Ben Wasike

422 total citations
22 papers, 253 citations indexed

About

Ben Wasike is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Ben Wasike has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 253 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Communication, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Ben Wasike's work include Social Media and Politics (9 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (5 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (5 papers). Ben Wasike is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (9 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (5 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (5 papers). Ben Wasike collaborates with scholars based in United States. Ben Wasike's co-authors include Renita Coleman and H. Denis Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and Computers in Human Behavior.

In The Last Decade

Ben Wasike

19 papers receiving 238 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ben Wasike United States 12 144 92 36 30 25 22 253
Jeremy Harris Lipschultz United States 9 114 0.8× 71 0.8× 25 0.7× 17 0.6× 15 0.6× 59 263
Hamedi Mohd Adnan Malaysia 8 128 0.9× 48 0.5× 19 0.5× 23 0.8× 16 0.6× 65 226
Michael W. Kearney United States 7 190 1.3× 170 1.8× 26 0.7× 55 1.8× 32 1.3× 13 347
Florian Wintterlin Germany 9 170 1.2× 185 2.0× 22 0.6× 67 2.2× 30 1.2× 17 298
Lifen Cheng Spain 9 155 1.1× 186 2.0× 62 1.7× 23 0.8× 38 1.5× 25 336
Tanjev Schultz Germany 7 199 1.4× 305 3.3× 20 0.6× 27 0.9× 21 0.8× 27 402
Carmen Stavrositu United States 10 181 1.3× 128 1.4× 53 1.5× 12 0.4× 8 0.3× 13 291
Ayellet Pelled United States 6 176 1.2× 217 2.4× 37 1.0× 41 1.4× 81 3.2× 9 329
Roser Beneito-Montagut United Kingdom 8 159 1.1× 82 0.9× 12 0.3× 12 0.4× 24 1.0× 19 292
Mi Rosie Jahng United States 11 272 1.9× 205 2.2× 41 1.1× 39 1.3× 11 0.4× 19 380

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ben Wasike

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ben Wasike

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ben Wasike. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ben Wasike based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Ben Wasike. Ben Wasike is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wasike, Ben. (2025). Influencing the news: how social media influencers affect news media trust. Information Communication & Society. 29(1). 77–94. 1 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2023). You've been fact-checked! Examining the effectiveness of social media fact-checking against the spread of misinformation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 100090–100090. 2 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2022). When the influencer says jump! How influencer signaling affects engagement with COVID-19 misinformation. Social Science & Medicine. 315. 115497–115497. 23 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2021). Memes, Memes, Everywhere, nor Any Meme to Trust: Examining the Credibility and Persuasiveness of COVID-19-Related Memes. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. 27(2). 16 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2019). Gender, Nonverbal Communication, and Televised Debates: A Case Study Analysis of Clinton and Trump’s Nonverbal Language During the 2016 Town Hall Debate. International journal of communication. 13. 26. 5 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2019). Citations Gone #Social: Examining the Effect of Altmetrics on Citations and Readership in Communication Research. Social Science Computer Review. 39(3). 416–433. 19 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2018). Gender, Parasocial Interaction, and Nonverbal Communication: Testing the Visual Effect of Sports Magazine Cover Models. International journal of communication. 12. 27. 7 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2017). Africa Rising: An Analysis of Emergent Africa-Focused Mass Communication Scholarship from 2004–2014. International journal of communication. 11. 22. 12 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2017). Jocks versus jockettes: An analysis of the visual portrayal of male and female cover models on sports magazines. Journalism. 21(10). 1432–1449. 14 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2016). The Significant Other: A Longitudinal Analysis of Significant Samples in Journalism Research, 2000–2014. International journal of communication. 10. 22.
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Wasike, Ben. (2016). FoIA in the age of “Open. Gov”: An analysis of the performance of the Freedom of Information Act under the Obama and Bush administrations. Government Information Quarterly. 33(3). 417–426. 14 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2013). Framing News in 140 Characters: How Social Media Editors Frame the News and Interact with Audiences via Twitter. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 43 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben. (2008). The Diffusion of GIS in Journalism. Civil War Book Review. 1 indexed citations
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Wasike, Ben & H. Denis Wu. (2006). Perceived Credibility of Dietary Supplement Advertisements: A Comparison Between Medium and Format. 1–25. 1 indexed citations
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Coleman, Renita & Ben Wasike. (2004). Visual Elements in Public Journalism Newspapers in an Election: A Content Analysis of the Photographs and Graphics in Campaign 2000. Journal of Communication. 54(3). 456–473. 15 indexed citations

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