OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Media Psychology-Theories Methods and Applications is 4. 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
Integrating Media Selection and Media Effects Using Decision Theory	9
Is It Only the Violence?	9
When They Go Low, We Gloat	8
The Effects of Pandemic-Related Fear on Social Connectedness Through Social Media Use and Self-Disclosure	8
Further Validation and Cross-Cultural Replication of the Video Game Demand Scale	8
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
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
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
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
“It Doesn’t Affect Me!” – Do Immunity Beliefs Prevent Subsequent Aggression After Playing a Violent Video Game?	4