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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Expanded Coverage and Expanding Our Editorial Team	43
Digital Communication, Family Identity, and Markers of Emerging Adulthood	27
Media Task-Switching as Self-Control Failure	27
Is It Time to Abandon the Media Multitasking Index?	19
Correction to Bonus et al. (2020)	14
Media Use as an Avenue to Political Identity in an Authoritarian Context?	14
Digital Game Culture in Korea	13
Direct and Vicarious Routes to Relatedness Need Satisfaction Through Narrative Media	13
Bleeding-Heart Horror Fans	13
Problematic Internet Use in Emerging Adulthood	13
Seeking Support Online	13
Facing the Opposition: Personality and Engagement With Political Disagreement Across Contexts	13
Celebrating Wins, Lamenting Losses in the Aftermath of Presidential Elections	12
Who Am I? Mothers’ Self-Uncertainty, Identification, and Conformity in Online Maternal Groups on Social Media	11
The Effects of Pandemic-Related Fear on Social Connectedness Through Social Media Use and Self-Disclosure	11
Inspiration by Role Models	10
The Influence of Minority Views on Majority Participation in Online Discourse	10
Actor–Observer Asymmetry in Virtual Reality	10
AI for Combatting Mis/Disinformation	9
Emerging Adulthood and Media Use: Latest Research and Future Directions	8
A Longitudinal Analysis of Political Ideology, Pornography Consumption, and Attitude Change	8
Consumption of Psychological Horror is Associated With Reduced Stigmatization of Mental Illness	8
Does Passive Social Media Use Harm Well-Being?	8
Why Is Right-Wing Media Consumption Associated With Lower Compliance With COVID-19 Measures?	8
Correction to Ewoldsen et al. (2022)	8

More Mobile Connectedness, Less Well-Being?	8
Moral Tipping Points	7
Psychological Underpinnings of Misinformation Countermeasures	7
Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material in Adolescence and Unwanted Sexual Behavior in Emerging Adulthood	7
Media Use and Black Emerging Adults’ Acceptance of Jezebel and Sapphire Stereotypes	7
Emotion Regulation Strategies Are Associated With Differential Responses to the News	7
Do Perceived Benefits Compensate for Low Provider Trustworthiness in Disclosure Decisions?	7
An Experience Sampling Study on the Association Between Social Media Use and Self-Esteem	7
Metaverse-Mediated Communication	7
Hate Speech as an Indicator for the State of the Society	6
Is Hearing Really Believing?	6
How Are Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Portrayed on Social Media?	6
Editable, Persistent, and Emotionally Expressive	6
Converging Crowds and Tied Twins	6
Trapped Between Goal Conflict and Availability Norm?	5
Understanding Mechanisms of Media Use for the Social Sharing of Emotion	5
Privacy Is Dead, Long Live Privacy!	5
Tidying Up Attitudes, Queer Eye Style	5
Impression Formation Effects of Message Interactivity on the Relationship Between Organizations and Their Publics	5
Measuring Gratification From and Consequences of Likes	5
Beyond the Screen	5
The Influence of Social Justice Movies	5
The Effect of Psychological Needs Satisfaction on Protective Gaming Beliefs and Behaviors	5
Media and Moral Understanding	4
Reactance to Uncivil Disagreement?	4
Incubating Scholarship From Emerging Media Psychologists	4
Breaking Up for Good	4
Losing Awareness of Our Surroundings?	4
Media Neuroscience on a Shoestring 2.0	4
Collaborative Memory: What Happens With Remote Communication?	4
Correction to Wong et al. (2022)	4
20th Century Media and the American Psyche: A Strange Love	4
Examining Readers’ Emotional Responses to Stories	4
Theory Development and Evaluation Within a Critical Media Effects Framework	4
Nevertheless, It Persists	4
“Anyway, I Love You, Text Me Please”	3
Supernatural Enemies Affect Outgroup Attitudes Through Strength of Human Identity?	3
Effects of Issue- and Character-Based Narrative Political Ads on Ad Evaluations	3
Threat and Enhancement	3
Using Neuroimaging Techniques to Link Game Rewards to Memory Through Activity in the Hippocampus	3
Framerate Sensitivity and Cinemagoing Explain the Soap Opera Effect of Films	3
Do We Judge Fiction by the Author’s Gender?	3
Correction to Riles et al. (2022)	3
Information Integrity in a Digital Age	3
Exaggerated and Questioning Clickbait Headlines and Their Influence on Media Learning	3
The Psychological Benefits of Scary Play in Three Types of Horror Fans	3
Do Sexist Comments Hinder Participation in Online Political Discussions?	3
Call for Papers: Media and Moral Understanding	3
A Note of Thanks, and a Nod Towards Internationalization	3
Relations Between Violent Video Game Experiences and Prosocial Behavior	3

Moral Understanding and Media	2
Straddling the Boundary of Misleading Information Group	2
Reviewers 2024	2
Media Neuroscience on a Shoestring	2
Mood Enhancement, Self-Transcendence, and Prosociality	2
Binge-Watching, Self-Determination, and Well-Being	2
The Grand Finale	2
“Feed” or “Unfeed”?	2
Rival as Villain – How Moral and Threat Language in American News Coverage Relates to American Attitudes Toward China	2
The Influence of Feeling-of-Knowing on Metacognitive Processes in the Digital Media Environment	2
What Post-Pandemic Paradox?	2
I Play Online Games Because I Believe in a Just Virtual World	2
The Fitness-Validation Model of Propagandist Persuasion and the 5Ds of Propaganda	2
Preexisting Stereotypes and Selection of Counter-Stereotypical Genius Representations in Entertainment Media	2
Emotionally Toned Online Discussions Evoke Subjectively Experienced Emotional Responses	2
How Online Dating Motivations and Social Networks Affect Warranting Value and Interpersonal Impressions	2
Adolescents’ Online Communication and Self-Disclosure to Online and Offline Acquaintances	1
Correction to Fransen et al. (2023)	1
An Examination of Youths’ Social Media Use and Body Image	1
Screen Acting and Moral Understanding	1
Learning in Virtual Reality	1
That’s Good News ☹	1
Leveraging Motivations to Curb Misinformation	1
The Degree of Homogeneity Versus Heterogeneity in Individuals’ Political News Consumption	1
“They Are Wallowing in Luxury, but Complain About the Struggles of Lockdown”	1
Integrating Community-Based Participatory Research Into Immersive Narratives	1
Does Polarizing News Become Less Polarizing When Written by an AI?	1
Correction to	1
What Is Critical Concern?	1
“Speak[ing] My Mind”	1
When Posting Is Believing	1
How Humorous Posts Influence Engagement With Political Posts on Social Media	1
The Effects of Fear and Shame in Health Testimonial Videos on Identification and Health Beliefs	1
Social Anxiety, Perceptions of Social Support, and Behavior in Anticipation of Online Peer Interaction	1
Testing Obtrusiveness and Addressing as Determinants of the Intensity of Parasocial Interactions	1
Relational Effects of Romantic Partner’s Perceived Parasocial Romantic Attachment With Pornography	1
Helping on Social Media	1
Suspicion of an Online Claim Reduces Its Warranting Value and Subsequent Impressions	1
Social Media Posting Anxiety	1
Correction to Skowronski et al. (2022)	1
Choice of Communication Channel for Dyadic Relationship Dissolution Processes in Abusive and Non-Abusive Relationships	1
Social Judgments, Social Media, and Self-Deprecation	1
Exploring the Unique Effects of Virtual and Mixed Reality on Students’ Science Learning Intentions	1
Mad Scientists, Bad Impressions?	1
Validation of the Manga Attachment Scale (MAS) for Measuring Attachment to Manga – Japanese Comics	1
How Affective Polarization Deepens the Partisan Divide in US Cable News Use	1