Christian Schemer

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
73 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Christian Schemer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Schemer has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 38 papers in Communication and 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Christian Schemer's work include Social Media and Politics (28 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (15 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (14 papers). Christian Schemer is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (28 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (15 papers) and Media Studies and Communication (14 papers). Christian Schemer collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Christian Schemer's co-authors include Jörg Matthes, Werner Wirth, Philipp Müller, Anne Schulz, Martin Wettstein, Dominique S. Wirz, Rinaldo Kühne, Christine E. Meltzer, Jesper Strömbäck and Kimberly Rios Morrison and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Computers in Human Behavior and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Christian Schemer

69 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The European media discourse on immigration and its effects: a literature review

2018 318 citations Jakob‐Moritz Eberl, Christine E. Meltzer et al. profile →
Measuring Populist Attitudes on Three Dimensions

2016 263 citations Anne Schulz, Philipp Müller et al. profile →
Does a Crisis Change News Habits? A Comparative Study of the Effects of COVID-19 on News Media Use in 17 European Countries

2021 129 citations Peter Van Aelst, Laia Castro et al. Digital Journalism profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christian Schemer Germany	27	1.8k	1.1k	770	318	274	73	2.8k
Nojin Kwak United States	26	2.2k 1.2×	2.4k 2.1×	612 0.8×	311 1.0×	284 1.0×	46	3.4k
Zhongdang Pan United States	23	1.6k 0.9×	1.7k 1.5×	358 0.5×	465 1.5×	147 0.5×	44	2.9k
Douglas M. McLeod United States	35	2.5k 1.4×	2.6k 2.3×	501 0.7×	844 2.7×	295 1.1×	106	4.3k
Hans‐Bernd Brosius Germany	26	1.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	222 0.3×	598 1.9×	193 0.7×	104	2.6k
Costas Panagopoulos United States	27	1.6k 0.9×	835 0.7×	1.1k 1.4×	96 0.3×	219 0.8×	124	2.6k
Thomas E. Nelson United States	15	2.0k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	1.0k 1.3×	201 0.6×	110 0.4×	29	3.4k
Ted Brader United States	17	2.2k 1.2×	884 0.8×	1.4k 1.9×	174 0.5×	133 0.5×	35	3.1k
Scott Clifford United States	25	1.7k 1.0×	385 0.3×	550 0.7×	118 0.4×	215 0.8×	53	3.1k
Jodi Dean United States	20	1.4k 0.8×	576 0.5×	523 0.7×	162 0.5×	73 0.3×	94	2.5k
Carroll J. Glynn United States	22	1.3k 0.7×	1.0k 0.9×	408 0.5×	199 0.6×	134 0.5×	50	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Schemer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Schemer

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Schemer

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schemer, Christian, et al.. (2026). News Use, Political Knowledge, and Misperceptions in 18 Countries across the Global North. Cambridge University Press eBooks.

Corbu, Nicoleta, James Stanyer, Jesper Strömbäck, et al.. (2025). Illusory Superiority About Misinformation Detection and Its Relationship to Knowledge and Fact-Checking Intentions: Evidence from 18 Countries. Mass Communication & Society. 29(1). 101–120.

Meltzer, Christine E., Pablo Jost, Christian Schemer, Simon Kruschinski, & Marcus Maurer. (2025). How (Gendered) Media Portrayals of Refugees Affect Attitudes Toward Immigration. The Moderating Role of Political Ideology. Political Communication. 42(5). 882–900. 1 indexed citations

Bartsch, Anne, Christoph Neuberger, Birgit Stark, et al.. (2024). Epistemic authority in the digital public sphere. An integrative conceptual framework and research agenda. Communication Theory. 35(1). 37–50. 6 indexed citations

Hameleers, Michael, Claes H. de Vreese, Toril Aalberg, et al.. (2024). Why do Citizens Choose to Read Fact-Checks in the Context of the Russian War in Ukraine? The Role of Directional and Accuracy Motivations in Nineteen Democracies. The International Journal of Press/Politics. 30(3). 679–704. 2 indexed citations

Schäfer, Svenja & Christian Schemer. (2024). Informed participation? An investigation of the relationship between exposure to different news channels and participation mediated through actual and perceived knowledge. Frontiers in Psychology. 14. 1251379–1251379. 4 indexed citations

Matthes, Jörg, Nicoleta Corbu, Yannis Theocharis, et al.. (2022). Perceived prevalence of misinformation fuels worries about COVID-19: a cross-country, multi-method investigation. Information Communication & Society. 26(16). 3133–3156. 17 indexed citations

Ziegele, Marc, et al.. (2022). Deprived, Radical, Alternatively Informed. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(2). 97–130. 8 indexed citations

Zoizner, Alon, Tamir Sheafer, Laia Castro, et al.. (2022). The Effects of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Selective Exposure: Evidence from 17 Countries. Political Communication. 39(5). 674–696. 9 indexed citations

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Theorin, Nora, Christine E. Meltzer, Jesper Strömbäck, et al.. (2021). Does News Frame Affect Free Movement Attitudes? A Comparative Analysis. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 98(3). 725–748. 7 indexed citations

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Aelst, Peter Van, Laia Castro, Václav Štětka, et al.. (2021). Does a Crisis Change News Habits? A Comparative Study of the Effects of COVID-19 on News Media Use in 17 European Countries. Digital Journalism. 9(9). 1208–1238. 129 indexed citations breakdown →

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Theocharis, Yannis, Ana Sofía Cardenal, Toril Aalberg, et al.. (2021). Does the platform matter? Social media and COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in 17 countries. New Media & Society. 25(12). 3412–3437. 77 indexed citations

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Quiring, Oliver, et al.. (2021). Constructive Skepticism, Dysfunctional Cynicism? Skepticism and Cynicism Differently Determine Generalized Media Trust. International journal of communication. 15. 22. 25 indexed citations

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Meltzer, Christine E., Jakob‐Moritz Eberl, Nora Theorin, et al.. (2020). Media effects on policy preferences toward free movement: evidence from five EU member states. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. 47(15). 3390–3408. 19 indexed citations

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Bos, L., Christian Schemer, Nicoleta Corbu, et al.. (2019). The effects of populism as a social identity frame on persuasion and mobilisation: Evidence from a 15‐country experiment. European Journal of Political Research. 59(1). 3–24. 92 indexed citations

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Reinecke, Leonard, Adrian Meier, Manfred E. Beutel, et al.. (2018). The Relationship Between Trait Procrastination, Internet Use, and Psychological Functioning: Results From a Community Sample of German Adolescents. Frontiers in Psychology. 9. 913–913. 48 indexed citations

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Wettstein, Martin, Frank Esser, Florin Büchel, et al.. (2018). What Drives Populist Styles? Analyzing Immigration and Labor Market News in 11 Countries. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. 96(2). 516–536. 16 indexed citations

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Wirth, Werner, Christian Schemer, & Jörg Matthes. (2010). Trivializing the News? Affective Context Effects of Commercials on the Perception of Television News. Mass Communication & Society. 13(2). 139–156. 13 indexed citations

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Schemer, Christian, Jörg Matthes, & Werner Wirth. (2008). Toward Improving the Validity and Reliability of Media Information Processing Measures in Surveys. Communication Methods and Measures. 2(3). 193–225. 40 indexed citations

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Schemer, Christian. (2003). Schlank und krank durch Medienschönheiten? Zur Wirkung attraktiver Mediendarstellerinnen auf das Körperbild und Selbstwertgefühl von Frauen. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 1 indexed citations

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