OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Media Psychology is 4. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Media as Powerful Coping Tools to Recover from Social Exclusion Experiences? A Systematic Review on Need Restoration and Emotion Regulation through Using Media	34
Protective Self-Presentation for Audiences with Interdependent Self-Construals on Ephemeral Platforms: The Case of Humblebragging	34
A Content Analysis of Abortion Storylines on U.S. Streaming Services: Lessons from Narrative Persuasion	33
A Meta-Analysis on the Longitudinal, Age-Dependent Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggression	30
Strong Foundations and Forward-Thinking in Turbulent Times: A Note from Our Incoming Editors	29
A Longitudinal Test of Political Self-Effects on Social Media	29
Effects of Ingroup and Outgroup Celebrities on Asian American and Hispanic Teens’ Self-Esteem and Ingroup Judgments	27
Testing the Effect of Sending an Evaluative Message on Perceiving Others in Computer-Mediated Communication	23
“You See You” (UCU): Self-Representation Affordance Moderates Bandwagon-Cues’ Impacts on Selective Exposure	18
Digital Divides, Generational Gaps, and Cultural Overlaps: A Portrait of Media Use and Perspectives of Media in Thailand	18
The Story My Friend Told Me: Examining the Interplay of Message Format and Relational Closeness in Misinformation Correction	16
Learning Through Rewards: Priming and Identification as Psychological Mechanisms of the Effects of LGBTQ+ Narratives on Inclusive Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions	14
Empowerment-Themed Advertising Effects: Activation of Empowerment and Objectification Schemas in Women Age 18-35	11
Satirizing the Clothing Industry on YouTube : How Political Satire and User Comments Jointly Shape Behavioral Intentions	10
Examining the Implications of Negativity Perceptions for Enterprise Social Media Use	10
Associations Between Valenced News and Affect in Daily Life: Experimental and Ecological Momentary Assessment Approaches	9
The Shape of Inspiration: Exploring the Emotional Arcs and Self-Transcendent Elicitors Within Inspirational Movies	8
To Text or Talk in Person? Social Anxiety, Media Affordances, and Preferences for Texting Over Face-To-Face Communication in Dating Relationships	7
The Development and Validation of Measurement Instruments to Address Interactions with Positive Social Media Content	7
The Experience of Emotional Shifts in Narrative Persuasion	6
Media as A Source of Coping and Social, Psychological and Hedonic Well-being: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
A Meta-Analysis of the Effects of Social Media Exposure to Upward Comparison Targets on Self-Evaluations and Emotions	6
Do Rising Opportunity Costs Lead to Increases in Media Multitasking Over Time?	6
How Motivation and Digital Affordances Shape User Behavior in a Virtual World	5
This is an Insta-vention! Exploring Cognitive Countermeasures to Reduce Negative Consequences of Social Comparisons on Instagram	5

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Playing Video Games	5
Harming and Shaming through Naming: Examining Why Calling the Coronavirus the “COVID-19 Virus,” Not the “Chinese Virus,” Matters	5
Does the Mere Presence of a Smartphone Impact Cognitive Performance? A Meta-Analysis of the “Brain Drain Effect”	5
A Cross-Cultural Study of the Role of Efficacious Beliefs and Perceived Media Effects on Threat Perception in Predicting COVID-19 Compliance in China and the United States	5
Quantifying Emotional Flow: Testing the Emotional Flow Hypothesis from a Longitudinal Latent Growth Curve (LGC) Modeling Approach	4
How Activated Self-Concepts Influence Selection and Processing of Body-Positive Narratives	4
Measuring Zoom Fatigue in College Students: Development and Validation of the Meeting Fatigue Scale for Videoconferencing (MFS-V) and the Meeting Fatigue Scale for In-Person (MFS-I)	4
Social media use and well-being: testing an integrated self-determination theory model	4
Consciously Connected: The Role of Mindfulness for Mobile Phone Connectedness and Stress	4
Responses to Social Media Influencers’ Misinformation about COVID-19: A Pre-Registered Multiple-Exposure Experiment	4
The Importance of Social Cues When Browsing Appearance-Focused Social Media Content: A Think Aloud Protocol Analysis Using Fitspiration Images and Instagram Feed Browsing	4
Creativity, Expectancy Violations, and Impression Formation: Effects of Novelty and Appropriateness in Online Dating Profile Texts	4
Correction	4
Is Bedtime Media Use Good or Bad? A Competitive Analysis Between the Sleep Displacement Hypothesis and the Media Recovery Hypothesis	4