Maxwell McCombs

21.1k citations
119 papers · 12.1k · 4 hit papers · h-index 40

Impact in

  • Communication top 0.01%
    • Media Studies and Communication
    • Social Media and Politics
    • Public Relations and Crisis Communication
    • Media Influence and Politics
    • Climate Change Communication and Perception
    • Misinformation and Its Impacts

Papers in

    • Social Media and Politics 51
    • Media Studies and Communication 46
    • Public Relations and Crisis Communication 11
    • Media Influence and Politics 11
    • Climate Change Communication and Perception 7

Maxwell McCombs

117 papers receiving 10.3k citations

Maxwell McCombs's Hit Papers

New Directions in Agenda-Setting Theory and Research 2014 · 289 citations
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Maxwell McCombs
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  • Communication 6.9k
  • Sociology and Political Science 5.5k
  • Gender Studies 903
  • Literature and Literary Theory 948
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.9k
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All Works

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1
The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media
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19725293
2
A Look at Agenda-setting: past, present and future
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2005760
3
The Evolution of Agenda-Setting Research: Twenty-Five Years in the Marketplace of Ideas
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1993620
4 2003489
5 1997337
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The emergence of American political issues : the agenda-setting function of the press
1977312
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New Directions in Agenda-Setting Theory and Research
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2014289
8 1980256
9 1980219
10 2004193
11 2014175
12 1994172
13 1997153
14 1992130
15 1998107
16 1977105
17 2005100
18 201498
19 201490
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Research in Mass Communication: A Practical Guide
199988

About Maxwell McCombs

Maxwell McCombs is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, having authored 119 papers that have together received 12.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social Media and Politics (51 papers), Media Studies and Communication (46 papers), Media Influence and Politics (11 papers), Public Relations and Crisis Communication (11 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (7 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (5 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (4 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (6.9k citations), Sociology and Political Science (5.5k citations), Gender Studies (903 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (948 citations) and Political Science and International Relations (1.9k citations). Maxwell McCombs has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Spain and Chile. Frequent co-authors include Donald L. Shaw, Craig E. Carroll, David H. Weaver, Esteban López‐Escobar, Juan Pablo Llamas, Hsiang Iris Chyi, Лэй Гуо, Marilyn S. Roberts, Federico E. Rey and Sebastián Valenzuela. Their work appears in journals such as Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Communication & Society, Journal of Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly and International Journal of Public Opinion Research.

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