Brian Ekdale

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 867 citations indexed

About

Brian Ekdale is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Ekdale has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 867 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 16 papers in Communication and 7 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Brian Ekdale's work include Media Studies and Communication (13 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and Digital Games and Media (6 papers). Brian Ekdale is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (13 papers), Social Media and Politics (8 papers) and Digital Games and Media (6 papers). Brian Ekdale collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and United Kingdom. Brian Ekdale's co-authors include Melissa Tully, Kjerstin Thorson, Emily K. Vraga, Mariah L. Wellman, Jane B. Singer, Kang Namkoong, Timothy K. F. Fung, David D. Perlmutter, Andrew Schrock and Lana Swartz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, New Media & Society and Information Communication & Society.

In The Last Decade

Brian Ekdale

31 papers receiving 818 citations

Hit Papers

Ethics of Authenticity: Social Media Influencers and the ... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 40 80 120
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. Ethics of Authenticity: Social Media Influencers and the Production of Sponsored Content
    2020 148 citations Melissa Tully, Brian Ekdale et al. profile →

Peers

Brian Ekdale
Steve Paulussen Belgium
Chance York United States
Tal Samuel-Azran Israel
Jakob Ohme Netherlands
Rodrigo Zamith United States
Melissa A. Click United States
Jan Schmidt Germany
Tom Kelleher United States
Anna Sophie Kümpel Germany
Eugenia Mitchelstein Argentina
Steve Paulussen Belgium
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Countries citing papers authored by Brian Ekdale

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Ekdale

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Ekdale

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Ekdale. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Ekdale 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 Brian Ekdale. Brian Ekdale is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ekdale, Brian, et al.. (2024). Navigating platform work through solidarity and hustling: the case of ride-hailing drivers in Nairobi, Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 395–417.
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Ekdale, Brian, et al.. (2024). Beyond ‘Lulz' and ‘Keyboard warriors': exploring the relationship between trolling and radicalization. Information Communication & Society. 27(16). 2817–2833. 1 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian, et al.. (2023). Using racial discourse communities to audit personalization algorithms. Communication Culture and Critique. 16(3). 158–165. 3 indexed citations
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Dowling, David, et al.. (2022). Hijacking Journalism: Legitimacy and Metajournalistic Discourse in Right-Wing Podcasts. Media and Communication. 10(3). 16 indexed citations
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High, Andrew C., et al.. (2022). Trust in Online Search Results During Uncertain Times. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 66(5). 751–771. 2 indexed citations
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Le, Huyen, et al.. (2019). Measuring Political Personalization of Google News Search. 2957–2963. 41 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian. (2017). Global frictions and the production of locality in Kenya’s music video industry. Media Culture & Society. 40(2). 211–227. 5 indexed citations
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Tully, Melissa, et al.. (2017). Case study shows disconnect on civic journalism’s role. Newspaper Research Journal. 38(4). 484–496. 7 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian, et al.. (2016). Constructing Cholera. Journalism Practice. 11(2-3). 229–246. 6 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian, et al.. (2015). Ironic Encounters: Posthumanitarian Storytelling in Slum Tourist Media. Communication Culture and Critique. 9(1). 49–67. 8 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian, et al.. (2015). Making Change. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 92(4). 938–958. 85 indexed citations
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Tully, Melissa & Brian Ekdale. (2014). Sites of Playful Engagement: Twitter Hashtags as Spaces of Leisure and Development in Kenya. Information Technologies and International Development. 10(3). 67–82. 29 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian, et al.. (2014). Newswork Within a Culture of Job Insecurity. Journalism Practice. 9(3). 383–398. 59 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian. (2013). “I Wish They Knew that We are Doing This for Them”. Journalism Practice. 8(2). 181–196. 7 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian & Melissa Tully. (2013). Makmende Amerudi: Kenya's Collective Reimagining as a Meme of Aspiration. Critical Studies in Media Communication. 31(4). 283–298. 18 indexed citations
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Thorson, Kjerstin, Emily K. Vraga, & Brian Ekdale. (2010). Credibility in Context: How Uncivil Online Commentary Affects News Credibility. Mass Communication & Society. 13(3). 289–313. 135 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian, Kang Namkoong, Timothy K. F. Fung, & David D. Perlmutter. (2010). Why blog? (then and now): exploring the motivations for blogging by popular American political bloggers. New Media & Society. 12(2). 217–234. 75 indexed citations
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Fair, Jo Ellen, et al.. (2009). Crafting Lifestyles in Urban Africa: Young Ghanaians in the World of Online Friendship. Africa Today. 55(4). 28–49. 22 indexed citations
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Ekdale, Brian, et al.. (2007). From Expression to Influence: Understanding the Change in Blogger Motivations over the Blogspan. 1–28. 4 indexed citations

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