David Giles

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
57 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

David Giles is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Gender Studies and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, David Giles has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Gender Studies and 13 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in David Giles's work include Media, Gender, and Advertising (10 papers), Media Influence and Health (10 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (8 papers). David Giles is often cited by papers focused on Media, Gender, and Advertising (10 papers), Media Influence and Health (10 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (8 papers). David Giles collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. David Giles's co-authors include John Maltby, Rachel Shaw, Wyke Stommel, Trena M. Paulus, Louise Barber, Lynn E. McCutcheon, Jessica Nina Lester, Darren Reed, Charlotte De Backer and Sara Pabian and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Personality and Individual Differences and Qualitative Health Research.

In The Last Decade

David Giles

54 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Parasocial Interaction: A Review of the Literature and a Model for Future Research

2002 714 citations David Giles Media Psychology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Giles United Kingdom	24	1.0k	831	714	467	422	57	2.5k
Cynthia A. Hoffner United States	30	1.3k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	844 1.2×	670 1.4×	358 0.8×	57	2.9k
Dana Mastro United States	27	1.5k 1.5×	711 0.9×	1.1k 1.5×	822 1.8×	183 0.4×	57	2.7k
Adriana M. Manago United States	21	1.3k 1.3×	240 0.3×	439 0.6×	474 1.0×	529 1.3×	35	2.0k
Donna Rouner United States	15	862 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	469 0.7×	670 1.4×	95 0.2×	32	2.0k
Laura Vandenbosch Belgium	29	1.4k 1.4×	327 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	299 0.6×	1.6k 3.7×	135	2.8k
Dafna Lemish Israel	26	967 0.9×	275 0.3×	456 0.6×	429 0.9×	189 0.4×	89	2.0k
Hans Hoeken Netherlands	24	752 0.7×	975 1.2×	268 0.4×	497 1.1×	64 0.2×	93	2.0k
Juan José Igartúa Perosanz Spain	23	873 0.8×	601 0.7×	408 0.6×	821 1.8×	153 0.4×	146	2.1k
Nikolas Coupland United Kingdom	37	779 0.8×	1.2k 1.4×	471 0.7×	362 0.8×	121 0.3×	96	5.5k
Alexandra Georgakopoulou United Kingdom	25	1.0k 1.0×	1.2k 1.4×	333 0.5×	426 0.9×	192 0.5×	71	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Giles

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All Works

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Giles, David. (2020). A Typology of Persona as Suggested by Jungian Theory and the Evolving Persona Studies Literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 15–29. 1 indexed citations

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Giles, David. (2018). Twenty-First Century Celebrity: Fame In Digital Culture. 24 indexed citations

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Giles, David. (2017). Illusions of Immortality: A Psychology of Fame and Celebrity. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 35 indexed citations

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Giles, David. (2015). Field migration, cultural mobility and celebrity: the case of Paul McCartney. Celebrity Studies. 6(4). 538–552. 12 indexed citations

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Giles, David, et al.. (2013). Applying an Appreciative Inquiry Process to a Course Evaluation in Higher Education.. International journal on teaching and learning in higher education. 25(1). 29–37. 14 indexed citations

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Giles, David. (2013). ‘DSM-V is taking away our identity’: The reaction of the online community to the proposed changes in the diagnosis of Asperger’s disorder. Health An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health Illness and Medicine. 18(2). 179–195. 33 indexed citations

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Giles, David. (2013). The Extended Self Strikes Back: Morrissey Fans' Reaction to Public Rejection by Their Idol. Popular Communication. 11(2). 116–129. 8 indexed citations

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Giles, David, et al.. (2012). Exploring relationships in education: A phenomenological inquiry. Australian Journal of Adult Learning. 52(2). 214–236. 19 indexed citations

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Giles, David, et al.. (2010). Self- and Other-Diagnosis in User-Led Mental Health Online Communities. Qualitative Health Research. 21(3). 419–428. 88 indexed citations

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Jackson, Lynne M., et al.. (2009). An exploration of the social identity of mental health inpatient service users. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 16(2). 167–176. 9 indexed citations

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Shaw, Rachel & David Giles. (2008). Motherhood on ice? A media framing analysis of older mothers in the UK news. Psychology and Health. 24(2). 221–236. 80 indexed citations

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Simpson, Jane, et al.. (2008). Does hope predict adjustment to end‐stage renal failure and consequent dialysis?. British Journal of Health Psychology. 13(4). 683–699. 50 indexed citations

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Maltby, John, et al.. (2007). Implicit theories of a desire for fame. British Journal of Psychology. 99(2). 279–292. 16 indexed citations

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Giles, David, et al.. (2007). Inside the “Pro-ana” Community: A Covert Online Participant Observation. Eating Disorders. 15(2). 93–109. 147 indexed citations

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Giles, David & Rachel Shaw. (2006). Media framing of health messages : an analytic procedure.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University).

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Maltby, John, David Giles, Louise Barber, & Lynn E. McCutcheon. (2005). Intense‐personal celebrity worship and body image: Evidence of a link among female adolescents. British Journal of Health Psychology. 10(1). 17–32. 116 indexed citations

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Giles, David. (2002). Parasocial Interaction: A Review of the Literature and a Model for Future Research. Media Psychology. 4(3). 279–305. 714 indexed citations breakdown →

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Giles, David. (2002). Keeping the public in their place: audience participation in lifestyle television programming. Discourse & Society. 13(5). 603–628. 26 indexed citations

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Kebbell, Mark R. & David Giles. (2000). Some Experimental Influences of Lawyers' Complicated Questions on Eyewitness Confidence and Accuracy. The Journal of Psychology. 134(2). 129–139. 18 indexed citations

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Day, Liza, et al.. (2000). Psychological predictors of self-reported shoplifting. Psychology Crime and Law. 6(1). 71–79. 4 indexed citations

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