James Curran

8.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

James Curran is a scholar working on Communication, Clinical Psychology and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, James Curran has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Communication, 29 papers in Clinical Psychology and 17 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in James Curran's work include Media Studies and Communication (27 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (22 papers) and Social Media and Politics (16 papers). James Curran is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (27 papers), Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (22 papers) and Social Media and Politics (16 papers). James Curran collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Japan. James Curran's co-authors include Nick Couldry, Michael Gurevitch, Shanto Iyengar, Toril Aalberg, Peter M. Monti, Inka Salovaara‐Moring, Jean Seaton, Anker Brink Lund, Des Freedman and Natalie Fenton and has published in prestigious journals such as Psychological Bulletin, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

In The Last Decade

James Curran

108 papers receiving 3.9k citations

Hit Papers

De-Westernizing Media Studies 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
James Curran United States 36 2.3k 1.9k 752 700 453 114 4.7k
James A. Banks United States 41 572 0.3× 5.0k 2.6× 420 0.6× 843 1.2× 578 1.3× 131 10.8k
Paul Baker United Kingdom 34 1.1k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 246 0.3× 477 0.7× 354 0.8× 119 6.2k
Eugene Borgida United States 32 439 0.2× 2.5k 1.3× 360 0.5× 790 1.1× 1.0k 2.3× 123 5.2k
Katelyn Y. A. McKenna United States 15 1.9k 0.8× 4.0k 2.1× 830 1.1× 93 0.1× 1.3k 2.9× 19 5.7k
Ian Hutchby United Kingdom 29 785 0.3× 1.3k 0.7× 383 0.5× 128 0.2× 384 0.8× 54 4.4k
Neil Postman United States 17 1.0k 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 125 0.2× 286 0.4× 247 0.5× 73 4.4k
R. Lance Holbert United States 37 2.3k 1.0× 2.5k 1.3× 239 0.3× 505 0.7× 944 2.1× 97 4.7k
Michael Pfau United States 36 1.9k 0.8× 2.3k 1.2× 182 0.2× 492 0.7× 812 1.8× 106 4.5k
George H. Mead 16 288 0.1× 2.4k 1.3× 640 0.9× 317 0.5× 1.2k 2.7× 35 5.5k
Silvia Knobloch‐Westerwick United States 37 1.9k 0.8× 2.6k 1.4× 327 0.4× 396 0.6× 398 0.9× 96 4.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Curran

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Curran

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Curran, James & Jean Seaton. (2018). Power Without Responsibility: Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain. 8th Edition. Goldsmiths (University of London). 1 indexed citations
2.
Curran, James, Ivor Gaber, & Julian Petley. (2018). Culture Wars:The Media and the British Left. 2nd Edition. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
3.
Aalberg, Toril & James Curran. (2013). How Media Inform Democracy: A Comparative Approach. Routledge eBooks. 64 indexed citations
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Curran, James, Natalie Fenton, & Des Freedman. (2012). Misunderstanding the Internet. 150 indexed citations
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Soroka, Stuart, Toril Aalberg, Shanto Iyengar, et al.. (2012). Auntie Knows Best? Public Broadcasters and Current Affairs Knowledge. British Journal of Political Science. 43(4). 719–739. 81 indexed citations
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Curran, James. (2011). Media and Democracy. 78 indexed citations
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Curran, James & Michael Gurevitch. (2005). Mass Media and Society 4th edition. 5 indexed citations
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Curran, James. (2005). Medios de comunicación y poder en una sociedad democrática. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 8 indexed citations
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Couldry, Nick & James Curran. (2003). Contesting Media Power. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks. 84 indexed citations
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Couldry, Nick & James Curran. (2003). Contesting media power: alternative media in a networked world. 350 indexed citations
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Curran, James. (2000). Media organisations in society. 39 indexed citations
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Curran, James. (1997). El nuevo revisionismo en la investigación de la comunicación de masas: una nueva valoración. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Curran, James. (1990). The New Revisionism in Mass Communication Research: A Reappraisal. European Journal of Communication. 5(2). 135–164. 124 indexed citations
14.
Curran, James. (1989). Book Reviews. International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship. 7(2). 83–85. 2 indexed citations
15.
Collins, Richard B., James Curran, Nichòlas Garnham, et al.. (1986). Media, culture and society : a critical reader. SAGE Publications eBooks. 105 indexed citations
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Farrell, Albert D., et al.. (1985). An evaluation of two formats for the intermediate-level assessment of social skills.. 7(2). 155–171. 19 indexed citations
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Curran, James & Peter M. Monti. (1982). Social skills training : a practical handbook for assessment and treatment. Guilford Press eBooks. 182 indexed citations
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Monti, Peter M., et al.. (1980). Effects of social skills training groups and sensitivity training groups with psychiatric patients.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 48(2). 241–248. 37 indexed citations
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Curran, James. (1979). The media and politics. Media Culture & Society. 1(1). 1–3. 3 indexed citations
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Curran, James, et al.. (1978). Reactivity of males of differing heterosexual social anxiety to female approach and nonapproach cue conditions. Behavior Therapy. 9(5). 961–961. 2 indexed citations

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