Roberta Pearson

978 total citations
25 papers, 254 citations indexed

About

Roberta Pearson is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Literature and Literary Theory and Cultural Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Roberta Pearson has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 254 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 6 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 6 papers in Cultural Studies. Recurrent topics in Roberta Pearson's work include Digital Games and Media (9 papers), Cinema and Media Studies (4 papers) and Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (3 papers). Roberta Pearson is often cited by papers focused on Digital Games and Media (9 papers), Cinema and Media Studies (4 papers) and Gothic Literature and Media Analysis (3 papers). Roberta Pearson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom and United States. Roberta Pearson's co-authors include William Uricchio, John Hartley, Henry Jenkins, Lynn Spigel, Jan-Noël Thon, Steven J. Ross, Will Brooker, André Gaudreault and Michele Hilmes and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, European Journal of Communication and Journal of Communication Inquiry.

In The Last Decade

Roberta Pearson

16 papers receiving 184 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roberta Pearson United Kingdom 7 124 72 56 54 46 25 254
Dorothy Hobson 5 88 0.7× 91 1.3× 95 1.7× 39 0.7× 35 0.8× 8 241
Karen Hellekson 4 182 1.5× 114 1.6× 57 1.0× 60 1.1× 34 0.7× 6 285
Bart Beaty Canada 9 180 1.5× 38 0.5× 50 0.9× 45 0.8× 27 0.6× 25 299
Sangita Shresthova United States 7 146 1.2× 69 1.0× 103 1.8× 52 1.0× 14 0.3× 15 284
Stella Bruzzi United Kingdom 7 156 1.3× 48 0.7× 75 1.3× 63 1.2× 117 2.5× 15 368
James Hay United States 8 125 1.0× 86 1.2× 84 1.5× 22 0.4× 21 0.5× 20 272
Francesco Casetti United States 9 92 0.7× 22 0.3× 51 0.9× 36 0.7× 77 1.7× 44 272
Mark Duffett United Kingdom 7 113 0.9× 103 1.4× 46 0.8× 27 0.5× 20 0.4× 21 243
Anne Friedberg United States 5 96 0.8× 29 0.4× 24 0.4× 58 1.1× 91 2.0× 7 247
Alexis Lothian United States 8 116 0.9× 75 1.0× 45 0.8× 43 0.8× 20 0.4× 21 198

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roberta Pearson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roberta Pearson

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thon, Jan-Noël & Roberta Pearson. (2022). Transmedia Characters. Narrative. 30(2). 139–151. 3 indexed citations
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Hilmes, Michele, et al.. (2019). Transatlantic Television Drama. Oxford University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta. (2018). Ampliación y cohesión en mundos transficcionales. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 23–41. 1 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta. (2018). Capítulo 1. Ampliación y cohesión en mundos transficcionales. Espejo de Monografías de Comunicación Social. 23–41. 1 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta. (2017). Additionality and Cohesion in Transfictional Worlds. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 79(1). 113–120. 1 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta. (2017). The multiple determinants of television acting. 166–183.
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Pearson, Roberta, et al.. (2015). Storytelling in the Media Convergence Age. Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks. 6 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta, William Uricchio, & Will Brooker. (2015). Many More Lives of the Batman. 3 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta, et al.. (2014). Star Trek and American Television. 5 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta. (2009). Reading Lost : perspectives on a hit television show. I.B.Tauris eBooks. 15 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta, et al.. (2005). Critical Dictionary of Film and Television Theory. 10 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta. (2004). Television: Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover!. DigitalCommons - WayneState (Wayne State University). 45(2). 9. 1 indexed citations
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Hartley, John, et al.. (2000). American cultural studies : a reader. Oxford University Press eBooks. 13 indexed citations
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Uricchio, William & Roberta Pearson. (1997). Manhattan's Nickelodeons New York? New York! William Uricchio and Roberta E. Pearson Comment on the Singer-Allen Exchange. Cinema Journal. 36(4). 98–98. 4 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta. (1995). Custer's Still the Hero: Textual Stability and Transformation.. Journal of Film and Video. 47. 82–97. 1 indexed citations
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Uricchio, William & Roberta Pearson. (1994). Constructing the audience: Competing discourses of morality and rationalization during the nickelodeon period. 17(4). 380–4. 4 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta & William Uricchio. (1991). The Many Lives of the Batman: Critical Approaches to a Superhero and His Media. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 77 indexed citations
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Uricchio, William & Roberta Pearson. (1990). Dante's Inferno and Caesar's Ghost: Intertextuality and Conditions of Reception in Early American Cinema. Journal of Communication Inquiry. 14(2). 71–85.
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Uricchio, William & Roberta Pearson. (1989). "Films of Quality,""High Art Films," and "Films de Luxe": Intertextuality and Reading Positions in the Vitagraph Films.. Journal of Film and Video. 41(4). 15–31. 2 indexed citations
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Pearson, Roberta. (1987). “Cultivated Folks” and the “Better Classes”: Class Conflict and Representation in Early American Film. Journal of Popular Film and Television. 15(3). 120–128. 1 indexed citations

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