Maxwell McCombs

21.1k citations
140 papers · 13.9k · 5 hit papers · h-index 45

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 58
    • Media Studies and Communication 52
    • Public Relations and Crisis Communication 12
    • Media Influence and Politics 12
    • Climate Change Communication and Perception 10

Maxwell McCombs

134 papers receiving 11.7k citations

Maxwell McCombs's Hit Papers

New Directions in Agenda-Setting Theory and Research 2014 · 303 citations
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Maxwell McCombs
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  • Communication 7.9k
  • Sociology and Political Science 6.3k
  • Gender Studies 1.0k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 1.1k
  • Strategy and Management 1.4k
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All Works

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The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media
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19725779
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A Look at Agenda-setting: past, present and future
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3
The Evolution of Agenda-Setting Research: Twenty-Five Years in the Marketplace of Ideas
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1993669
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Agenda-setting Effects of Business News on the Public's Images and Opinions about Major Corporations
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2003525
5 1997358
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The emergence of American political issues : the agenda-setting function of the press
1977340
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New Directions in Agenda-Setting Theory and Research
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2014303
8 2001274
9 1980270
10 1980233
11 2004212
12 2002207
13 2014188
14 1994179
15 1997168
16 2001146
17 1992140
18 1977115
19 1998110
20 2005104

About Maxwell McCombs

Maxwell McCombs is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations, Strategy and Management and Philosophy, having authored 140 papers that have together received 13.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social Media and Politics (58 papers), Media Studies and Communication (52 papers), Media Influence and Politics (12 papers), Public Relations and Crisis Communication (12 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (10 papers), Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (5 papers), Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence (5 papers) and Electoral Systems and Political Participation (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (7.9k citations), Sociology and Political Science (6.3k citations), Gender Studies (1.0k citations), Literature and Literary Theory (1.1k citations) and Strategy and Management (1.4k 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, Salma Ghanem, Juan Pablo Llamas, Hsiang Iris Chyi, Лэй Гуо, Amy Reynolds 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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