Ryan J. Thomas

1.6k total citations
57 papers, 991 citations indexed

About

Ryan J. Thomas is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan J. Thomas has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 991 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Communication, 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 11 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Ryan J. Thomas's work include Media Studies and Communication (32 papers), Social Media and Politics (18 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (10 papers). Ryan J. Thomas is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (32 papers), Social Media and Politics (18 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (10 papers). Ryan J. Thomas collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ireland and Singapore. Ryan J. Thomas's co-authors include Edson C. Tandoc, Mary Grace Antony, Tim P. Vos, Teri Finneman, Lauren Bishop, T.J. Thomson, Joy Jenkins, Jolanta A. Drzewiecka, Jeffery Chaichana Peterson and Will Mari and has published in prestigious journals such as New Media & Society, Journal of Neuroscience Methods and Health Communication.

In The Last Decade

Ryan J. Thomas

55 papers receiving 953 citations

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan J. Thomas United States	18	667	478	116	88	86	57	991
Patrick Lee Plaisance United States	14	891 1.3×	436 0.9×	78 0.7×	58 0.7×	70 0.8×	35	1.2k
Charlton D. McIlwain United States	10	521 0.8×	505 1.1×	163 1.4×	75 0.9×	119 1.4×	30	1.1k
Rachel Kuo United States	8	307 0.5×	310 0.6×	114 1.0×	58 0.7×	76 0.9×	20	681
André Brock United States	13	467 0.7×	471 1.0×	312 2.7×	86 1.0×	109 1.3×	18	977
Christian von Sikorski Germany	16	517 0.8×	717 1.5×	82 0.7×	81 0.9×	150 1.7×	53	1.0k
Christian Baden Israel	17	617 0.9×	564 1.2×	58 0.5×	104 1.2×	199 2.3×	59	1.1k
Linda Steiner United States	18	480 0.7×	434 0.9×	386 3.3×	77 0.9×	103 1.2×	75	1.1k
Bill Kovach United States	5	854 1.3×	536 1.1×	67 0.6×	102 1.2×	66 0.8×	7	1.2k
Danielle K. Brown United States	16	616 0.9×	482 1.0×	77 0.7×	73 0.8×	87 1.0×	32	890
Lindsay H. Hoffman United States	15	497 0.7×	446 0.9×	138 1.2×	150 1.7×	61 0.7×	31	871

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Thomson, T.J., et al.. (2025). Old Threats, New Name? Generative AI and Visual Journalism. Journalism Practice. 19(10). 2402–2421. 5 indexed citations

Thomson, T.J., et al.. (2024). Generative Visual AI in News Organizations: Challenges, Opportunities, Perceptions, and Policies. Digital Journalism. 13(10). 1693–1714. 20 indexed citations

Thomas, Ryan J. & T.J. Thomson. (2023). What Does a Journalist Look like? Visualizing Journalistic Roles through AI. Digital Journalism. 13(4). 631–653. 15 indexed citations

Finneman, Teri & Ryan J. Thomas. (2023). “Blood on their Hands” vs. “A Foolish Prank”: The British Press’s Response to a Deadly Hoax on the Royal Family. Journalism History. 49(4). 263–279.

Vos, Tim P., Ryan J. Thomas, & Edson C. Tandoc. (2023). Constructing the Legitimacy of Journalists’ Marketing Role. Journalism Studies. 24(6). 763–782. 6 indexed citations

Vos, Tim P. & Ryan J. Thomas. (2023). “They’re Making It More Democratic”: The Normative Construction of Participatory Journalism. Digital Journalism. 12(6). 869–893. 10 indexed citations

Thomson, T.J. & Ryan J. Thomas. (2023). Ageism, sexism, classism and more: 7 examples of bias in AI-generated images. 5 indexed citations

Finneman, Teri & Ryan J. Thomas. (2021). “Our Company is in Survival Mode”: Metajournalistic Discourse on COVID-19’s Impact on U.S. Community Newspapers. Journalism Practice. 16(10). 1965–1983. 21 indexed citations

Finneman, Teri, Will Mari, & Ryan J. Thomas. (2021). “I Didn't Know How We Were Going to Survive”: U.S. Community Newspapers’ Resilience During COVID-19. Journalism Practice. 17(5). 893–910. 15 indexed citations

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Tandoc, Edson C., Ryan J. Thomas, & Lauren Bishop. (2021). What Is (Fake) News? Analyzing News Values (and More) in Fake Stories. Media and Communication. 9(1). 110–119. 57 indexed citations

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Thomas, Ryan J., et al.. (2020). Electoral Reckonings: Press Criticism of Presidential Campaign Coverage, 2000-2016. Journal of Media Ethics. 35(2). 96–111. 4 indexed citations

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Thomas, Ryan J., et al.. (2020). Probing peace journalism: The discursive construction of blackness within the racial democracy of Colombia. Journalism. 23(1). 189–206. 3 indexed citations

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Finneman, Teri, Ryan J. Thomas, & Joy Jenkins. (2019). “I Always Watched Eyewitness News Just to See Your Beautiful Smile”: Ethical Implications of U.S. Women TV Anchors’ Personal Branding on Social Media. Journal of Media Ethics. 34(3). 146–159. 26 indexed citations

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Tandoc, Edson C. & Ryan J. Thomas. (2017). Estar “Indo Bem” é Algo Bom? Como webanalytics e mídias sociais trazem à tona uma nova norma jornalística. Americanae (AECID Library). 5(2). 30–45. 1 indexed citations

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Thomas, Ryan J., et al.. (2017). From Separation to Collaboration. Digital Journalism. 6(2). 196–215. 23 indexed citations

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Hinnant, Amanda, et al.. (2017). How Journalists Characterize Health Inequalities and Redefine Solutions for Native American Audiences. Health Communication. 34(4). 383–391. 4 indexed citations

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McCreedy, Dylan A., Daniel J. Margul, Stephanie K. Seidlits, et al.. (2016). Semi-automated counting of axon regeneration in poly(lactide co-glycolide) spinal cord bridges. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 263. 15–22. 13 indexed citations

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Tandoc, Edson C. & Ryan J. Thomas. (2014). The Ethics of Web Analytics. Digital Journalism. 3(2). 243–258. 124 indexed citations

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Finneman, Teri & Ryan J. Thomas. (2013). The British National Press and the 2012 Royal Family Photo Scandals. Journalism Practice. 8(4). 407–420. 2 indexed citations

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Antony, Mary Grace & Ryan J. Thomas. (2008). Tequila, Straight Up: Bisexuality, Reality Dating, and the Discourse of Heteronormativity. 7. 49–65.

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