which is the act of ignoring a physically presen…
Does the Experience of Being Phubbed by Friends Affect Psychological Well-Being? The Mediating Roles of Loneliness, Relationship Satisfaction, and Self-Esteem
Phubbing is so common that many probably think it is harmless. Past research found that phubbing partners indirectly affected their well-being. The current study was aimed at investigating whether phubbing friends is also indirectly related to their well-being. A total of 457 smartphone users attempted an online survey from which 202 complete responses were included in the final analysis. The questionnaire contained measures of the experience of …
Psychology of Phubbing
The Psychology of Phubbing
Instagram Photo Sharing and Its Relationships With Social Connectedness, Loneliness, and Well-Being
Photo sharing is one of the most popular online social media activities and has been associated with changes in mental health. Research investigating the effect of sharing photos on a social media user's social connectedness, loneliness, and well-being has generated conflicting results. This study analyzed the effect of Instagram photo sharing on the relationships among social connectedness, loneliness, and well-being. The study focused on photos…
Instagram photo sharing and its relationships with social rewards and well‐being
Photo sharing is one of the most popular online activities and prior research has revealed conflicting findings regarding its relationships with well-being. While a number of studies have found sharing photos improves well-being, other studies have found that photo sharing actually worsens well-being. This research examined the relationship between well-being and social rewards generated from sharing different types of photos on the most used onl…
Phubbing
Perceptions of incompetence in the ICT workplace
The aim of this study is to examine incompetence in the Australian ICT workplace from the perspective of Australian ICT professionals. The data collection for this project included conducting a quantitative survey, conducting qualitative interviews and conducting focus group discussions with key informants. Of the 2,315 respondents who participated in the survey, the MRF analysis revealed that incompetence was ranked fifth from the top of a list …
Propagation of unintentionally shared information and online tracking
Various pieces of information are being shared online while users browse the Internet. Previous studies have demonstrated that as social networking sites (SNS) became popular, the information being leaked or shared is becoming more personal (including names and e-mail addresses). Users’ information is being shared or leaked from visited sites (both SNS and non-SNS) to third party sites (such as advertisers) in a number of ways including via the H…
Doing ethnography from within a constructivist paradigm to explore virtual communities in Saudi Arabia
Most of the studies in the recent literature focus on the method used but not the philosophy behind it. This article focuses on doing ethnography, from within a constructivist paradigm, to explore individuals’ participation in virtual communities in Saudi Arabia. An aim of this article is to highlight how particular ethnographic techniques, viz unobtrusive observation and participation, were used in that study. The article argues that doing ethno…
The Online Public Sphere in the Arab World
Many aspects make online media attractive to news readers, including low cost, ease and speed of access, and the opportunity for readers to ask questions, provide feedback, participate in discussions, and interact with other readers in ways not previously possible. Given that traditional media in the Arab world generally are subject to strict government control, the participatory features that accompany the new online media should make these sour…
The Effects of Participation in Online Communities on Individuals in Saudi Arabi
There is a major transformation taking place in Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are poised on the edge of a significant new social landscape. Called the Internet, this new frontier includes not only the crea tion of new forms of private communication, like electronic mail and chat, but also web-based forums, which for the first time enabled public discussions between males and females in this gender-segre gated society. This paper has been written as a …
The Online Public Sphere in the Arab World
Many aspects make online media attractive to news readers, including low cost, ease and speed of access, and the opportunity for readers to ask questions, provide feedback, participate in discussions, and interact with other readers in ways not previously possible. Given that traditional media in the Arab world generally are subject to strict government control, the participatory features that accompany the new online media should make these sour…
Instagram Photo Sharing and Its Relationships With Social Connectedness, Loneliness, and Well-Being
Photo sharing is one of the most popular online social media activities and has been associated with changes in mental health. Research investigating the effect of sharing photos on a social media user's social connectedness, loneliness, and well-being has generated conflicting results. This study analyzed the effect of Instagram photo sharing on the relationships among social connectedness, loneliness, and well-being. The study focused on photos…
Doing ethnography from within a constructivist paradigm to explore virtual communities in Saudi Arabia
Most of the studies in the recent literature focus on the method used but not the philosophy behind it. This article focuses on doing ethnography, from within a constructivist paradigm, to explore individuals’ participation in virtual communities in Saudi Arabia. An aim of this article is to highlight how particular ethnographic techniques, viz unobtrusive observation and participation, were used in that study. The article argues that doing ethno…
The Effects of Participation in Online Communities on Individuals in Saudi Arabi
There is a major transformation taking place in Saudi Arabia. The Saudis are poised on the edge of a significant new social landscape. Called the Internet, this new frontier includes not only the crea tion of new forms of private communication, like electronic mail and chat, but also web-based forums, which for the first time enabled public discussions between males and females in this gender-segre gated society. This paper has been written as a …
Doing ethnography from within a constructivist paradigm to explore virtual communities in Saudi Arabia
Most of the studies in the recent literature focus on the method used but not the philosophy behind it. This article focuses on doing ethnography, from within a constructivist paradigm, to explore individuals’ participation in virtual communities in Saudi Arabia. An aim of this article is to highlight how particular ethnographic techniques, viz unobtrusive observation and participation, were used in that study. The article argues that doing ethno…
The Online Public Sphere in the Arab World
Many aspects make online media attractive to news readers, including low cost, ease and speed of access, and the opportunity for readers to ask questions, provide feedback, participate in discussions, and interact with other readers in ways not previously possible. Given that traditional media in the Arab world generally are subject to strict government control, the participatory features that accompany the new online media should make these sour…
Propagation of unintentionally shared information and online tracking
Various pieces of information are being shared online while users browse the Internet. Previous studies have demonstrated that as social networking sites (SNS) became popular, the information being leaked or shared is becoming more personal (including names and e-mail addresses). Users’ information is being shared or leaked from visited sites (both SNS and non-SNS) to third party sites (such as advertisers) in a number of ways including via the H…
Perceptions of incompetence in the ICT workplace
The aim of this study is to examine incompetence in the Australian ICT workplace from the perspective of Australian ICT professionals. The data collection for this project included conducting a quantitative survey, conducting qualitative interviews and conducting focus group discussions with key informants. Of the 2,315 respondents who participated in the survey, the MRF analysis revealed that incompetence was ranked fifth from the top of a list …
Phubbing
Instagram photo sharing and its relationships with social rewards and well‐being
Photo sharing is one of the most popular online activities and prior research has revealed conflicting findings regarding its relationships with well-being. While a number of studies have found sharing photos improves well-being, other studies have found that photo sharing actually worsens well-being. This research examined the relationship between well-being and social rewards generated from sharing different types of photos on the most used onl…
The Psychology of Phubbing
Instagram Photo Sharing and Its Relationships With Social Connectedness, Loneliness, and Well-Being
Photo sharing is one of the most popular online social media activities and has been associated with changes in mental health. Research investigating the effect of sharing photos on a social media user's social connectedness, loneliness, and well-being has generated conflicting results. This study analyzed the effect of Instagram photo sharing on the relationships among social connectedness, loneliness, and well-being. The study focused on photos…
Does the Experience of Being Phubbed by Friends Affect Psychological Well-Being? The Mediating Roles of Loneliness, Relationship Satisfaction, and Self-Esteem
Phubbing is so common that many probably think it is harmless. Past research found that phubbing partners indirectly affected their well-being. The current study was aimed at investigating whether phubbing friends is also indirectly related to their well-being. A total of 457 smartphone users attempted an online survey from which 202 complete responses were included in the final analysis. The questionnaire contained measures of the experience of …
Psychology of Phubbing
The Effect of Children’s Phubbing on Parents’ Psychological Wellbeing
Attending to the phone while interacting face‐to‐face with another person, a behaviour known as phubbing, can be detrimental to the phubbed person’s psychological wellbeing. Recent research revealed that phubbing friends and partners indirectly affected the phubbed individual’s wellbeing. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of children’s phubbing on parents’ psychological wellbeing; not the effect of parents’ phubbing on children’…
Using data mining to discover new patterns of social media and smartphone use and emotional states
Social media and smartphone use are strongly linked to users' emotional states. While numerous studies have established that fear of missing out (FOMO), boredom, and loneliness predict social media and smartphone use, numerous other studies have concluded that social media and smartphone use negatively impact these emotional states (i.e., FOMO, boredom, and loneliness). Phubbing ( phone snubbing ), which is the act of ignoring a physically presen…
Psychology (9 works) · Impact of Technology on Adolescents (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · World Wide Web (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Media Influence and Health (3 works) · Political science (3 works)