Political Communication

Papers
(The H4-Index of Political Communication is 21. 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
Journalists as Reluctant Political Prophets116
Propaganda during Economic Crises: Reference Point Adjustment in Economic News75
“We Never Really Talked About politics”: Race and Ethnicity as Foundational Forces Structuring Information Disorder Within the Vietnamese Diaspora65
Making their Mark? How protest sparks, surfs, and sustains media issue attention59
Selective Control: The Political Economy of Censorship55
Reassessing the Role of Inclusion in Political Communication Research52
A Virtual Battlefield for Embassies: Longitudinal Network Analysis of Competing Mediated Public Diplomacy on Social Media51
Do Partisans Follow Their Leaders on Election Manipulation?51
The Unintended Consequences of Amplifying the Radical Right on Twitter41
Media-Politics Parallelism and Populism/Anti-populism Divides in Latin America: Evidence from Argentina38
Elected officials’ Online Sharing of Misinformation: Institutional and Ideological Checks35
Correction34
The Art of Self-Criticism: How Autocrats Propagate Their Own Political Scandals34
Do Journalists’ Political Orientations Translate into Partisan News Reporting? The Limits of Bias and the Limits of Counter Mechanisms29
The Media and Democratization: A Long-Term Macro-Level Perspective on the Role of the Press During a Democratic Transition27
Broadcasting Messages via Telegram: Pro-Government Social Media Control During the 2020 Protests in Belarus and 2022 Anti-War Protests in Russia26
How Political Efficacy Relates to Online and Offline Political Participation: A Multilevel Meta-analysis26
Damage Control: How Campaign Teams Interpret and Respond to Online Incivility24
Disinformation as Cultural Narrative: Conceptualizing Disinformation as Cross-Platform, Identity-Affirming, Cathartic Stories23
Claims of Victimhood Shield Politicians from Political Scandals22
Mediated Representation in the Age of Social Media: How Connection with Politicians Contributes to Citizens’ Feelings of Representation. Evidence from a Longitudinal Study22
Rhetorical Promises: Gender Diversity Among Congressional Black Caucus Members’ Representation on Twitter21
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