Media and Communication

Papers
(The median citation count of Media and Communication is 2. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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Politicisation of the Domestic: Populist Narratives About Covid-19 Among Influencers43
Digital Competencies for New Journalistic Work in Media Outlets: A Systematic Review40
Adolescents’ Understanding of the Model of Sponsored Content of Social Media Influencer Instagram Stories34
Keep the Fire Burning: Exploring the Hierarchies of Music Fandom and the Motivations of Superfans34
The Eurabia Conspiracy Theory: Twitter’s Political Influencers, Narratives, and Information Sources34
Digital Media Domestication and Job Paths Among Older People: An Ethnographic Investigation33
Instaworthy? Examining the Effects of (Targeted) Civic Education Ads on Instagram32
Points of Contact Between Activism, Populism, and Fandom on Social Media32
Between Conflict and Solidarity: Pandemic Media Coverage of Romanian Intra-EU Labour Migrants31
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On the Continued Need for Replication in Media and Communication Research29
The EU’s FIMI Turn: How the European Union External Action Service Reframed the Disinformation Fight28
AI-Powered Social Media for Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries27
Fact-Checkers on the Fringe: Investigating Methods and Practices Associated With Contested Areas of Fact-Checking27
Managing Organisational Tensions in Cross-Sector Collaboration: The Case of Mediapolis22
Conceptualizing and Contextualizing Media Innovation and Change22
Media Hybridization and the Strategic Value of Political Incivility: Insights From Italian Journalists22
Editorial: Networks and Organizing Processes in Online Social Media22
The Engagement Imperative: Experiences of Communication Practitioners’ Brand Work in the Music Industry21
Understanding Emerging Media: Voice, Agency, and Precarity in the Post-2011 Arab Mediasphere21
Immigrant Influencers on TikTok: Diverse Microcelebrity Profiles and Algorithmic (In)Visibility21
Representing Trust in Digital Journalism21
Why We Should Distinguish Between Mobilization and Participation When Investigating Social Media21
How Different Training Types and Computer Anxiety Influence Performance and Experiences in Virtual Reality20
Charting the Impacts of Media Discourses on the European Integration Project20
Digital Barricades and Blackouts: A Case of Internet Shutdowns in India19
When Latin American Melodrama Meets Nordic Noir: How SVOD Reshapes Chilean TV Fiction18
Harmony in Political Discourse? The Impact of High-Quality Listening on Speakers’ Perceptions Following Political Conversations18
The Evolution of Government Intervention in the Mediterranean Media System: Spain, France, and Portugal18
Community-Building on Bilibili: The Social Impact of Danmu Comments17
Symbiosis or Precarity? Digital Platforms’ Role on Australian Digital-Native Journalism and Their Funding Models17
Organizations as Innovations: Examining Changes in Journalism Through the Lens of Newly-Emerging Organizations17
Why Do People Return to Video Platforms? Millennials and Centennials on TikTok17
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Free Press Under Pressure? Experiences and Consequences of Hateful Harassment on Journalists in Germany15
How Right-Wing Populist Comments Affect Online Deliberation on News Media Facebook Pages15
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Technopopulism and Politainment in Brazil: Bolsonaro Government’s Weekly YouTube Broadcasts15
The Refugee Issue in the Greek, German, and British Press During the Covid-19 Pandemic15
Another Violent Protest? New Perspectives to Understand Protest Coverage15
Dealing With Covid-19 in Casual Democracies14
Challenging Norms and Practices in Women’s Beach Handball: The Bikini Debate14
The Limits of Social Media Mobilization: How Protest Movements Adapt to Social Media Logic14
The Role of Media and Communication in Reducing Uncertainty During the Syria War14
Idols of Promotion and Authenticity on TikTok14
Contextualization: A Path to Chinese Traditional News Media’s Integration Into Social Media13
A Deliberative Democracy Framework for Analysing Trust in Journalists: An Application to Italy13
Digital Dis/Connection as Everyday Boundary Work Among Hong Kong BN(O) Migrants in the UK13
Amplifying Player Experience to Facilitate Prosocial Outcomes in a Narrative-Based Serious Game13
Between Memeability and Televisuality: The (Self-)Memefication of Television Series13
A Flexible Framework Integrating Digital and Social Competences in Vocational Education Across Diverse Contexts13
Aspiring to Dutchness: Media Literacy, Integration, and Communication with Eritrean Status Holders12
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When Ads Become Invisible: Minors’ Advertising Literacy While Using Mobile Phones12
Googling Referendum Campaigns: Analyzing Online Search Patterns Regarding Swiss Direct-Democratic Votes12
A Systematic Literature Review of the Phenomenon of Disinformation and Misinformation12
Media Framing of Government Crisis Communication During Covid-1912
The Instagram Interview: Talking to People About Travel Experiences Across Online and Offline Spaces12
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Intimacy and Professionalism: Dilemmas in the Practice of Chinese Podcasters11
Young People’s Diversity and Digital Media: A Systematic Review (2010–2022)11
Comparing Media Systems Through the Lens of Neoliberal Hegemony: Evidence From the US and Flanders11
Transforming Crises Into Opportunities: Self-Managed Media in Argentina11
Sports Journalists as Agents of Change in Nordic Countries11
All’s Fair in Pandemic and War? A Gendered Analysis of Australian Coverage of Covid-1911
Quantifying Data-Driven Campaigning Across Sponsors and Platforms11
Political Advertising and Data-Driven Campaigning in Australia11
#ThisIsMeChallenge and Music for Empowerment of Marginalized Groups on TikTok10
Strategic Choices for Balancing Intimacy and Professionalism: Content Analysis of Chinese Podcasts on Himalaya10
Datacasting: TikTok’s Algorithmic Flow as Televisual Experience10
The Loss of the Popular: Reconstructing Fifty Years of Studying Popular Culture10
Covid-19 Research in Alternative News Media: Evidencing and Counterevidencing Practices10
Journalistic “Innovation” Is Hard To Hate, but Actual Change Is Just Hard10
Digitalizing Access to Care: How Self-Check-In Kiosks Shape Access to Care and Efficiency of Hospital Services9
Harmonizing Traditional Journalistic Values With Emerging AI Technologies: A Systematic Review of Journalists’ Perception9
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South African Media and Politics: Is the Three Models Approach Still Valid After Two Decades?9
SMART 2.0: Social Media Analytics and Reporting Tool Applied to Misinformation Tracking9
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Mediated by Code: Unpacking Algorithmic Curation of Urban Experiences9
The Effectiveness of an Educational Intervention on Countering Disinformation Moderated by Intellectual Humility9
FABLE: A New Horizon in Digital Learning and Serious Game Design9
Election Fraud and Misinformation on Twitter: Author, Cluster, and Message Antecedents9
Producing Diversity: On the Discourses at the Heart of Netflix’s Production Culture9
Securing the Youth Vote: A Comparative Analysis of Digital Persuasion on TikTok Among Political Actors8
Researching Motherhood in the Age of Short Videos: Stay-at-Home Mothers in China Performing Labor on Douyin8
Patterns and Factors of Political Disconnection on Social Media: A Cross-Platform Comparison8
Mediatizing Slum Relocation in Egypt: Between Legitimization and Stigmatization8
When Algorithms Recommend What’s New(s): New Dynamics of Decision-Making and Autonomy in Newsgathering8
Places and Spaces Without News: The Contested Phenomenon of News Deserts8
Media Work as Field Advancement: The Case of Science Media Center Germany8
The Romanian Media System: Dynamics, Challenges, and Implications for Democracy8
Referendum Campaigns in Hybrid Media Systems: Insights From the New Zealand Cannabis Legalisation Referendum8
Digital Platforms and Infrastructure in the Realm of Culture8
Automated Trouble: The Role of Algorithmic Selection in Harms on Social Media Platforms8
Breaking Away From Hectic Daily Media Production: Unleashing Explorative Innovation Through Inter-Firm Collaborations7
Migrants as “Objects of Care”: Immigration Coverage in Russian Media During the Covid-19 Pandemic7
A Computational Mapping of Online News Deserts on African News Websites7
A Transnational Network Analysis of Refugees in Crisis7
Legal and Ethical Regulation in Slovakia and Its Relation to Deliberative Communication7
Deserted Local News: Exploring News Deserts From a Journalistic Recruitment Perspective7
Do Intensive Public Debates on Direct-Democratic Ballots Narrow the Gender Gap in Social Media Use?7
How China Divides the Left: Competing Transnational Left-Wing Alternative Media on Twitter7
Homophily and Polarization in Twitter Political Networks: A Cross-Country Analysis7
Media-Tech Companies as Agents of Innovation: From Radical to Incremental Innovation in a Cluster7
Ideologies in Geospatial Futurism: A Computational and Critical Discourse Inquiry Into the ArcGIS and ESRI-Blogs7
(De)Legitimation in Policy Transfer and Branding: A Dialogical View of the Romanian Covid-19 Vaccination Policy7
Vulnerability to Disinformation in Relation to Political Affiliation in North Macedonia7
Media Coverage as Mirror or Molder? An Inference-Based Framework7
The Awkward Moment When You Agree With News Outlets That You Normally Distrust7
The Fact-Checking Initiatives in the EU: A Diverse Ecosystem Against Disinformation7
Politicisation Persists and Is Increasing in European Public Service Media in the Digital Society7
One Recommender Fits All? An Exploration of User Satisfaction With Text-Based News Recommender Systems6
Harnessing 360-Degree Video to Prompt Users to Think Along With Pro-Environmental Campaign Messages6
Watching the Watchdogs: Using Transparency Cues to Help News Audiences Assess Information Quality6
The Geography of Newspaper Circulations: A Spatial Taxonomy of “News(Paper) Deserts” in the United States6
What’s “Up Next”? Investigating Algorithmic Recommendations on YouTube Across Issues and Over Time6
Can Pop Culture Allay Resentment? Japan’s Influence in China Today6
Games and Game Studies Are Meaningful—Are They?6
Audio-as-Data Tools: Replicating Computational Data Processing6
The Evolution of Crisis Frames in the European Commission’s Institutional Communication (2003–2022)6
Co-Creating News Oases in Media Deserts6
Populist Right Parties on TikTok: Spectacularization, Personalization, and Hate Speech6
Editorial: Redefining Televisuality—Programmes, Practices, and Methods6
Career, Covid-19, and Care: (Gendered) Impacts of the Pandemic on the Work of Communication Scholars6
Promoting Social Media Engagement Via Branded Content Communication: A Fashion Brands Study on Instagram6
Nano-Influencers Edutubers: Perspective of Centennial Generation Families in Spain6
Regional Facts Matter: A Comparative Perspective of Sub-State Fact-Checking Initiatives in Europe6
Conspiracies, Ideological Entrepreneurs, and Digital Popular Culture6
Delayed Reflections: Media and Journalism Data Deserts in the Post-Socialist Czech Republic6
The Nordic Story6
What Does “Being Informed” Mean? Assessing Social Media Users’ Self-Concepts of Informedness6
Information Patterns and News Bubbles in Hungary6
E-Commerce as a Source of Revenue in Spanish Digital News Media6
Reinforcing or Rethinking? What do News Consumers Want from Journalism in the Post-Truth Era?6
Insidiously Trivial: Meme Format Reduces Perceived Influence and Intent to Debate Partisan Claims6
Mobile Belonging in Digital Exile: Methodological Reflection on Doing Ethnography on (Social) Media Practices6
Pre-Truth: Fake News, Semiological Guerrilla Warfare, and Some Other Media and Communication “Revolutions”6
Digital Media and Younger Audiences6
The Affective Triad: Smartphone in the Ethnographic Encounter6
How Algorithmic Systems Changed Communication in a Digital Society6
Balancing Intimacy and Trust in Audio Journalism6
Gendered Zootopia on Instagram: Curation of Pet Accounts and Identity Representation6
Does Digital Media Use Harm Children’s Emotional Intelligence? A Parental Perspective5
The (Un)Intended Consequences of Emphasizing the Threats of Mis- and Disinformation5
Adolescents’ Augmented Reality Filter Usage on Social Media, Developmental Process, and Well-Being5
Trust Signals: An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Women of Color’s News Trust5
Trolls, Pressure and Agenda: The discursive fight on Twitter in Turkey5
A Proposed Model of Self-Perceived Authenticity of Social Media Influencers5
The Spectacle of “Patriotic Violence” in Romania: Populist Leader George Simion’s Mediated Performance5
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Disguising Commercial Intentions: Sponsorship Disclosure Practices of Mexican Instamoms5
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From Social Clubs to Champions for Sports Journalistic Identity and Integrity5
Games as Political Actors in Digital Journalism5
Editorial: Gendered Cultures in Platform Economies—Entertainment, Expertise, and Online Selfhood5
Accessing to a “Truer Truth”: Conspiracy and Figurative Reasoning From Covid-19 to the Russia–Ukraine War5
Examining the Role of Online Uncivil Discussion and Ideological Extremity on Illegal Protest5
When Everyone Wins: Dialogue, Play, and Black History for Critical Games Education5
Media Concentration Law: Gaps and Promises in the Digital Age5
Skeptical Inertia in the Face of Polarization: News Consumption and Misinformation in Turkey5
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“Don’t Fauci My Florida:” Anti-Fauci Memes as Digital Anti-Intellectualism5
The Spectre of Populist Leadership: QAnon, Emergent Formations, and Digital Community5
Thinking Geomedia Futures: Indigenous Futurisms, Afrofuturisms, and Counter-Mediations of Temporality, Spatiality, and Digitality5
Ghosting on Tinder: Examining Disconnectivity in Online Dating5
WhatsApp as a Tool for Researching the Everyday Lives of Venezuelan Refugees Settling in Brazil5
Are Certain Types of Microtargeting More Acceptable? Comparing US, German, and Dutch Citizens’ Attitudes5
Redefining Hallin and Mancini’s Media System: Cross-Border Investigative Networks in Europe5
Higher Education Institutions on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: Comparing Swiss Universities’ Social Media Communication5
Age-Based Digital Divide: Uses of the Internet in People Over 54 Years Old5
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Journalism in Democracy: A Discourse Analysis of Twitter Posts on the Ferrerasgate Scandal5
The Perception of Older Adults Regarding Socio-Political Issues Disseminated on Social Networks5
Geomedia Perspectives for Multiple Futures in Tourism Development5
Does Social Media Use Matter? A Case Study of the 2018 Irish Abortion Referendum5
New Funding Models in Journalism Are Emerging, but Major Leap Forward Is Lacking5
Father Influencers’ Short Videos in China: Representations of Hybrid Fatherhood and Commercialisation on Xiaohongshu5
“Nazis Aren’t Welcome Here”: Selling Democracy in the Age of Far-Right Extremism5
Beyond Numeracy, a Data Literacy Topical Scoping Review (2011–2023)4
Diasporic Cosmopolitanism and Digital (Dis)Connectivity Among Turkish Women in Rome4
Digital In- and Exclusion in Everyday Life: Practices and Literacies Across the Lifespan4
Let’s Get Loud: Intersectionally Studying the Super Bowl’s Halftime Show4
An Overview of the Fake News Phenomenon: From Untruth-Driven to Post-Truth-Driven Approaches4
The Subtle Dynamics of Power Struggles in Tunisia: Local media since the Arab Uprisings4
A Discursive Evolution: Trade Publications Explain News Deserts to United States Journalists4
The Regulation of Disinformation Under the Digital Services Act4
Journalistic Framing of Finnish Ice Hockey Club Jokerit in the Russian-Led Kontinental Hockey League4
Digital Inclusion Through Algorithmic Knowledge: Curated Flows of Civic and Political Information on Instagram4
Maternal Health Information Disparities Amid Covid-19: Comparing Urban and Rural Expectant Mothers in Ghana4
Bringing the Future to Geomedia Studies: Geomedia as Sociotechnical Regime and Imaginary4
More Than Meets the Eye: Understanding Political Microtargeting Processing With Gaze-Cued Retrospective Think-Aloud Methodology4
Strengthening Responsible Journalism Through Self-Efficacious Learning-Oriented Media Literacy Interventions4
Experiencing Political Advertising Through Social Media Logic: A Qualitative Inquiry4
The Banality of Digital Reputation: A Visual Ethnography of Young People, Reputation, and Social Media4
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An Exploratory Study of Fact-Checking Practices in Conflict and Authoritarian Contexts4
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Oblique Agency: Mapping the Globalised Workflows of Television Dubbing and Their Impact on Practitioners4
Investigating Publics’ Communicative Action in Problem Solving (CAPS) Through Data Science4
Podcasting the Truth: Challenging Journalistic Knowledge and Building Epistemic Authority in Independent YouTube Podcasts4
Teaching Journalism Literacy in Schools: The Role of Media Companies as Media Educators in Germany4
Women Scientists on TikTok: New Opportunities to Become Visible and Challenge Gender Stereotypes4
“I Think Quality is More Important Than a Lot of Data” in Cities Datafication4
AI Transparency: A Conceptual, Normative, and Practical Frame Analysis4
Mapping the Inclusion of Children and Youth With Disabilities in Media Literacy Research4
Backed Into a Corner: Structural Changes That Lead to Local News Deserts4
Framing Migration During the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa: A 12-Month Media Monitoring Project4
Meet Bob and Offset Your Flight: Optimising Explainer Videos to Promote Voluntary Carbon Offsetting4
Insidiously Trivial: How the Political Meme Format Drives Down Corrective Intent4
The EU as an ATM? Media Perception Analysis of Next Generation Funds in Spain4
Beyond Digital Literacy in Australian Prisons: Theorizing “Network Literacy,” Intersectionality, and Female Incarcerated Students4
XR for Transformable and Interactive Design4
Are Online Political Influencers Accelerating Democratic Deconsolidation?4
Cultural Authenticity as Netflix Televisuality: Streaming Industry Discourse and Globally Commissioned Original Series4
Content Analysis From a Gender Perspective of Comments Received by Spanish Science YouTubers4
From Fact-Checking to Debunking: The Case of Elections24Check During the 2024 European Elections3
Jobs-to-Be-Done and Journalism Innovation: Making News More Responsive to Community Needs3
Unveiling Disability Empowerment: Evaluating ICT Skill Enhancement Initiatives in Indonesia3
Communication for Seniors’ Inclusion in Today’s Society: The Effects of Digitisation on Active Ageing3
Downplaying Euroscepticism in Mainstream Media: The Schengen Accession of Romania and Bulgaria3
Fact-Checking Role Performances and Problematic Covid-19 Vaccine Content in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa3
Contemporary Political Discourse in Digital Games: A Systematic Approach3
Understanding Expressions of Self-Determination Theory in the Evaluation of IDEA-Themed VR Storytelling3
Beyond Solutionism: Differently Motivating Media Literacy3
A Matter of Perspective? The Impact of Analysis Configurations on Testing the Agenda-Setting Hypothesis3
Rewatching Content on Streaming Platforms: The Pursuit of Ontological Comfort3
Parasocial Interactions in Otome Games: Emotional Engagement and Parasocial Intimacy Among Chinese Female Players3
Effects of a News Literacy Video on News Literacy Perceptions and Misinformation Evaluation3
Overcoming the Age Barrier: Improving Older Adults’ Detection of Political Disinformation With Media Literacy3
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Media Accountability: Global Trends and European Monitoring Capabilities3
Fostering Media Literacy: A Systematic Evidence Review of Intervention Effectiveness for Diverse Target Groups3
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Storytelling as Media Literacy and Intercultural Dialogue in Post-Colonial Societies3
Bundling Digital Journalism: Exploring the Potential of Subscription-Based Product Bundles3
Shaping and Branding Migration Policy: A Retrospective Analysis of Portugal’s Contemporary Model3
Body of Mine, Yours, and Everyone in Between: Communicating Gender Dysphoria Through Immersive Storytelling3
Remembering Reasons for Reform: A More Replicable and Reproducible Communication Literature Without the Rancor3
Populist Disinformation: Are Citizens With Populist Attitudes Affected Most by Radical Right-Wing Disinformation?3
Social Media and Contentious Action: The Use and Users of QQ Groups in China3
AI Agency in Fact-Checking: Role-Based Machine Heuristics and Publics’ Conspiratorial Orientation3
Institutional Arbitrageurs: The Role of Product Managers as a Locus of Change in Journalism3
How Public Service Media Disinformation Shapes Hungarian Public Discourse3
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Inclusive Media Education in the Diverse Classroom: A Participatory Action Research in Germany3
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