Edward Hurcombe

892 total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 507 citations indexed

About

Edward Hurcombe is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Artificial Intelligence. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward Hurcombe has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 507 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Communication, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 4 papers in Artificial Intelligence. Recurrent topics in Edward Hurcombe's work include Social Media and Politics (13 papers), Media Studies and Communication (10 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (9 papers). Edward Hurcombe is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (13 papers), Media Studies and Communication (10 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (9 papers). Edward Hurcombe collaborates with scholars based in Australia and Russia. Edward Hurcombe's co-authors include Stephen Harrington, Axel Bruns, James Meese, Jean Burgess, Daniel Angus, T.J. Thomson, Paula Dootson, Timothy Graham, Ehsan Dehghan and Scott Wright and has published in prestigious journals such as New Media & Society, Information Communication & Society and Public Relations Review.

In The Last Decade

Edward Hurcombe

17 papers receiving 484 citations

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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.

‘Corona? 5G? or both?’: the dynamics of COVID-19/5G conspiracy theories on Facebook

2020 175 citations Axel Bruns, Stephen Harrington et al. Media International Australia profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Edward Hurcombe Australia	10	355	292	73	41	38	22	507
Sergio Splendore Italy	13	381 1.1×	443 1.5×	82 1.1×	24 0.6×	29 0.8×	52	653
Philip Mai Canada	10	350 1.0×	171 0.6×	101 1.4×	51 1.2×	41 1.1×	34	486
Felix M. Simon United Kingdom	10	285 0.8×	206 0.7×	92 1.3×	31 0.8×	14 0.4×	18	441
Orestis Papakyriakopoulos United States	12	307 0.9×	193 0.7×	196 2.7×	42 1.0×	59 1.6×	29	490
Yotam Shmargad United States	11	182 0.5×	142 0.5×	86 1.2×	38 0.9×	26 0.7×	23	397
Nel Ruigrok Netherlands	13	305 0.9×	339 1.2×	85 1.2×	18 0.4×	18 0.5×	28	616
Axel Westerwick United States	12	381 1.1×	265 0.9×	72 1.0×	19 0.5×	36 0.9×	19	534
Tara Marie Mortensen United States	9	375 1.1×	274 0.9×	106 1.5×	30 0.7×	73 1.9×	17	548
Craig Robertson United States	11	308 0.9×	238 0.8×	116 1.6×	11 0.3×	42 1.1×	20	467
Nicoleta Corbu Romania	13	500 1.4×	360 1.2×	117 1.6×	57 1.4×	33 0.9×	45	670

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hurcombe, Edward, et al.. (2025). Long live Darth Vapour! Examining how audiences engage with influencers in an anti-vaping campaign. Public Relations Review. 51(5). 102633–102633.

Hurcombe, Edward, et al.. (2025). The discursive function of Meta’s Newsroom: How Meta frames the problem of problematic online content. Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. 31(5). 1649–1671.

Harrington, Stephen, et al.. (2024). ‘Big Lies’: understanding the role of political actors and mainstream journalists in the spread of disinformation. Media International Australia.

Hurcombe, Edward. (2024). Conceptualising the “Newsfluencer”: Intersecting Trajectories in Online Content Creation and Platformatised Journalism. Digital Journalism. 13(9). 1523–1534. 6 indexed citations

Angus, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Computational Communication Methods for Examining Problematic News-Sharing Practices on Facebook at Scale. Social Media + Society. 9(3). 5 indexed citations

Bruns, Axel, et al.. (2022). Soft power, sharp power? Exploring RT ’s dual role in Russia’s diplomatic toolkit. Information Communication & Society. 26(16). 3292–3317. 13 indexed citations

Hurcombe, Edward. (2022). Social News. 5 indexed citations

Bruns, Axel, Edward Hurcombe, & Stephen Harrington. (2021). Covering Conspiracy: Approaches to Reporting the COVID/5G Conspiracy Theory. Digital Journalism. 10(6). 930–951. 16 indexed citations

Dootson, Paula, et al.. (2021). Managing problematic visual media in natural hazard emergencies. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 59. 102249–102249. 11 indexed citations

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Meese, James, et al.. (2021). The Institutional Impacts of Algorithmic Distribution: Facebook and the Australian News Media. Social Media + Society. 7(2). 13 indexed citations

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Angus, Daniel, Axel Bruns, Edward Hurcombe, et al.. (2021). ‘FAKE NEWS’ AND OTHER PROBLEMATIC INFORMATION: STUDYING DISSEMINATION AND DISCOURSE PATTERNS. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research.

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Bruns, Axel, Stephen Harrington, & Edward Hurcombe. (2020). ‘Corona? 5G? or both?’: the dynamics of COVID-19/5G conspiracy theories on Facebook. Media International Australia. 177(1). 12–29. 175 indexed citations breakdown →

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Graham, Timothy, et al.. (2020). #IStandWithDan versus #DictatorDan: the polarised dynamics of Twitter discussions about Victoria’s COVID-19 restrictions. Media International Australia. 179(1). 127–148. 23 indexed citations

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Thomson, T.J., et al.. (2020). Visual Mis/disinformation in Journalism and Public Communications: Current Verification Practices, Challenges, and Future Opportunities. Journalism Practice. 16(5). 938–962. 67 indexed citations

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Meese, James & Edward Hurcombe. (2020). Regulating misinformation: policy brief. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Meese, James & Edward Hurcombe. (2020). Facebook, news media and platform dependency: The institutional impacts of news distribution on social platforms. New Media & Society. 23(8). 2367–2384. 104 indexed citations

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Hurcombe, Edward, Jean Burgess, & Stephen Harrington. (2019). What’s newsworthy about ‘social news’? Characteristics and potential of an emerging genre. Journalism. 22(2). 378–394. 28 indexed citations

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Hurcombe, Edward. (2019). TROLLING FOR ENGAGEMENT: AUSTRALIAN LEGACY NEWS OUTLETS SEEKING AUDIENCE INTERACTION METRICS ON FACEBOOK THROUGH DELIBERATELY DIVISIVE CONTENT. AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Burgess, Jean & Edward Hurcombe. (2019). Digital Journalism as Symptom, Response, and Agent of Change in the Platformed Media Environment. Digital Journalism. 7(3). 359–367. 34 indexed citations

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Hurcombe, Edward. (2016). The making of a captain: The production and projection of a political image on the Tony Abbott Facebook page. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 49(1). 19.

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