Paul Messaris

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Paul Messaris is a scholar working on Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Literature and Literary Theory and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Messaris has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Visual Arts and Performing Arts, 9 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Paul Messaris's work include Visual Culture and Art Theory (10 papers), Digital Storytelling and Education (7 papers) and Media, Gender, and Advertising (6 papers). Paul Messaris is often cited by papers focused on Visual Culture and Art Theory (10 papers), Digital Storytelling and Education (7 papers) and Media, Gender, and Advertising (6 papers). Paul Messaris collaborates with scholars based in United States and Russia. Paul Messaris's co-authors include Rudolf Arnheim, Lee Humphreys, Joseph N. Cappella, Sandra E. Moriarty, Larry Gross, Linda Steiner, Debra Hawhee, Gary Gumpert, Robert Hornik and Greg Smith and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Communication, Communication Research and Human Communication Research.

In The Last Decade

Paul Messaris

39 papers receiving 1.0k citations

Hit Papers

Visual Persuasion: The Role of Images in Advertising 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400

Peers

Paul Messaris
Comparison fields: 5 of 109
  • Sociology and Political Science 468
  • Literature and Literary Theory 431
  • Communication 288
  • Education 197
  • Gender Studies 157
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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Messaris

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Messaris

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 98
2
How to Make Money From Subliminal Advertising and Motivation Research
1
3 1
4
Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication
139
5 16
6 10
7
Visual Persuasion: The Role of Images in Advertising breakdown →
411
8 4
9 223
10 1
11
Analog, Not Digital: Roots of Visual Literacy and Visual Intelligence.
2
12
Perceptual Bases of Visual Literacy
2
13 12
14
A Visual Test for Visual "Literacy.".
1
15 25
16
To What Extent Does One Have to Learn to Interpret Movies
5
17 41
18
The Film Audience's Awareness of the Production Process
6
19 12
20 11

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