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 2021-01-01 to 2025-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Call for Papers: Information Integrity in a Digital Age	27
Understanding the Structural Components Behind the Psychological Effects of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) With Machine Learning and Experimental Methods	22
Do We Judge Fiction by the Author’s Gender?	19
Expanded Coverage and Expanding Our Editorial Team	17
Moral Tipping Points	17
Using Health Intervention Messages to Reduce Intentions to Spend Time on Social Networks	14
The Relation Between Attitude Certainty and the Privacy Paradox in the Context of Fitness Applications	14
Between a Rock and a Hard Place	12
Correction to Ewoldsen et al. (2022)	11
Procedural Arguments of Persuasive Games	9
Media Use and Black Emerging Adults’ Acceptance of Jezebel and Sapphire Stereotypes	9
Pushing Towards Privacy	8
Dreamlike and Playful Virtual Environments to Inspire Children’s Divergent Thinking	8
Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material in Adolescence and Unwanted Sexual Behavior in Emerging Adulthood	8
Is Hearing Really Believing?	8
Emotionally Toned Online Discussions Evoke Subjectively Experienced Emotional Responses	7
An Experience Sampling Study on the Association Between Social Media Use and Self-Esteem	7
Consumption of Psychological Horror is Associated With Reduced Stigmatization of Mental Illness	7
When They Go Low, We Gloat	7
The Influence of Feeling-of-Knowing on Metacognitive Processes in the Digital Media Environment	7
Narrative Media’s Emphasis on Distinct Moral Intuitions Alters Early Adolescents’ Judgments	7
The Food Media Content Gratifications Scale Conceptualization, Development, and Validation	6
Assessments of User Comments With “Alternative Views” as a Function of Media Trust	6
Psychological Underpinnings of Misinformation Countermeasures	6
Digital Communication, Family Identity, and Markers of Emerging Adulthood	6

Can Narratives Increase Compliance?	5
Mood Enhancement, Self-Transcendence, and Prosociality	5
Immigrants’ Dual Identity and the Hostile Media Effect in the Context of Sports Broadcasts	5
Correction to Bonus et al. (2020)	5
An Explication of Identity Shift Theory	5
Do Perceived Benefits Compensate for Low Provider Trustworthiness in Disclosure Decisions?	5
Steering Through and Growing From Turbulent Times	5
Converging Crowds and Tied Twins	5
For Your Eyes Only?	5
That’s Good News ☹	5
Audio Stories as Incidental Language Teachers	4
Correction to Skowronski et al. (2022)	4
Social Media Posting Anxiety	4
Tidying Up Attitudes, Queer Eye Style	4
Exploitation–Exploration Model of Media Multitasking	4
The Social Online-Self-Regulation-Theory	4
Editable, Persistent, and Emotionally Expressive	4
Reviewers 2021	4
The Impact of Giving Feedback in Online Discussions	4
An Examination of Youths’ Social Media Use and Body Image	4
Problematic Internet Use in Emerging Adulthood	3
Do Sexist Comments Hinder Participation in Online Political Discussions?	3
A Comparative Study Examining the Effects of Mixed and Virtual Reality on Plausibility Illusion and Emotional States	3
Toward Defining Prosocial and Antisocial Media Content in Terms of Intuitive Motivations	3
Avatar-Based Self-Influence in a Traditional CMC Environment	3
Mixing Parasocial Friendship With Business	3
Trapped Between Goal Conflict and Availability Norm?	3
Are You as Attractive on Social Media as You Think?	3
Hate Speech as an Indicator for the State of the Society	3
Further Validation and Cross-Cultural Replication of the Video Game Demand Scale	3
Screen Acting and Moral Understanding	3
Game Violence and Moral Distress	2
Beyond the Screen	2
Innovating the Media Psychology of Interpretation, Identity, Interactivity, and Intersectionality	2
When Posting Is Believing	2
An Enjoyable Story, a Persuasive Story	2
Correction to Fransen et al. (2023)	2
Bleeding-Heart Horror Fans	2
Helping on Social Media	2
“Speak[ing] My Mind”	2
Model of Inspiring Media	2
Moral Salience in Film Reviews Associated With Film Success	2
Correction to Riles et al. (2022)	2
Inspiring, Regulating, Multitasking, Modeling, and Shifting	2
Norwegian Adolescents in the Initial Stages of COVID-19 Restrictions	2
Using Neuroimaging Techniques to Link Game Rewards to Memory Through Activity in the Hippocampus	2
Seeking Support Online	2
How Are Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Portrayed on Social Media?	2
Understanding Mechanisms of Media Use for the Social Sharing of Emotion	2
Implicit Associations in Computer-Mediated Communication	2

Does What We Know About Actors’ Real Lives	2
Is It Only the Violence?	2
Theorizing Prejudice Reduction via Mediated Intergroup Contact	1
Prior Attitude, Individualism and Perceived Scientists’ Expertise	1
Does Polarizing News Become Less Polarizing When Written by an AI?	1
Content Moderator Coping Strategies	1
Relational Effects of Romantic Partner’s Perceived Parasocial Romantic Attachment With Pornography	1
Losing Awareness of Our Surroundings?	1
Media and Moral Understanding	1
Danger, Sex, and Everything Else	1
Call for Papers: Media and Moral Understanding	1
“Don’t Give Up!”	1
Digital Game Culture in Korea	1
The Influence of Social Justice Movies	1
Privacy Is Dead, Long Live Privacy!	1
Attitude-Consistent Health Messages About Electronic Cigarettes Increase Processing Time	1
Celebrating Wins, Lamenting Losses in the Aftermath of Presidential Elections	1
Adolescents’ Online Communication and Self-Disclosure to Online and Offline Acquaintances	1
Measuring Gratification From and Consequences of Likes	1
Correction to	1
Reviewers 2022	1
Music and Sports as Catalysts for Intergroup Harmony	1
Instagram Use, InstaMums, and Anxiety in Mothers of Young Children	1
Smartphone Use and Well-Being in Two Contexts	1
Threat and Enhancement	1
A Note of Thanks, and a Nod Towards Internationalization	1
Effects of Issue- and Character-Based Narrative Political Ads on Ad Evaluations	1
Reactance to Uncivil Disagreement?	1