Jonathan A. Obar

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Jonathan A. Obar is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Jonathan A. Obar has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Communication and 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Jonathan A. Obar's work include Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (22 papers), Social Media and Politics (16 papers) and ICT Impact and Policies (9 papers). Jonathan A. Obar is often cited by papers focused on Privacy, Security, and Data Protection (22 papers), Social Media and Politics (16 papers) and ICT Impact and Policies (9 papers). Jonathan A. Obar collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Slovenia. Jonathan A. Obar's co-authors include Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch, Steve Wildman, Steven S. Wildman, Paul Zube, Philip M. Napoli, Andrew Clement, Cliff Lampe, Johannes M. Bauer, Amit M. Schejter and Elif Ozkaya and has published in prestigious journals such as Information Communication & Society, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media and Telecommunications Policy.

In The Last Decade

Jonathan A. Obar

48 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

Social media definition and the governance challenge: An ... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2018 100 200 300
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. Social media definition and the governance challenge: An introduction to the special issue
    2015 377 citations Jonathan A. Obar et al. profile →
  2. The biggest lie on the Internet: ignoring the privacy policies and terms of service policies of social networking services
    2018 346 citations Jonathan A. Obar, Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jonathan A. Obar United States 15 1.0k 501 263 254 145 54 1.7k
Michael Zimmer United States 21 1.1k 1.1× 498 1.0× 354 1.3× 331 1.3× 66 0.5× 78 2.0k
Kevin Lewis United States 14 1.5k 1.5× 606 1.2× 189 0.7× 164 0.6× 183 1.3× 41 2.4k
Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch United States 20 1.2k 1.2× 674 1.3× 256 1.0× 178 0.7× 81 0.6× 45 1.7k
Katy E. Pearce United States 19 1.1k 1.1× 871 1.7× 196 0.7× 129 0.5× 130 0.9× 37 2.0k
Joseph Turow United States 28 1.6k 1.5× 854 1.7× 247 0.9× 211 0.8× 230 1.6× 101 2.6k
Safiya Noble United States 10 859 0.9× 358 0.7× 314 1.2× 263 1.0× 147 1.0× 26 2.1k
Jing Zeng Switzerland 22 1.1k 1.1× 558 1.1× 242 0.9× 86 0.3× 130 0.9× 59 1.7k
S. Mo Jones-Jang United States 23 1.8k 1.8× 1.3k 2.5× 446 1.7× 203 0.8× 131 0.9× 62 2.6k
Emiliano Treré United Kingdom 24 1.0k 1.0× 825 1.6× 207 0.8× 156 0.6× 75 0.5× 62 1.9k
Annette Markham Denmark 19 978 1.0× 496 1.0× 94 0.4× 119 0.5× 175 1.2× 46 1.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jonathan A. Obar

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All Works

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Obar, Jonathan A. & Jessica Pan. (2021). Open Communication about Network Neutrality? Assessing the Internet Traffic Management Transparency of Canadian Internet Carriers. Canadian Journal of Communication. 46(3). 629–644. 1 indexed citations
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Obar, Jonathan A.. (2020). Sunlight alone is not a disinfectant: Consent and the futility of opening Big Data black boxes (without assistance). Big Data & Society. 7(1). 1246064249–1246064249. 19 indexed citations
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Oeldorf-Hirsch, Anne & Jonathan A. Obar. (2019). Overwhelming, Important, Irrelevant. 166–173. 10 indexed citations
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Obar, Jonathan A. & Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch. (2018). The Clickwrap: A Political Economic Mechanism for Manufacturing Consent on Social Media. Social Media + Society. 4(3). 30 indexed citations
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Obar, Jonathan A. & Anne Oeldorf-Hirsch. (2017). Clickwrap Impact. 1–5. 6 indexed citations
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Obar, Jonathan A.. (2016). Net Neutrality| Closing the Technocratic Divide? Activist Intermediaries, Digital Form Letters, and Public Involvement in FCC Policy Making. International journal of communication. 10. 24. 8 indexed citations
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Clement, Andrew & Jonathan A. Obar. (2016). Keeping Internet Users in the Know or in the Dark: An Analysis of the Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian Internet Carriers. Journal of Information Policy. 6(1). 294–331. 2 indexed citations
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Clement, Andrew & Jonathan A. Obar. (2016). Keeping Internet Users in the Know or in the Dark: An Analysis of the Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian Internet Carriers. Journal of Information Policy. 6. 294–331. 11 indexed citations
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Obar, Jonathan A. & Steven S. Wildman. (2015). Social Media Definition and the Governance Challenge: An Introduction to the Special Issue. SSRN Electronic Journal. 114 indexed citations
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Obar, Jonathan A. & Steven S. Wildman. (2015). Social Media Definition and the Governance Challenge - An Introduction to the Special Issue. SSRN Electronic Journal. 86 indexed citations
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Obar, Jonathan A.. (2014). Canadian Advocacy 2.0: An Analysis of Social Media Adoption and Perceived Affordances by Advocacy Groups Looking to Advance Activism in Canada. Canadian Journal of Communication. 39(2). 211–233. 3 indexed citations
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Connolly-Ahern, Colleen, Amit M. Schejter, & Jonathan A. Obar. (2012). The Poor Man's Lamb Revisited? Assessing the State of LPFM at its 10th Anniversary. The Communication Review. 15(1). 21–44. 1 indexed citations
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Obar, Jonathan A.. (2011). Wikipedias Education Program The Pilot Project. Academic exchange quarterly. 15(4). 36. 1 indexed citations
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