Journalism Studies

42.2k citations
1.9k papers · · active since 1950

Impact in

  • Communication top 0.5%
    • Media Studies and Communication
    • Social Media and Politics
    • Public Relations and Crisis Communication
    • Misinformation and Its Impacts
    • Media Influence and Politics
    • Climate Change Communication and Perception

Papers in

    • Media Studies and Communication 1.2k
    • Social Media and Politics 713
    • Public Relations and Crisis Communication 321
    • Gender, Feminism, and Media 159

Journalism Studies

1.7k papers receiving 37.2k citations

Peers

Journalism Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 169
  • Communication 29.3k
  • Sociology and Political Science 19.8k
  • Gender Studies 4.0k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 3.6k
  • Philosophy 2.5k
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Fields of papers published in Journalism Studies

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About Journalism Studies

The 1.9k papers published in Journalism Studies in the last decades have received a total of 42.2k indexed citations . Papers published in Journalism Studies usually cover Communication (1.4k papers), Gender Studies (214 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (210 papers), Philosophy (203 papers) and Sociology and Political Science (766 papers) specifically the topics of Media Studies and Communication (1.2k papers), Social Media and Politics (713 papers), Public Relations and Crisis Communication (321 papers), Rhetoric and Communication Studies (178 papers), Media Influence and Politics (172 papers), Gender, Feminism, and Media (159 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (115 papers) and Political Influence and Corporate Strategies (92 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Journalism Studies are Tony Harcup, Deirdre O’Neill, Maxwell McCombs, Jesper Strömbäck, Jane B. Singer, Irene Costera Meijer, Mark Deuze, Silvio Waisbord, Claudia Mellado and Bob Franklin.

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