Annie Lang

10.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Annie Lang is a scholar working on Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Annie Lang has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Literature and Literary Theory, 41 papers in Social Psychology and 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Annie Lang's work include Media Influence and Health (55 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (19 papers) and Communication in Education and Healthcare (13 papers). Annie Lang is often cited by papers focused on Media Influence and Health (55 papers), Behavioral Health and Interventions (19 papers) and Communication in Education and Healthcare (13 papers). Annie Lang collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Singapore. Annie Lang's co-authors include Paul D. Bolls, Robert F. Potter, Byron Reeves, Maria Elizabeth Grabe, John E. Newhagen, Shuhua Zhou, Qingwen Dong, Jack Martin, Sigrún Ólafsdóttir and Bernice A. Pescosolido and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Science & Medicine, Frontiers in Psychology and Journal of Communication.

In The Last Decade

Annie Lang

98 papers receiving 6.5k citations

Hit Papers

The Limited Capacity Mode... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 2006 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Limited Capacity Model of Mediated Message Processing
    2000 1.4k citations Annie Lang profile →
  2. Using the Limited Capacity Model of Motivated Mediated Message Processing to Design Effective Cancer Communication Messages
    2006 522 citations Annie Lang profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Annie Lang 3.0k 3.0k 1.6k 1.2k 1.1k 100 7.2k
Peter Vorderer 3.2k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 1.4k 0.9× 339 0.3× 718 0.6× 109 6.2k
Mary Beth Oliver 2.7k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 475 0.4× 938 0.8× 121 6.0k
Dolf Zillmann 4.9k 1.6× 3.9k 1.3× 3.3k 2.1× 701 0.6× 1.7k 1.5× 186 10.8k
Zakary L. Tormala 4.2k 1.4× 726 0.2× 2.6k 1.7× 1.3k 1.1× 557 0.5× 87 7.4k
Pablo Briñol 4.0k 1.3× 919 0.3× 2.9k 1.9× 1.2k 1.0× 422 0.4× 178 6.9k
Tobias Greitemeyer 4.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.4× 3.6k 2.3× 346 0.3× 477 0.4× 189 8.0k
Andrew K Przybylski 7.1k 2.4× 1.1k 0.4× 2.3k 1.5× 328 0.3× 1.0k 0.9× 86 11.0k
Nicole C. Krämer 3.1k 1.0× 783 0.3× 2.0k 1.3× 378 0.3× 1.3k 1.1× 219 6.8k
Jesse Fox 3.4k 1.1× 825 0.3× 1.9k 1.2× 358 0.3× 758 0.7× 64 7.2k
Philip Palmgreen 2.3k 0.8× 1.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 464 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 57 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Annie Lang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Annie Lang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Annie Lang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lang, Annie, et al.. (2022). It takes guts to be a rebel!. Politics and the Life Sciences. 41(1). 28–37. 1 indexed citations
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Bailey, Rachel L. & Annie Lang. (2022). The importance of being animate: Information selection as a function of dynamic human-environment interactions. Frontiers in Psychology. 13. 923808–923808. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Lauren Reichart, Galen Clavio, & Annie Lang. (2020). Does visual framing drive eye gaze behavior? The effects of visual framing of athletes in an increasingly visual social media world. Media Psychology. 24(4). 562–579. 9 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie & Sungkyoung Lee. (2014). Individual Differences in Trait Motivational Reactivity Influence Children and Adolescents’ Responses to Pictures of Taboo Products. Journal of Health Communication. 19(9). 1030–1046. 10 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie & Narine S. Yegiyan. (2014). Mediated Substance Cues: Motivational Reactivity and Use Influence Responses to Pictures of Alcohol. Journal of Health Communication. 19(11). 1216–1231. 8 indexed citations
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Bailey, Rachel L., Robert F. Potter, Annie Lang, & David B. Pisoni. (2014). Modulating executive functioning: Trait motivational reactivity and resting HRV. Cognition & Emotion. 29(1). 138–145. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Zheng & Annie Lang. (2012). Reconceptualizing Excitation Transfer as Motivational Activation Changes and a Test of the Television Program Context Effects. Media Psychology. 15(1). 68–92. 61 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie & Narine S. Yegiyan. (2011). Individual Differences in Motivational Activation Influence Responses to Pictures of Taboo Products. Journal of Health Communication. 16(10). 1072–1087. 28 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie, et al.. (2010). An Initial Examination of the Post-Auricular Reflex as a Physiological Indicator of Appetitive Activation during Television Viewing. Communication Methods and Measures. 4(4). 311–330. 10 indexed citations
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Pescosolido, Bernice A., Jack Martin, Annie Lang, & Sigrún Ólafsdóttir. (2008). Rethinking theoretical approaches to stigma: A Framework Integrating Normative Influences on Stigma (FINIS). Social Science & Medicine. 67(3). 431–440. 317 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie, et al.. (2007). Processing Radio PSAs: Production Pacing, Arousing Content, and Age. Journal of Health Communication. 12(6). 581–599. 12 indexed citations
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Busemeyer, Jerome R., Annie Lang, & Zheng Wang. (2006). Grazing or Staying Tuned: A Stochastic Dynamic Model of Channel Changing Behavior. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 28(28). 1–7. 6 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie, Yongkuk Chung, Seung‐Whan Lee, & Xiaoquan Zhao. (2005). It's the Product: Do Risky Products Compel Attention and Elicit Arousal in Media Users?. Health Communication. 17(3). 283–300. 36 indexed citations
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Yoon, Kak, Paul D. Bolls, & Annie Lang. (1998). The effects of arousal on liking and believability of commercials. Journal of Marketing Communications. 4(2). 101–114. 32 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie, et al.. (1995). Tell me a story: Narrative elaboration and memory for television. Communication Reports. 8(2). 102–110. 17 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie. (1995). Defining Audio/Video Redundancy From a Limited- Capacity Information Processing Perspective. Communication Research. 22(1). 86–115. 174 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie, et al.. (1993). Profile:Candidates’ commercials and the law: The public perception. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 37(2). 209–218. 3 indexed citations
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Shapiro, Michael A. & Annie Lang. (1991). Making Television Reality. Communication Research. 18(5). 685–705. 79 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie, et al.. (1990). The Information Processing of Televised Political Advertising: Using Theory to Maximize Recall. ACR North American Advances. 9 indexed citations
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Lang, Annie. (1989). Effects of chronological presentation of information on processing and memory for broadcast news. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 33(4). 441–452. 47 indexed citations

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