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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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

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
Moral Tipping Points	17
Expanded Coverage and Expanding Our Editorial Team	17
The Relation Between Attitude Certainty and the Privacy Paradox in the Context of Fitness Applications	14
Using Health Intervention Messages to Reduce Intentions to Spend Time on Social Networks	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
Is Hearing Really Believing?	8
Pushing Towards Privacy	8
Exposure to Sexually Explicit Internet Material in Adolescence and Unwanted Sexual Behavior in Emerging Adulthood	8
Narrative Media’s Emphasis on Distinct Moral Intuitions Alters Early Adolescents’ Judgments	7
When They Go Low, We Gloat	7
Consumption of Psychological Horror is Associated With Reduced Stigmatization of Mental Illness	7
Emotionally Toned Online Discussions Evoke Subjectively Experienced Emotional Responses	7
The Influence of Feeling-of-Knowing on Metacognitive Processes in the Digital Media Environment	7
An Experience Sampling Study on the Association Between Social Media Use and Self-Esteem	7
Psychological Underpinnings of Misinformation Countermeasures	6
Digital Communication, Family Identity, and Markers of Emerging Adulthood	6
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
Do Perceived Benefits Compensate for Low Provider Trustworthiness in Disclosure Decisions?	5

Immigrants’ Dual Identity and the Hostile Media Effect in the Context of Sports Broadcasts	5
Correction to Skowronski et al. (2022)	5
For Your Eyes Only?	5
Mood Enhancement, Self-Transcendence, and Prosociality	5
Screen Acting and Moral Understanding	5
A Comparative Study Examining the Effects of Mixed and Virtual Reality on Plausibility Illusion and Emotional States	5
Reviewers 2021	5
That’s Good News ☹	5
The Impact of Giving Feedback in Online Discussions	4
Tidying Up Attitudes, Queer Eye Style	4
Audio Stories as Incidental Language Teachers	4
Can Narratives Increase Compliance?	4
Social Media Posting Anxiety	4
An Explication of Identity Shift Theory	4
Editable, Persistent, and Emotionally Expressive	4
The Social Online-Self-Regulation-Theory	4
Toward Defining Prosocial and Antisocial Media Content in Terms of Intuitive Motivations	4
An Examination of Youths’ Social Media Use and Body Image	3
Trapped Between Goal Conflict and Availability Norm?	3
Problematic Internet Use in Emerging Adulthood	3
Do Sexist Comments Hinder Participation in Online Political Discussions?	3
Supernatural Enemies Affect Outgroup Attitudes Through Strength of Human Identity?	3
Hate Speech as an Indicator for the State of the Society	3
When Posting Is Believing	3
Understanding Mechanisms of Media Use for the Social Sharing of Emotion	3
Avatar-Based Self-Influence in a Traditional CMC Environment	3
Correction to Bonus et al. (2020)	3
Mixing Parasocial Friendship With Business	3
Model of Inspiring Media	2
Converging Crowds and Tied Twins	2
Music and Sports as Catalysts for Intergroup Harmony	2
Innovating the Media Psychology of Interpretation, Identity, Interactivity, and Intersectionality	2
Correction to Riles et al. (2022)	2
An Enjoyable Story, a Persuasive Story	2
Implicit Associations in Computer-Mediated Communication	2
Beyond the Screen	2
Seeking Support Online	2
“Don’t Give Up!”	2
“Speak[ing] My Mind”	2
Inspiring, Regulating, Multitasking, Modeling, and Shifting	2
Reviewers 2022	2
Correction to	2
How Are Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Portrayed on Social Media?	2
Exploitation–Exploration Model of Media Multitasking	2
Measuring Gratification From and Consequences of Likes	2
Is It Only the Violence?	2
Correction to Fransen et al. (2023)	2
Does What We Know About Actors’ Real Lives	2
Privacy Is Dead, Long Live Privacy!	2
Are You as Attractive on Social Media as You Think?	2

Theorizing Prejudice Reduction via Mediated Intergroup Contact	1
Helping on Social Media	1
Effects of Issue- and Character-Based Narrative Political Ads on Ad Evaluations	1
Bleeding-Heart Horror Fans	1
Using Neuroimaging Techniques to Link Game Rewards to Memory Through Activity in the Hippocampus	1
A Note of Thanks, and a Nod Towards Internationalization	1
Game Violence and Moral Distress	1
Threat and Enhancement	1
Instagram Use, InstaMums, and Anxiety in Mothers of Young Children	1
Attitude-Consistent Health Messages About Electronic Cigarettes Increase Processing Time	1
Adolescents’ Online Communication and Self-Disclosure to Online and Offline Acquaintances	1
The Influence of Social Justice Movies	1
Content Moderator Coping Strategies	1
Moral Salience in Film Reviews Associated With Film Success	1
Norwegian Adolescents in the Initial Stages of COVID-19 Restrictions	1
Celebrating Wins, Lamenting Losses in the Aftermath of Presidential Elections	1
Smartphone Use and Well-Being in Two Contexts	1
Digital Game Culture in Korea	1
Does Polarizing News Become Less Polarizing When Written by an AI?	1
Reactance to Uncivil Disagreement?	1
Danger, Sex, and Everything Else	1
Media and Moral Understanding	1
Call for Papers: Media and Moral Understanding	1
Losing Awareness of Our Surroundings?	1
Relational Effects of Romantic Partner’s Perceived Parasocial Romantic Attachment With Pornography	1
Prior Attitude, Individualism and Perceived Scientists’ Expertise	1