Matt Carlson

5.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
71 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Matt Carlson is a scholar working on Communication, Philosophy and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt Carlson has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Communication, 19 papers in Philosophy and 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Matt Carlson's work include Media Studies and Communication (44 papers), Social Media and Politics (25 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (19 papers). Matt Carlson is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (44 papers), Social Media and Politics (25 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (19 papers). Matt Carlson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Russia. Matt Carlson's co-authors include Seth C. Lewis, Nikki Usher, Sue Robinson, John Edward Campbell, Karin Wahl‐Jorgensen, Daniel A. Berkowitz, Dan Berkowitz, Chris Peters, Carolyn Callaghan and Valérie Bélair‐Gagnon and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Communication, Land Use Policy and New Media & Society.

In The Last Decade

Matt Carlson

63 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Metajournalistic Discourse and the Meanings of Journalism: Definitional Control, Boundary Work, and Legitimation

2015 377 citations Matt Carlson Communication Theory profile →
The Robotic Reporter

2014 334 citations Matt Carlson Digital Journalism profile →
Journalistic Authority

2017 294 citations Matt Carlson Columbia University Press eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matt Carlson United States	29	2.4k	1.5k	313	305	296	71	3.3k
Jane B. Singer United Kingdom	30	3.2k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	180 0.6×	171 0.6×	364 1.2×	87	4.0k
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen United Kingdom	35	3.7k 1.6×	3.0k 2.0×	144 0.5×	574 1.9×	254 0.9×	125	5.2k
Alfred Hermida Canada	25	2.8k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	123 0.4×	216 0.7×	263 0.9×	51	3.5k
Tim P. Vos United States	24	2.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.7×	178 0.6×	138 0.5×	356 1.2×	56	2.8k
Spiro Kiousis United States	29	2.2k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	102 0.3×	121 0.4×	209 0.7×	92	3.5k
Pablo J. Boczkowski United States	29	2.8k 1.2×	1.9k 1.2×	101 0.3×	195 0.6×	222 0.8×	91	3.6k
Peter Dahlgren Sweden	30	2.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.0×	229 0.7×	272 0.9×	351 1.2×	121	3.8k
Thomas Hanitzsch Germany	29	4.1k 1.7×	2.1k 1.4×	314 1.0×	197 0.6×	511 1.7×	81	5.1k
Stephen D. Reese United States	27	3.1k 1.3×	2.1k 1.4×	348 1.1×	105 0.3×	419 1.4×	64	4.4k
Andreas Hepp Germany	23	1.1k 0.5×	1.2k 0.8×	250 0.8×	83 0.3×	235 0.8×	114	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Matt Carlson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt Carlson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matt Carlson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matt Carlson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matt Carlson based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Matt Carlson. Matt Carlson is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Westlund, Oscar, Matt Carlson, Basyouni Ibrahim Hamada, et al.. (2025). Public Knowledge and Expertise Under Authoritarian Siege: A Defense of Academic Freedom from Digital Journalism Studies. Digital Journalism. 13(5). 869–892.

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Carlson, Matt & Chris Peters. (2023). Journalism Studies for Realists: Decentering Journalism While Keeping Journalism Studies. Journalism Studies. 24(8). 1029–1042. 4 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt, et al.. (2022). Supplementing Environmental Assessments with Cumulative Effects Scenario Modeling for Grizzly Bear Connectivity in the Bow Valley, Alberta, Canada. Environmental Management. 70(6). 1066–1077. 2 indexed citations

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Leston, Lionel, Erin M. Bayne, Elston Dzus, et al.. (2020). Quantifying Long-Term Bird Population Responses to Simulated Harvest Plans and Cumulative Effects of Disturbance. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. 9 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt. (2018). Confronting Measurable Journalism. Digital Journalism. 6(4). 406–417. 84 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt. (2017). Journalistic Authority. Columbia University Press eBooks. 294 indexed citations breakdown →

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Alexander, Jeffrey C., Elizabeth Butler Breese, Håkon Larsen, et al.. (2016). The Crisis of Journalism Reconsidered. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 52 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt. (2016). Embedded Links, Embedded Meanings. Journalism Studies. 17(7). 915–924. 28 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt. (2016). Establishing the boundaries of journalism’s public mandate. 61–75. 1 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt & Seth C. Lewis. (2015). Boundaries of journalism: Professionalism, practices and participation. Routledge eBooks. 78 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt. (2015). Metajournalistic Discourse and the Meanings of Journalism: Definitional Control, Boundary Work, and Legitimation. Communication Theory. 26(4). 349–368. 377 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carlson, Matt & Nikki Usher. (2015). News Startups as Agents of Innovation. Digital Journalism. 4(5). 563–581. 129 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt. (2014). The Robotic Reporter. Digital Journalism. 3(3). 416–431. 334 indexed citations breakdown →

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Carlson, Matt. (2014). When news sites go native: Redefining the advertising–editorial divide in response to native advertising. Journalism. 16(7). 849–865. 130 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt, et al.. (2013). The Impudence of Being Earnest: Jon Stewart and the Boundaries of Discursive Responsibility. Journal of Communication. 63(2). 333–350. 20 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt. (2013). Gone, But Not Forgotten. Journalism Studies. 15(1). 33–47. 29 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt, et al.. (2012). Highway Patrol Enforcement Impacts on Crash Prevention in Wyoming and North Dakota. Transportation Research Board 91st Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board.

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Carlson, Matt. (2009). THE REALITY OF A FAKE IMAGE News norms, photojournalistic craft, and Brian Walski's fabricated photograph. Journalism Practice. 3(2). 125–139. 49 indexed citations

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Carlson, Matt. (2009). Dueling, Dancing, or Dominating? Journalists and Their Sources. Sociology Compass. 3(4). 526–542. 115 indexed citations

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Paillet, Frederick, et al.. (1998). Integrating Surface and Borehole Geophysics in Ground Water Studies — An Example Using Electromagnetic Soundings in South Florida. 349–358. 2 indexed citations

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