Communication Research

Papers
(The TQCC of Communication Research is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)
ArticleCitations
Dynamic Public Perceptions of and Media Influences on Military Threats to Taiwan: A Method Triangulation Approach74
How Political Overconfidence Fuels Affective Polarization in Cross-cutting Discussions50
Trolling is in the Eye of the Beholder: An Attributional Approach to Predicting Perceptions of Trolling and Vigilantism in Online Games41
Unraveling Perceived Work Values of Role Models From TV Series and Social Media in Adolescents’ Work Value Endorsement: A Longitudinal Investigation34
How Do Personal Opinions Relate to Online Expressions? An Experimental Study Among Muslim Minority Groups in The Netherlands32
Meta-Analytic Evidence That Message Fatigue is Associated With Unintended Persuasive Outcomes32
A Repeated-Measures Study of Relational Turbulence and Transition Processing Communication During the Summer of COVID-19 (Summer 2020)30
The Immediate and Delayed Beliefs in Headlines With High-arousal Sentence Starters28
A Longitudinal Dynamic Perspective on Quality in Journalism: Investigating the Long-Term Macro-Level Media Effect of Suicide Reporting on Suicide Rates Across a Century23
The Effects of Social Approval Signals on the Production of Online Hate: A Theoretical Explication22
Moral Beauty During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prosocial Behavior Among Adolescents and the Inspiring Role of the Media21
Examining How Sex Appeal Cues and Strength Cues Influence Impressions of Female Video Game Characters21
A Meta-Analysis of Studies Examining the Effect of Music on Beliefs20
A Longitudinal Examination of Enacted Goal Attention in End-of-Life Communication in Families19
Emerging Adults’ Relational Turbulence with Parents as a Function of Parent Involvement in Their Romantic Relationship: A Conditional Process Analysis18
Re-assessing the Dynamics of News Use and Trust: A Multi-Outlet Perspective18
Reviewer Acknowledgment for 202218
Disentangling the Effects of Temporal Framing on Risk Perception, Attitude, Behavioral Intention, and Behavior: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis18
News Framing and Preference-Based Reinforcement: Evidence from a Real Framing Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic18
Eudaimonic Entertainment Experiences of TV Theme Nights and Their Relationships With Political Information Processing and Engagement17
Do Bandwagon Cues Affect Credibility Perceptions? A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence16
Relational Maintenance for Separated Latina/o/x/e Immigrant Parents and Their Children: A Focus on Primary Caregivers as Communication Gatekeepers16
On the Strength of Trust: The Moderating Role of Certainty in Judgments of Authorities15
The Role of Communication in Redressing Health Disparities: Mobilizing Public Support and Action14
The Group Roots of Social Media Politics: Social Sorting Predicts Perceptions of and Engagement in Politics on Social Media13
Understanding the Influence Discrepancy Between Human and Artificial Agent in Advice Interactions: The Role of Stereotypical Perception of Agency13
Living in a (Mediated) Political World: Mindfulness, Problematic News Consumption, and Political Hostility13
The Effects of Corrective Strategies on Romantic Belief Endorsement13
Disentangling the Effects of Cognitive, Affective, and Sociocultural Factors on Risk Information Avoidance: A Meta-Analysis12
Why Do Users Stop Pleasurable Media Experiences? The Dynamics of Media Experiences and Their Impact on Media Disengagement12
Tuning Out (Political and Science) News? A Selective Exposure Study of the News Finds Me Perception12
Politically Knowledgeable or Directional (Mis)Believers? How to Identify Those Who Are correct About Political Facts for the “Wrong” Reasons11
Navigating Multiple Identities for Positive Change Through Organizational Listening11
Expansion and Exploration of the Superdiffuser Model With Agent-Based Modeling11
The Role of Political Interest in the Relationships Between Privacy Concerns, Social Network Size, and Political Expression on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram10
Needing Space During Lockdown: A Test of Relational Turbulence Theory in the Context of Conversations About Physical and Emotional Space During the COVID-19 Pandemic10
Quality Conversation Can Increase Daily Well-Being10
Distinguishing Person-Specific from Situation-Specific Variation in Media Use: A Meta-Analysis10
The Perfect Li(f)e: A Longitudinal Study on Positive Social Media Content and European Adolescents’ Perfectionism9
The Impact of Machine Authorship on News Audience Perceptions: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies9
The Role of Person-Centered Messages, Parallel Disclosures, and Reactance When Communicating Support for Parental Death9
Inferring human vision in a human-like way: Key factors influencing the cognitive processing of level-1 visual perspective-taking8
Gig Workers and Managing App-Based Surveillance8
Psycho-Cardiac Distress Symptoms of Dyadic Communication Apprehension & The Role of Self-Esteem8
Reconciling Conflicting Results of Cultural Diversity’s Effect on Project Team Performance: A Quasi-Experimental Examination8
Living is Easy With Eyes Closed: Avoidance of Targeted Political Advertising in Response to Privacy Concerns, Perceived Personalization, and Overload8
Cancer Fatalism in the Information Age: A Meta-Analysis of Communicative and Behavioral Correlates8
Past Relational Experiences and Social Interaction: Direct, Moderated, and Mediated Associations Between Relational Difficulty, Communication, and Perception in Two Samples7
Introducing the Transcendent Media Experience Model (TMEM)7
The COVID-19 Pandemic, Adolescent Media Use, and Mental Health: Comparing Relationships Among Adolescents From South Korea and the United States7
The Online Privacy Divide: Testing Resource and Identity Explanations for Racial/Ethnic Differences in Privacy Concerns and Privacy Management Behaviors on Social Media7
Entertainment Contributes to Adaptive Coping: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Interplay Between Hedonic and Eudaimonic Entertainment, Escapism, and Meaning Making7
Affective Responses to Counter-Attitudinal Testimonials Drive Persuasive Effects: The Case of Physician-Assisted Suicide7
Beyond Formal Power: How Central Roles in Political Networks are Related to Media Visibility7
Exploring the Relationship Between Exposure to Media Depictions of Undocumented Immigrants, Identity Management, and Undocumented Immigrants’ Family Communication Profiles7
Predicting Public Cooperation Toward Government Actions in the Early Stages of an Influenza Pandemic in the United States: The Role of Authentic Governmental Communication and Relational Quality7
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