OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications is 1. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Model of Inspiring Media	27
Does Passive Social Media Use Harm Well-Being?	20
An Explication of Identity Shift Theory	19
The Social Online-Self-Regulation-Theory	17
Exploitation–Exploration Model of Media Multitasking	15
Theorizing Prejudice Reduction via Mediated Intergroup Contact	14
A Cognitive Processing Framework for Media Interpretation	12
Credible Influencers	12
Instagram Use, InstaMums, and Anxiety in Mothers of Young Children	11
Is It Only the Violence?	9
Integrating Media Selection and Media Effects Using Decision Theory	9
Further Validation and Cross-Cultural Replication of the Video Game Demand Scale	8
When They Go Low, We Gloat	8
The Effects of Pandemic-Related Fear on Social Connectedness Through Social Media Use and Self-Disclosure	8
Links Between Exposure to Sexualized Instagram Images and Body Image Concerns in Girls and Boys	7
Narrative Media’s Emphasis on Distinct Moral Intuitions Alters Early Adolescents’ Judgments	7
Binge-Watching, Self-Determination, and Well-Being	7
Theory Development and Evaluation Within a Critical Media Effects Framework	7
An Experience Sampling Study on the Association Between Social Media Use and Self-Esteem	7
The Psychological Benefits of Scary Play in Three Types of Horror Fans	7
When Posting Is Believing	7
That’s Good News ☹	6
Understanding Mechanisms of Media Use for the Social Sharing of Emotion	6
Hate Speech as an Indicator for the State of the Society	6
Social Judgments, Social Media, and Self-Deprecation	5

Sixty Years Later	5
Problematic Internet Use in Emerging Adulthood	5
A Longitudinal Analysis of Political Ideology, Pornography Consumption, and Attitude Change	5
A Theory of Media Multitasking Intensity	5
Avatar-Based Self-Influence in a Traditional CMC Environment	5
The Media Psychology of Boredom and Mobile Media Use	5
Interdependence in Mediated Intergroup Contact	5
Trapped Between Goal Conflict and Availability Norm?	5
Psychological Underpinnings of Misinformation Countermeasures	5
“It Doesn’t Affect Me!” – Do Immunity Beliefs Prevent Subsequent Aggression After Playing a Violent Video Game?	4
Attitude-Consistent Health Messages About Electronic Cigarettes Increase Processing Time	4
Between a Rock and a Hard Place	4
Moral Minds in Gaming	4
Does the Glass Slipper Fit?	4
Measuring Gratification From and Consequences of Likes	4
Dreamlike and Playful Virtual Environments to Inspire Children’s Divergent Thinking	4
More Mobile Connectedness, Less Well-Being?	4
Media Neuroscience on a Shoestring	4
Audio Stories as Incidental Language Teachers	4
Danger, Sex, and Everything Else	3
Social Media Posting Anxiety	3
Emotionally Toned Online Discussions Evoke Subjectively Experienced Emotional Responses	3
Theorizing Gender in Online Privacy Research	3
“They Are Wallowing in Luxury, but Complain About the Struggles of Lockdown”	3
Helping on Social Media	3
Is Hearing Really Believing?	3
Cognitive and Emotional Responses to Russian State-Sponsored Media Narratives in International Audiences	3
Exaggerated and Questioning Clickbait Headlines and Their Influence on Media Learning	3
How Are Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Portrayed on Social Media?	3
Digital Communication, Family Identity, and Markers of Emerging Adulthood	3
Touched by Tragedy	3
How Affective Polarization Deepens the Partisan Divide in US Cable News Use	2
Examining Readers’ Emotional Responses to Stories	2
The Relationship Between Facebook Intrusion and Self-Control Dimensions Among Facebook Users	2
Inspiring, Regulating, Multitasking, Modeling, and Shifting	2
Mixing Parasocial Friendship With Business	2
Assessments of User Comments With “Alternative Views” as a Function of Media Trust	2
The More You Watch, the More You Get?	2
Preexisting Stereotypes and Selection of Counter-Stereotypical Genius Representations in Entertainment Media	2
How Humorous Posts Influence Engagement With Political Posts on Social Media	2
Effects of Issue- and Character-Based Narrative Political Ads on Ad Evaluations	2
“Speak[ing] My Mind”	2
Do Sexist Comments Hinder Participation in Online Political Discussions?	2
Media Use and Black Emerging Adults’ Acceptance of Jezebel and Sapphire Stereotypes	2
Internalizing External Goals	2
Beyond Content	2
Antecedents and Effects of Online Third-Party Information on Offline Impressions	2
Adolescents’ Online Communication and Self-Disclosure to Online and Offline Acquaintances	2
A Comparative Study Examining the Effects of Mixed and Virtual Reality on Plausibility Illusion and Emotional States	2
The Impact of Giving Feedback in Online Discussions	2

Moral Tipping Points	2
Implicit Associations in Computer-Mediated Communication	1
Procedural Arguments of Persuasive Games	1
Understanding the Structural Components Behind the Psychological Effects of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) With Machine Learning and Experimental Methods	1
The Persuasive Effect of Product Placements	1
Nevertheless, It Persists	1
“Feed” or “Unfeed”?	1
Privacy Is Dead, Long Live Privacy!	1
Call for Papers: Media and Moral Understanding	1
Bleeding-Heart Horror Fans	1
Can Narratives Increase Compliance?	1
Do We Judge Fiction by the Author’s Gender?	1
Emerging Adulthood and Media Use: Latest Research and Future Directions	1
Why Is Right-Wing Media Consumption Associated With Lower Compliance With COVID-19 Measures?	1
Does Sequence Matter?	1
Testing the Role of Narrative Modeling on Self-Compassion	1
Reactance to Uncivil Disagreement?	1
“Don’t Give Up!”	1
An Enjoyable Story, a Persuasive Story	1
Immigrants’ Dual Identity and the Hostile Media Effect in the Context of Sports Broadcasts	1
The Relation Between Attitude Certainty and the Privacy Paradox in the Context of Fitness Applications	1
The Buffer Effect	1
Valence-Based Biases in News Selection	1
Breaking Up for Good	1
Celebrating Wins, Lamenting Losses in the Aftermath of Presidential Elections	1
Game Violence and Moral Distress	1