Stephen Harrington

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 691 citations indexed

About

Stephen Harrington is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Harrington has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 691 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Communication, 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Stephen Harrington's work include Media Studies and Communication (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (13 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (8 papers). Stephen Harrington is often cited by papers focused on Media Studies and Communication (20 papers), Social Media and Politics (13 papers) and Gender, Feminism, and Media (8 papers). Stephen Harrington collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Stephen Harrington's co-authors include Axel Bruns, Edward Hurcombe, Tim Highfield, Jean Burgess, Brian McNair, Ozgur Dedehayir, Carla Riverola, Adam Swift, Terry Flew and Kelly Cooper and has published in prestigious journals such as Sustainability, The Journal of Sexual Medicine and Information Communication & Society.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Harrington

32 papers receiving 630 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.

‘Corona? 5G? or both?’: the dynamics of COVID-19/5G conspiracy theories on Facebook

2020 175 citations Axel Bruns, Stephen Harrington et al. Media International Australia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Stephen Harrington Australia	11	372	342	91	66	61	38	691
Danielle K. Brown United States	16	616 1.7×	482 1.4×	77 0.8×	73 1.1×	87 1.4×	32	890
Fabio Giglietto Italy	13	361 1.0×	445 1.3×	58 0.6×	37 0.6×	112 1.8×	43	704
Václav Štětka United Kingdom	17	577 1.6×	508 1.5×	71 0.8×	48 0.7×	83 1.4×	52	877
Ana Sofía Cardenal Spain	14	458 1.2×	439 1.3×	34 0.4×	37 0.6×	95 1.6×	26	695
Dustin Harp United States	14	440 1.2×	445 1.3×	212 2.3×	52 0.8×	58 1.0×	34	778
Raquel Recuero Brazil	17	472 1.3×	564 1.6×	40 0.4×	38 0.6×	121 2.0×	96	889
Ahmed Al‐Rawi Canada	18	556 1.5×	657 1.9×	91 1.0×	73 1.1×	226 3.7×	93	1.1k
Mora Matassi Argentina	10	455 1.2×	425 1.2×	46 0.5×	37 0.6×	66 1.1×	12	662
Sharon Meraz United States	9	805 2.2×	536 1.6×	130 1.4×	51 0.8×	100 1.6×	15	1.1k
Víctor García‐Perdomo Colombia	10	428 1.2×	302 0.9×	38 0.4×	39 0.6×	43 0.7×	27	591

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Harrington

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Harrington, Stephen, et al.. (2024). ‘Big Lies’: understanding the role of political actors and mainstream journalists in the spread of disinformation. Media International Australia.

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Angus, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Computational Communication Methods for Examining Problematic News-Sharing Practices on Facebook at Scale. Social Media + Society. 9(3). 5 indexed citations

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Cooper, Kelly, et al.. (2022). Exploring Consumer Perceptions of the Value Proposition Embedded in Vegan Food Products Using Text Analytics. Sustainability. 14(4). 2075–2075. 27 indexed citations

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Riverola, Carla, et al.. (2022). Building a greener dining scene: how do veg-friendly restaurateurs “crop up”?. British Food Journal. 124(7). 2262–2278. 10 indexed citations

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Bruns, Axel, Edward Hurcombe, & Stephen Harrington. (2021). Covering Conspiracy: Approaches to Reporting the COVID/5G Conspiracy Theory. Digital Journalism. 10(6). 930–951. 16 indexed citations

6.

Roy, Souvik, et al.. (2021). Revisiting Mariner: Value of Multicomponent and Multimeasurement Data for Model Building. 1–5.

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Bruns, Axel, Stephen Harrington, & Edward Hurcombe. (2020). ‘Corona? 5G? or both?’: the dynamics of COVID-19/5G conspiracy theories on Facebook. Media International Australia. 177(1). 12–29. 175 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hurcombe, Edward, Jean Burgess, & Stephen Harrington. (2019). What’s newsworthy about ‘social news’? Characteristics and potential of an emerging genre. Journalism. 22(2). 378–394. 28 indexed citations

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Harrington, Stephen. (2017). Entertainment Values: How Do We Assess Entertainment and Why Does It Matter?. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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McNair, Brian, Terry Flew, Stephen Harrington, & Adam Swift. (2017). Politics, Media and Democracy in Australia: Public and Producer Perceptions of the Political Public Sphere. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 9 indexed citations

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Highfield, Tim, Stephen Harrington, & Axel Bruns. (2013). Twitter as a technology for audiencing and fandom : the #Eurovision phenomenon. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 8 indexed citations

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Harrington, Stephen. (2013). Australian TV News. Intellect Books. 2 indexed citations

13.

Harrington, Stephen. (2013). Australian TV News: New Forms, Functions, and Futures. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 2 indexed citations

14.

Harrington, Stephen & Brian McNair. (2012). The ‘New’ News. Media International Australia. 144(1). 49–51. 4 indexed citations

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Harrington, Stephen, et al.. (2011). Studies in Early Anglo-Saxon Art and Archaeology: Papers in Honour of Martin G. Welch. University of Michigan Press eBooks. 20 indexed citations

16.

Harrington, Stephen. (2009). WAKING UP WITH FRIENDS. Journalism Studies. 11(2). 175–189. 5 indexed citations

17.

Harrington, Stephen. (2008). Popular news in the twenty-first century : time for a new critical approach?. Creative Industries Faculty. 3 indexed citations

18.

Harrington, Stephen. (2008). Future-proofing journalism: Youthful tastes and the challenge for the academy. Continuum. 22(3). 395–407. 7 indexed citations

19.

Harrington, Stephen. (2008). Popular news in the 21st century Time for a new critical approach?. Journalism. 9(3). 266–284. 48 indexed citations

20.

Harrington, Stephen. (2005). ‘The Democracy of Conversation’: The Panel and the Public Sphere. Media International Australia. 116(1). 75–87. 8 indexed citations

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