OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Social Media + Society is 35. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Toward a Datafied Mindset: Conceptualizing Digital Dynamics and Analogue Resilience	189
Cyber Activism in Iran: A Case Study	145
Valuating Words: Semantic Practices in Web Search Advertising	119
Multi-Platform Social Media Use and Incidental Exposure: A Two-Step Analysis of the Conjoint and Distinct Roles of Network Heterogeneity and Homogeneity Across Platforms	108
Understanding the Evolving Online Learning Landscape: The Case of Science and Religion	105
Mobilization and Latency Dynamics in the #StopLine3 Discourse	89
Interrogating Technological Leapfrogging in Asian Development and Growth Models: Toward a Critical Postcolonial Political Economy Approach	76
Gigs North and South	75
Kidfluencers in India: Commodification, Consumption, and Perpetuation of Dominant Culture	72
Digital Rage: Testing “the Obama Effect” on Internet-Based Expressions of Racism	57
Bridging Activism and Party Politics: Mapping Frame Alignment Processes in Politicians’ Use of Hashtags	57
“The Future Is Bright! Is It?”: Investigating Effects of Hopeful Mental Health Content and Endorsement Cues on Social Media	54
Does Social Media Use Polarize or Depolarize Political Opinion in China? Explaining Opinion Polarization Within an Extended Communication Mediation Model	52
Affective Participation From the In-Between: The Platformization of K-Pop Fandom	51
“An Archipelago of Signifiers”: Caribbean Genetic Test Reveal Videos and the Resistance of the Creole Imagination	51
Transgressive Play and the Inherent Limits of Business Growth for China’s LGBTQ Platforms: The Case of a Social Game in Aloha	50
The Renewal of the Webcomic in the Era of Platformization: The Case of 9Gag on Instagram	49
TikTok’s Queer Potential: Identity, Methods, Movements	49
Authenticity Governance and the Market for Social Media Engagements: The Shaping of Disinformation at the Peripheries of Platform Ecosystems	45
(Social) Media Logics and Visualizing Climate Change: 10 Years of #climatechange Images on Twitter	42
Assembling “Sides” of TikTok: Examining Community, Culture, and Interface through a BookTok Case Study	42
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who Is the Whitest of All? Racial Biases in Social Media Beauty Filters	41
#StopAsianHate on TikTok: Asian/American Women’s Space-Making for Spearheading Counter-Narratives and Forming an Ad Hoc Asian Community	40
Protecting Privacy on Social Media: Mitigating Cyberbullying and Data Heist Through Regulated Use and Detox, with a Mediating Role of Privacy Safety Motivations	40
The Kids Are Online: Teen Social Media Use, Civic Engagement, and Affective Polarization	40

The “Fox Eye” Challenge Trend: Anti-Racism Work, Platform Affordances, and the Vernacular of Gesticular Activism on TikTok	40
Artificial Intelligence and Democracy: A Conceptual Framework	40
Inhabitants of a National “Walled Garden”: Everyday Digital Nationalism in China	40
Social Media, Psychological Distance, and Environmental Collective Action in Peru	39
Digital Skills and Digital Knowledge as Buffers Against Online Mis/Disinformation? Findings from a Survey Study Among Young People in Europe	39
The Insurrectionist Playbook: Jair Bolsonaro and the National Congress of Brazil	39
Measuring the Effect of Presentational Context and Image Authorship on the Credibility Perceptions of Newsworthy Images	38
A Discourse Analytic Study of #FixTheCountry on Ghanaian Twitter	37
A Practice Theory Perspective on Dribbble and the Evolving Design Industry	37
Short Video Activism With and on Douyin: An Innovative Repertoire of Contention for Chinese Consumers	36
Shaping Sustainable Communication on Instagram: How Digital Influencers in Portugal Engage Consumers in Eco-Conscious Narratives	35
Disconnecting in a Connected World: The Dynamics of Social Media Non-Use in a Platformized Society	35
Regionality of Messaging Applications: Everyday Socialization as a Gateway to Civic and Political Participation in China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States	35