Michael Pfau

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
106 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Michael Pfau is a scholar working on Communication, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Pfau has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Communication, 41 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 37 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Michael Pfau's work include Media Influence and Health (38 papers), Media Studies and Communication (38 papers) and Social Media and Politics (29 papers). Michael Pfau is often cited by papers focused on Media Influence and Health (38 papers), Media Studies and Communication (38 papers) and Social Media and Politics (29 papers). Michael Pfau collaborates with scholars based in United States, Singapore and Russia. Michael Pfau's co-authors include James Price Dillard, Josh Compton, Michael Burgoon, Thomas Birk, Judee K. Burgoon, Michel M. Haigh, Steve Van Bockern, Roxanne Parrott, Shelley Wigley and Jeanetta D. Sims and has published in prestigious journals such as American Political Science Review, Journal of Communication and Communication Research.

In The Last Decade

Michael Pfau

104 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	To Tell the Truth: Ad Watch Coverage, Ad Tone, and the Accuracy of Political Advertising 2017 ·Political Communication ·Patrick C. Meirick, Gwendelyn S. Nisbett, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michael Pfau	6
2	Arguing With Emotion: A Closer Look at Affect and the Inoculation Process 2010 ·Communication Research Reports ·Shelley Wigley, Michael Pfau	9
3	The Influence of Corporate Front-Group Stealth Campaigns 2007 ·Communication Research ·Michael Pfau, Michel M. Haigh, Jeanetta D. Sims, Shelley Wigley	57
4	Conventions of Deliberation? Convention Addresses and Deliberative Containment in the Second Party System 2006 ·Rhetoric and Public Affairs ·Michael Pfau	4
5	Persuasion: An intrinsic function of public relations. 2006 ·Michael Pfau, (unknown)	31
6	The Relative Effectiveness of Inoculation, Bolstering, and Combined Approaches in Crisis Communication 2004 ·Journal of Public Relations Research ·(unknown), Michael Pfau	29
7	The Persuasion Handbook: Developments in Theory and Practice 2002 ·James Price Dillard, Michael Pfau	486
8	With Malice Toward All? 2000 ·Praeger eBooks ·Michael Pfau, Patricia Moy	1
9	Nuances in inoculation: The role of inoculation approach, ego‐involvement, and message processing disposition in resistance 1997 ·Communication Quarterly ·Michael Pfau, (unknown), Waipeng Lee, (unknown), Ascan F. Koerner, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	29
10	Influence of Communication During the Distant Phase of the 1996 Republican Presidential Primary Campaign 1997 ·Journal of Communication ·Michael Pfau, (unknown), Tom Reichert, (unknown), Waipeng Lee, (unknown), (unknown)	27
11	Influence of Communication Modalities on Voters' Perceptions of Candidates During Presidential Primary Campaigns 1995 ·Journal of Communication ·Michael Pfau, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	12
12	An Inoculation Theory Explanation for the Effects of Corporate Issue/Advocacy Advertising Campaigns 1995 ·Communication Research ·Michael Burgoon, Michael Pfau, Thomas Birk	60
13	The potential of inoculation in promoting resistance to the effectiveness of comparative advertising messages 1992 ·Communication Quarterly ·Michael Pfau	64
14	A test of the “messages‐as‐fixed‐effect fallacy” argument: Empirical and theoretical implications of design choices 1991 ·Communication Quarterly ·Michael Burgoon, (unknown), Michael Pfau	11
15	Patients' Severity of Illness, Noncompliance, and Locus of Control and Physicians' Compliance-Gaining Messages 1990 ·Health Communication ·Michael Burgoon, (unknown), Judee K. Burgoon, Ray Coker, Michael Pfau, Thomas Birk	27
16	Intra‐party political debates and issue learning 1988 ·Journal of Applied Communication Research ·Michael Pfau	16
17	Inoculation in Political Campaign Communication 1988 ·Human Communication Research ·Michael Pfau, Michael Burgoon	128
18	Nonverbal communication performance and perceptions associated with reticence: Replications and classroom implications 1987 ·Communication Education ·Judee K. Burgoon, Michael Pfau, Thomas Birk, Valerie Manusov	18
19	Political Debate Formats: The Next Step. 1983 ·Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy ·Michael Pfau	1
20	The Present System Revisited Part Two: Policy Interrelationships 1981 ·Argumentation and Advocacy ·Michael Pfau	1

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