OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Communication Research 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A Repeated-Measures Study of Relational Turbulence and Transition Processing Communication During the Summer of COVID-19 (Summer 2020)	68
How Political Overconfidence Fuels Affective Polarization in Cross-cutting Discussions	63
Meta-Analytic Evidence That Message Fatigue is Associated With Unintended Persuasive Outcomes	42
How Do Personal Opinions Relate to Online Expressions? An Experimental Study Among Muslim Minority Groups in The Netherlands	32
Trolling is in the Eye of the Beholder: An Attributional Approach to Predicting Perceptions of Trolling and Vigilantism in Online Games	28
The Effects of Social Approval Signals on the Production of Online Hate: A Theoretical Explication	25
Moral Beauty During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Prosocial Behavior Among Adolescents and the Inspiring Role of the Media	19
A Longitudinal Dynamic Perspective on Quality in Journalism: Investigating the Long-Term Macro-Level Media Effect of Suicide Reporting on Suicide Rates Across a Century	18
News Framing and Preference-Based Reinforcement: Evidence from a Real Framing Environment During the COVID-19 Pandemic	17
Disentangling the Effects of Temporal Framing on Risk Perception, Attitude, Behavioral Intention, and Behavior: A Multilevel Meta-Analysis	17
Examining How Sex Appeal Cues and Strength Cues Influence Impressions of Female Video Game Characters	17
Re-assessing the Dynamics of News Use and Trust: A Multi-Outlet Perspective	16
A Longitudinal Examination of Enacted Goal Attention in End-of-Life Communication in Families	16
Relational Maintenance for Separated Latina/o/x/e Immigrant Parents and Their Children: A Focus on Primary Caregivers as Communication Gatekeepers	16
A Meta-Analysis of Studies Examining the Effect of Music on Beliefs	16
Reviewer Acknowledgment for 2022	15
Do Bandwagon Cues Affect Credibility Perceptions? A Meta-Analysis of the Experimental Evidence	14
Living in a (Mediated) Political World: Mindfulness, Problematic News Consumption, and Political Hostility	14
On the Strength of Trust: The Moderating Role of Certainty in Judgments of Authorities	13
The Role of Communication in Redressing Health Disparities: Mobilizing Public Support and Action	13
Disentangling the Effects of Cognitive, Affective, and Sociocultural Factors on Risk Information Avoidance: A Meta-Analysis	13
The Effects of Corrective Strategies on Romantic Belief Endorsement	13
In the Eye of the Beholder: A Case for the Visual Hostile Media Phenomenon	12
Understanding the Influence Discrepancy Between Human and Artificial Agent in Advice Interactions: The Role of Stereotypical Perception of Agency	11
The Group Roots of Social Media Politics: Social Sorting Predicts Perceptions of and Engagement in Politics on Social Media	11

Tuning Out (Political and Science) News? A Selective Exposure Study of the News Finds Me Perception	11
Expansion and Exploration of the Superdiffuser Model With Agent-Based Modeling	10
Acknowledgment 2020	10
Why Do Users Stop Pleasurable Media Experiences? The Dynamics of Media Experiences and Their Impact on Media Disengagement	10
Ecological Influences on the Formation of the Hiring Network in the Communication Job Market, 2015 to 2019	9
Navigating Multiple Identities for Positive Change Through Organizational Listening	9
Community Storytelling Network, Expressive Digital Media Use, and Civic Engagement	9
Distinguishing Person-Specific from Situation-Specific Variation in Media Use: A Meta-Analysis	8
The Role of Person-Centered Messages, Parallel Disclosures, and Reactance When Communicating Support for Parental Death	8
Needing Space During Lockdown: A Test of Relational Turbulence Theory in the Context of Conversations About Physical and Emotional Space During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
The Impact of Machine Authorship on News Audience Perceptions: A Meta-Analysis of Experimental Studies	8
Quality Conversation Can Increase Daily Well-Being	8
Psycho-Cardiac Distress Symptoms of Dyadic Communication Apprehension & The Role of Self-Esteem	7
Living is Easy With Eyes Closed: Avoidance of Targeted Political Advertising in Response to Privacy Concerns, Perceived Personalization, and Overload	7
Gig Workers and Managing App-Based Surveillance	7
Past Relational Experiences and Social Interaction: Direct, Moderated, and Mediated Associations Between Relational Difficulty, Communication, and Perception in Two Samples	7
Inferring human vision in a human-like way: Key factors influencing the cognitive processing of level-1 visual perspective-taking	7
Cancer Fatalism in the Information Age: A Meta-Analysis of Communicative and Behavioral Correlates	7
Living at the Speed of Mobile: How Users Evaluate Social Media News Posts on Smartphones	6
Reconciling Conflicting Results of Cultural Diversity’s Effect on Project Team Performance: A Quasi-Experimental Examination	6
The COVID-19 Pandemic, Adolescent Media Use, and Mental Health: Comparing Relationships Among Adolescents From South Korea and the United States	6
The Online Privacy Divide: Testing Resource and Identity Explanations for Racial/Ethnic Differences in Privacy Concerns and Privacy Management Behaviors on Social Media	6
Introducing the Transcendent Media Experience Model (TMEM)	5
Empowered by Curation: Spatial Differentiation in the Interrelationship Between Social Media Political Curation, Political Competence, and Trust—The Case of Michigan	5
Navigating Social Media News Use: Exploring the Impact of Intentional and Incidental News Consumption on Objective and Subjective Political Knowledge	5
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 Quality	5
Media Cynicism, Media Skepticism and Automatic Media Trust: Explicating Their Connection with News Processing and Exposure	5
“I’ll Change My Beliefs When I See It”: Video Fact Checks Outperform Text Fact Checks in Correcting Misperceptions Among Those Holding False or Uncertain Pre-Existing Beliefs	5
Affective Responses to Counter-Attitudinal Testimonials Drive Persuasive Effects: The Case of Physician-Assisted Suicide	5
Agenda Setting, Cross-cutting Effects, and Political Expression on Social Media: The Gun Violence Case	5
Visual Gender Stereotyping in Campaign Communication: Evidence on Female and Male Candidate Imagery in 28 Countries	5
Sexual Minorities’ Uncertainty About Their Romantic Partner’s Communication With Their Family: Applying the Theory of Motivated Information Management	4
Developing and Validating a 15-Item True/False Measure of News Literacy Knowledge	4
Reciprocal Relationships Between Adolescents’ Incidental Exposure to Climate-Related Social Media Content and Online Climate Change Engagement	4
Overcoming Obstacles by Enacting Resilience: How Queer Adolescents Respond to Being Estranged From Their Parents	4
Screenertia: Understanding “Stickiness” of Media Through Temporal Changes in Screen Use	4
Best Prosody for News: A Psychophysiological Study Comparing a Broadcast to a Narrative Speaking Style	4
The Impact of Supervisory Communication on Newcomers’ Adjustment, Well-Being, and Relationships With Their Organization: A Longitudinal Study	4
Education-Based Gap in Misinformation Acceptance: Does the Gap Increase as Misinformation Exposure Increases?	4
The Privacy Calculus Revisited: An Empirical Investigation of Online Privacy Decisions on Between- and Within-Person Levels	4
Multiple Identities in Faith-based Organizations: Exploring Status and Value Homophily in Idealized Partnerships	4
When Adolescents’ Self-Worth Depends on Their Social Media Feedback: A Longitudinal Investigation With Depressive Symptoms	4
Promoting Mis/Disinformation Literacy Among Adults: A Scoping Review of Interventions and Recommendations	3
Lost in a Maze? On the Philosophical Problems With Differential and Individual-Level Susceptibility in Research on Media Effects	3
A Systematic Review of Attribution Theory Applied to Crisis Events in Communication Journals: Integration and Advancing Insights	3
Which Visuals Really Matter? Effects of (Counter) Stereotypical Visual Information on Candidate Evaluations	3
Privacy Cynicism and its Role in Privacy Decision-Making	3
Adolescents’ Digital Nightlife: The Comparative Effects of Day- and Nighttime Smartphone Use on Sleep Quality	3
Expanding the Boundary Conditions of the Communicative Ecology Model of Successful Aging to Include Communication About Religion	3
When Visual Communication Backfires: Reactance to Three Aspects of Imagery	3

Serving the Greater Social Good for Personal Gain: Effects of Polite Disagreements in Online Debates	3
Is Constructive Engagement Online a Lost Cause? Toxic Outrage in Online User Comments Across Democratic Political Systems and Discussion Arenas	3
Reactance to Persuasive Messages Depends on Felt Obligation	2
More Sources Create Greater Audience Engagement: An Investigation into the Relationship Between the Number of News Sources and Audience Responses	2
Same News Frames, Different Issues: Issue Familiarity and Dynamic Framing Effects	2
“Be Nice or Leave Me Alone”: An Intergroup Perspective on Affective Polarization in Online Political Discussions	2
Toward a More Powerful Experimental Communication Science: An Assessment of Two Decades’ Research (2001–2023)	2
When the Stakes are Low: How Key Features of Momentary Suspense Contribute to a Global Evaluation of Enjoyment	2
The Impacts of Code-Mixing in a Cross-Cultural Narrative: How Processing Fluency Impacts Narrative Engagement and Attitudes Toward Out-Groups	2
How Can We Increase Privacy Protection Behavior? A Longitudinal Experiment Testing Three Intervention Strategies	2
The Role of Social Support in Disarming the Effects of Racial Microaggressions	2
Conflicting Goals When Seeking Support for Mental Health Concerns: Testing a Stigma Support Activation Model	2
Short but Critical?: How “Fake News” and “Anti-Elitist” Media Attacks Undermine Perceived Message Credibility on Social Media	2
When Disagreement Becomes Uncivil on Social Media: The Role of Passive Receiving and Active Expression of Incivility in Influencing Political Polarization	2
A Fresh View of the Veracity Effect in Deception Research: Bond and DePaulo Re-examined	2
How Contextual Features Shape Incivility Over Time: An Analysis of the Evolution and Determinants of Political Incivility in Televised Election Debates (1985–2019)	2
When the Personal Becomes Political: Unpacking the Dynamics of Sexual Violence and Gender Justice Discourses Across Four Social Media Platforms	2
There and Back Again? Exploring the Real-Time Cognitive Journey of Narrative Transportation	2
Entertainment for Cosmopolitism: Science Fiction Fosters Identification With All Humanity via Awe	2
Withholding Social Support Because Those in Need Do Not Deserve It: A Thematic Narrative Analysis	2
The Effects of “Media Tech Neck”: The Impact of Spinal Flexion on Cognitive and Emotional Processing of Videos	2