Mass Communication and Society

Papers
(The H4-Index of Mass Communication and Society is 14. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
ArticleCitations
“Fake News Is Anything They Say!” — Conceptualization and Weaponization of Fake News among the American Public53
The Influence of Presumed Fake News Influence: Examining Public Support for Corporate Corrective Response, Media Literacy Interventions, and Governmental Regulation46
The Ineffectiveness of Fact-Checking Labels on News Memes and Articles44
Prospect Theory in Times of a Pandemic: The Effects of Gain versus Loss Framing on Risky Choices and Emotional Responses during the 2020 Coronavirus Outbreak – Evidence from the US and the Netherlands34
Crafting Our Own Biased Media Diets: The Effects of Confirmation, Source, and Negativity Bias on Selective Attendance to Online News32
Managing Social Media Use in an “Always-On” Society: Exploring Digital Wellbeing Strategies That People Use to Disconnect32
Protest Coverage Matters: How Media Framing and Visual Communication Affects Support for Black Civil Rights Protests31
Probing the Mechanisms Through Which Social Media Erodes Political Knowledge: The Role of the News-Finds-Me Perception22
“I (Don’t) Respect My Body”: Investigating the Role of Mass Media Use and Self-Objectification on Adolescents’ Positive Body Image in a Cross-National Study20
Social Media, Messaging Apps, and Affective Polarization in the United States and Japan20
Social Media Use and Offline Interpersonal Outcomes during Youth: A Systematic Literature Review19
Injecting Disinfectants to Kill the Virus: Media Literacy, Information Gathering Sources, and the Moderating Role of Political Ideology on Misperceptions about COVID-1915
That’s Not News: Audience Perceptions of “News-ness” and Why It Matters15
The Effects of Virtual Reality News on Learning about Climate Change14
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