Dietram A. Scheufele

28.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
245 papers, 18.9k citations indexed

About

Dietram A. Scheufele is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Dietram A. Scheufele has authored 245 papers receiving a total of 18.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 102 papers in Communication and 27 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Dietram A. Scheufele's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (113 papers), Social Media and Politics (76 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (62 papers). Dietram A. Scheufele is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (113 papers), Social Media and Politics (76 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (62 papers). Dietram A. Scheufele collaborates with scholars based in United States, Austria and Singapore. Dietram A. Scheufele's co-authors include Dominique Brossard, David Tewksbury, Matthew C. Nisbet, Michael A. Xenos, Bruce V. Lewenstein, Patricia Moy, Nicole M. Krause, Michael A. Cacciatore, Elizabeth A. Corley and Jack M. McLeod and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Dietram A. Scheufele

236 papers receiving 16.9k citations

Hit Papers

Framing as a Theory of Media Effects 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 2006 2000 1999 2009 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Framing as a Theory of Media Effects
    1999 2.1k citations Dietram A. Scheufele profile →
  2. Framing, Agenda Setting, and Priming: The Evolution of Three Media Effects Models
    2006 1.5k citations Dietram A. Scheufele et al. profile →
  3. Agenda-Setting, Priming, and Framing Revisited: Another Look at Cognitive Effects of Political Communication
    2000 692 citations Dietram A. Scheufele profile →
  4. Community, Communication, and Participation: The Role of Mass Media and Interpersonal Discussion in Local Political Participation
    1999 664 citations Jack M. McLeod, Dietram A. Scheufele et al. profile →
  5. What's next for science communication? Promising directions and lingering distractions
    2009 660 citations Matthew C. Nisbet, Dietram A. Scheufele profile →
  6. Science audiences, misinformation, and fake news
    2019 530 citations Dietram A. Scheufele, Nicole M. Krause Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  7. The “Nasty Effect:” Online Incivility and Risk Perceptions of Emerging Technologies
    2013 514 citations Dominique Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele et al. profile →
  8. The End of Framing as we Know it … and the Future of Media Effects
    2015 450 citations Dietram A. Scheufele et al. profile →
  9. Believing and sharing misinformation, fact-checks, and accurate information on social media: The role of anxiety during COVID-19
    2021 145 citations Isabelle Freiling, Nicole M. Krause et al. New Media & Society profile →

Peers

Dietram A. Scheufele
Comparison fields: 5 of 194
  • Sociology and Political Science 12.0k
  • Communication 8.9k
  • Political Science and International Relations 2.2k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 1.7k
  • Social Psychology 1.3k
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James Druckman United States
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Robert M. Entman United States
Jon A. Krosnick United States
Claes H. de Vreese Netherlands
David G. Rand United States
W. Lance Bennett United States
Maxwell McCombs United States
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Emerging Debates About Breakthrough Science: Understanding the Interplay of Values and Cognition in Shaping Attitudes on Human Brain Organoids
2025 ·Science Communication ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nicole M. Krause, Dietram A. Scheufele, Dominique Brossard
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Connecting Social Media Use With Education- and Race-Based Gaps in Factual and Perceived Knowledge Across Wicked Science Issues
2025 ·Social Media + Society ·Shiyu Yang, Dominique Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele, Michael A. Xenos, Todd P. Newman
1
3
An agenda for science communication research and practice
2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·James Druckman, Kirsten Ellenbogen, Dietram A. Scheufele, Itzhak Yanovitzky
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4
Societal guardrails for AI? Perspectives on what we know about public opinion on artificial intelligence
2024 ·Science and Public Policy ·(unknown), Todd P. Newman, Dominique Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele
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5
Science and Ethics of “Curing” Misinformation
2023 ·The AMA Journal of Ethic ·Isabelle Freiling, Nicole M. Krause, Dietram A. Scheufele
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6
Examining expertise: Synthetic biology experts’ perceptions of risk, benefit, and the public for research and applications regulation
2023 ·Public Understanding of Science ·Christopher D. Wirz, Emily L. Howell, Dietram A. Scheufele, Dominique Brossard, Michael A. Xenos
2
7
Polarized platforms? How partisanship shapes perceptions of “algorithmic news bias”
2021 ·New Media & Society ·(unknown), Luye Bao, Isabelle Freiling, Emily L. Howell, Michael A. Xenos, Shiyu Yang, Dominique Brossard, Todd P. Newman, Dietram A. Scheufele
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8
Deference and decision-making in science and society: How deference to scientific authority goes beyond confidence in science and scientists to become authoritarianism
2020 ·Public Understanding of Science ·Emily L. Howell, Christopher D. Wirz, Dietram A. Scheufele, Dominique Brossard, Michael A. Xenos
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9
Political and personality predispositions and topical contexts matter: Effects of uncivil comments on science news engagement intentions
2020 ·New Media & Society ·Leona Yi-Fan Su, Dietram A. Scheufele, Dominique Brossard, Michael A. Xenos
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Heritable Human Genome Editing: The Public Engagement Imperative
2020 ·The CRISPR Journal ·Eli Y. Adashi, Michael Burgess, (unknown), I. Glenn Cohen, Leonard M. Fleck, John Harris, Søren Holm, Cristina Lafont, Jonathan D. Moreno, Michael A. Neblo, Simon Niemeyer, Gene Rowe, Dietram A. Scheufele, (unknown), Effy Vayena, Richard Watermeyer, Archon Fung
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Seeing through risk-colored glasses: Risk and benefit perceptions, knowledge, and the politics of fracking in the United States
2019 ·Energy Research & Social Science ·Emily L. Howell, Christopher D. Wirz, Dominique Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele, Michael A. Xenos
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Policymakers and stakeholders' perceptions of science-driven nuclear energy policy
2018 ·Nuclear Engineering and Technology ·Nan Li, Dominique Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele, Paul Wilson
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13
(Escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling
2018 ·PLoS Biology ·Michael F. Dahlstrom, Dietram A. Scheufele
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14
Outreach gone wrong? When we talk nano to the public, we are leaving behind key audiences
2010 ·Elizabeth A. Corley, Dietram A. Scheufele
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Religious beliefs and public attitudes to nanotechnology in Europe and the US
2009 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·Dietram A. Scheufele, Elizabeth A. Corley, Tsung-Jen Shih, Kajsa E. Dalrymple, Shirley S. Ho
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Effects of Value Predispositions, Mass Media Use, and Knowledge on Public Attitudes Toward Embryonic Stem Cell Research
2009 ·SSRN Electronic Journal ·Shirley S. Ho, Dominique Brossard, Dietram A. Scheufele
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Are scientists really out of touch
2009 ·Dietram A. Scheufele, Dominique Brossard, Sharon Dunwoody, Elizabeth A. Corley, David H. Guston, Hans Peter Peters
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18
The future of public engagement
2007 ·Matthew C. Nisbet, Dietram A. Scheufele
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19
Mediated politics: Communication in the future of democracy.
2002 ·Public Opinion Quarterly ·Dietram A. Scheufele
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Participation as individual choice: Comparing motivational and informational variables and their relevance for participatory behavior
1999 ·Dietram A. Scheufele, Jack M. McLeod
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