Sedona Chinn

1.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 882 citations indexed

About

Sedona Chinn is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Communication and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Sedona Chinn has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 882 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Communication and 5 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Sedona Chinn's work include Misinformation and Its Impacts (13 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (13 papers) and Social Media and Politics (9 papers). Sedona Chinn is often cited by papers focused on Misinformation and Its Impacts (13 papers), Climate Change Communication and Perception (13 papers) and Social Media and Politics (9 papers). Sedona Chinn collaborates with scholars based in United States. Sedona Chinn's co-authors include P. Sol Hart, Stuart Soroka, Daniel S. Lane, Ariel Hasell, Kaiping Chen, Brian E. Weeks, Josh Pasek, Ian Hawkins, Lauren Feldman and Brendon M. H. Larson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics.

In The Last Decade

Sedona Chinn

23 papers receiving 838 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.

Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage

2020 481 citations P. Sol Hart, Sedona Chinn et al. Science Communication profile →
Politicization and Polarization in Climate Change News Content, 1985-2017

2020 186 citations Sedona Chinn, P. Sol Hart et al. Science Communication profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sedona Chinn United States	10	659	356	107	106	83	26	882
Eric Merkley Canada	17	877 1.3×	354 1.0×	225 2.1×	56 0.5×	80 1.0×	33	1.2k
Dominik Stecuła United States	17	1.0k 1.5×	416 1.2×	314 2.9×	74 0.7×	80 1.0×	29	1.4k
Kenneth M. Winneg United States	14	374 0.6×	267 0.8×	77 0.7×	79 0.7×	22 0.3×	29	659
Doo-Hun Choi South Korea	14	483 0.7×	240 0.7×	64 0.6×	89 0.8×	24 0.3×	28	776
Mihye Seo South Korea	15	761 1.2×	305 0.9×	42 0.4×	134 1.3×	78 0.9×	36	1.0k
Michelle I. Seelig United States	13	817 1.2×	321 0.9×	197 1.8×	84 0.8×	18 0.2×	40	987
Sang‐Hwa Oh United States	9	515 0.8×	226 0.6×	63 0.6×	122 1.2×	64 0.8×	19	769
Brooke W. McKeever United States	16	513 0.8×	298 0.8×	180 1.7×	86 0.8×	22 0.3×	41	823
Karen McIntyre United States	19	492 0.7×	544 1.5×	38 0.4×	265 2.5×	53 0.6×	51	1.0k
Stella C. Chia Hong Kong	18	460 0.7×	309 0.9×	48 0.4×	168 1.6×	17 0.2×	39	855

Countries citing papers authored by Sedona Chinn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sedona Chinn

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sedona Chinn

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sedona Chinn. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sedona Chinn 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 Sedona Chinn. Sedona Chinn 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

Hasell, Ariel & Sedona Chinn. (2025). Influence You Can Trust? Exploring Trust in Social Media Influencers for Political Information. American Behavioral Scientist.

Chinn, Sedona, et al.. (2024). What does it mean to “do your own research?” A comparative content analysis of DYOR messages in Instagram and Facebook posts about reproductive health, food, and vaccines. New Media & Society. 28(2). 567–588.

Hart, P. Sol, et al.. (2024). Climate Change Advocacy and Engagement on Social Media. Science Communication. 47(3). 385–412. 3 indexed citations

Chinn, Sedona & Ariel Hasell. (2023). Support for “doing your own research” is associated with COVID-19 misperceptions and scientific mistrust. 13 indexed citations

Hasell, Ariel & Sedona Chinn. (2023). The Political Influence of Lifestyle Influencers? Examining the Relationship Between Aspirational Social Media Use and Anti-Expert Attitudes and Beliefs. Social Media + Society. 9(4). 5 indexed citations

Chinn, Sedona, et al.. (2023). Mapping Digital Wellness Content. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 1–56. 5 indexed citations

Chinn, Sedona & Ariel Hasell. (2023). How Different Uses of Social Media Inform Perceptions of Offline Social Norms and Changes in Vaccine Intentions. Health Communication. 39(6). 1198–1208. 1 indexed citations

Hawkins, Ian & Sedona Chinn. (2023). Populist views of science: how social media, political affiliation, and Alt-Right support affect scientific attitudes in the United States. Information Communication & Society. 27(3). 520–537. 6 indexed citations

Rosen, Benjamin, Madhava Aryal, Yang Cao, et al.. (2022). Early Toxicity and Patient Reported Outcomes From a Phase 2 Trial of FDG-PET Response-Based De-Escalated Definitive Radiotherapy for p16+ Oropharynx Cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 112(5). e3–e3.

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Chinn, Sedona & P. Sol Hart. (2021). Effects of consensus messages and political ideology on climate change attitudes: inconsistent findings and the effect of a pretest. Climatic Change. 167(3-4). 47–47. 15 indexed citations

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Chinn, Sedona & P. Sol Hart. (2021). Climate Change Consensus Messages Cause Reactance. Environmental Communication. 17(1). 51–59. 28 indexed citations

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Chinn, Sedona & Ariel Hasell. (2021). Uniquely disgusting? Physiological disgust and attitudes toward GM food and other food and health technologies. Journal of Science Communication. 20(7). A05–A05. 4 indexed citations

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Hart, P. Sol, Sedona Chinn, & Stuart Soroka. (2020). Politicization and Polarization in COVID-19 News Coverage. Science Communication. 42(5). 679–697. 481 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chinn, Sedona. (2020). The Prevalence and Effects of Scientific Agreement and Disagreement in Media. Deep Blue (University of Michigan). 1 indexed citations

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Chinn, Sedona & Josh Pasek. (2020). Some Deficits and Some Misperceptions: Linking Partisanship With Climate Change Cognitions. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 33(2). 235–254. 8 indexed citations

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Chinn, Sedona, P. Sol Hart, & Stuart Soroka. (2020). Politicization and Polarization in Climate Change News Content, 1985-2017. Science Communication. 42(1). 112–129. 186 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haring, Catherine T., Paul Swiecicki, Francis P. Worden, et al.. (2020). Circulating Tumor HPV DNA Characteristics in High Risk Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 106(5). 1185–1186. 1 indexed citations

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Chinn, Sedona, Daniel S. Lane, & P. Sol Hart. (2018). In consensus we trust? Persuasive effects of scientific consensus communication. Public Understanding of Science. 27(7). 807–823. 52 indexed citations

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Hart, P. Sol, Daniel S. Lane, & Sedona Chinn. (2018). The elusive power of the individual victim: Failure to find a difference in the effectiveness of charitable appeals focused on one compared to many victims. PLoS ONE. 13(7). e0199535–e0199535. 18 indexed citations

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Beeler, Whitney H., Michelle Mierzwa, Emily L. Bellile, et al.. (2018). Financial Toxicity in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 102(3). e406–e406. 1 indexed citations

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