Colin Sparks

3.8k total citations
80 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Colin Sparks is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Sparks has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Communication, 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Colin Sparks's work include Media Studies and Communication (25 papers), Social Media and Politics (15 papers) and Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (9 papers). Colin Sparks is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (25 papers), Social Media and Politics (15 papers) and Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics (9 papers). Colin Sparks collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, United Kingdom and China. Colin Sparks's co-authors include Peter Dahlgren, John Tulloch, Haiyan Wang, Slávko Splichal, Anna Reading, Jingrong Tong, James Curran, Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger and Claudia Mellado and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Communication, The Canadian Journal of Sociology and Media Culture & Society.

In The Last Decade

Colin Sparks

75 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Peers

Colin Sparks
Comparison fields: 5 of 90
  • Communication 1.4k
  • Sociology and Political Science 997
  • Political Science and International Relations 380
  • Gender Studies 214
  • Literature and Literary Theory 169
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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Sparks

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Sparks

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Colin Sparks. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Colin Sparks 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 Colin Sparks. Colin Sparks 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
# Work Indexed citations
1 43
2 1
3 9
4
Deconstructing the BRICS
8
5
Technological innovation and social change
1
6
Media in Europe : New questions for research and policy
4
7 10
8
China Media Colloquium| China's Media in Comparative Perspective
3
9 29
10
Theories of Transition
3
11 34
12 23
13
Tabloid tales: global debates over media standards
280
14 53
15
Communism, Capitalism and the Mass Media
79
16
Information society and civil society : contemporary perspectives on the changing world order
18
17 9
18
Communication and citizenship : journalism and the public sphere in the new media age
130
19
Media, culture and society : a critical reader
105
20
The Evolution of Cultural Studies.
13

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