Psychology of Popular Media

Papers
(The H4-Index of Psychology of Popular Media is 15. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Qualitative and quantitative investigations of Office fans’ connections with fictional and celebrity couples: Identification, parasocial relationships, and beyond.56
The expansion of the chūnibyō experience in Thailand.44
The influence of peripheral cues on information elaboration during credibility evaluation of Chinese social media messages: Insights from self-reports and eye-tracking experiments.41
What does the Cat in the Hat know about that? An analysis of the educational and unrealistic content of children’s narrative science media.38
Me, myself, and my avatar: Self-discrepancy, embodiment, and narrative involvement in gaming experiences.37
Random app of kindness: Evaluating the potential of a smartphone intervention to impact adolescents’ empathy, prosocial behavior, and aggression.31
Supplemental Material for The Effect of Short-Form Video Usage on Self-Expansion28
Supplemental Material for Video Games as Conduits for Radicalization: Impact of Exposure to Extremist Recruitment and Authoritarianism on Sexist Attitudes and Aggression26
Supplemental Material for “To Be Yourself or Your Selfies, That Is the Question”: The Moderation Role of Gender, Nationality, and Privacy Settings in the Relationship Between Selfie-Engagement and Bod25
Supplemental Material for Other-Focus Versus Self-Focus: The Power of Self-Transcendent TV Shows24
Supplemental Material for Postexposure Engagement With More and Less Eudaimonic Films: 10-Year Patterns of Response and the Role of Parasocial Relationship and Retrospective Imaginative Involvement23
Black lives matter, Black stories matter, Black voices matter: Black Lives Matter protests, COVID-19, and streaming services.22
The portrayal of mental illness in popular children's programs on Netflix: A content and thematic analysis.20
The effects of awe-inspiring nature videos on connectedness to nature and proenvironmental intentions.19
Looking to the stars: Validating the existence of para-couple relationships among emerging adults.17
Rating heroes, antiheroes, and villains: Machiavellianism, grandiose narcissism, psychopathy, and sadism predict admiration for and perceived similarity to morally questionable characters.15
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