Mass Communication & Society 28.1k citations
974 papers ·
indexed · active since 1950
Social Media and Politics 394 Media Studies and Communication 355 Media, Gender, and Advertising 120 Gender, Feminism, and Media 89 Media Influence and Health 250 Misinformation and Its Impacts 94 Social and Intergroup Psychology 92 Media Influence and Politics 84 Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers Mass Communication & Society
Comparison fields: 5 of 165 Communication 13.5k Gender Studies 5.6k Literature and Literary Theory 5.9k Sociology and Political Science 16.5k Marketing 1.5k Applied Psychology 700 Social Psychology 2.5k Information Systems and Management 824 Political Science and International Relations 2.2k Human-Computer Interaction 506 Philosophy 802 Clinical Psychology 1.5k General Social Sciences 231 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 798 Cultural Studies 500 Artificial Intelligence 1.8k Health 479 Linguistics and Language 235 Music 152 Education 1.3k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 538 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 194 Strategy and Management 559 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 54 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 361 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 402 Life-span and Life-course Studies 28 Demography 380 Economics and Econometrics 845 Safety Research 250 Developmental and Educational Psychology 353 Public Administration 92 Museology 87 General Health Professions 625 Information Systems 519 Urban Studies 130 Cognitive Neuroscience 410 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 31 Language and Linguistics 180 General Decision Sciences 31 Computer Science Applications 90 Media Technology 136 Health Informatics 20 History 145 Health Information Management 65 Computer Networks and Communications 308 Management Information Systems 118 Law 128 Speech and Hearing 81 Geography, Planning and Development 64 Pharmacy 54 Library and Information Sciences 14 Modeling and Simulation 43 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 39 Management of Technology and Innovation 57 Business and International Management 16 Management Science and Operations Research 97 Transportation 51 Anthropology 70 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 59 Accounting 77 Global and Planetary Change 121 Ecological Modeling 24 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 7 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 156 Food Science 90 Finance 49 Physiology 119 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 89 Pharmacology 37 Conservation 14 History and Philosophy of Science 18 General Energy 4 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 53 Epidemiology 128 Psychiatry and Mental health 55 Infectious Diseases 66 Reproductive Medicine 24 Architecture 4 Religious studies 13 Nature and Landscape Conservation 32 Human Factors and Ergonomics 6 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 18 Development 8 Sensory Systems 10 Plant Science 74 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 14 Emergency Medical Services 12 General Psychology 2 Leadership and Management 2 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 31 Signal Processing 16 Pollution 17 Ecology 37 Occupational Therapy 6 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 13 Obstetrics and Gynecology 11 Atmospheric Science 23 Building and Construction 17 Ocean Engineering 18 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 6 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 4 Agronomy and Crop Science 11 Genetics 29 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 20 Automotive Engineering 12 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 16 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 General Arts and Humanities 1 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9 Toxicology 3 Small Animals 6 Endocrinology 4 Archeology 7 Nutrition and Dietetics 10 Virology 3 Dermatology 5 Soil Science 5 Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1 Oncology 13 Pharmacology 8 Developmental Biology 1 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 Family Practice 1 Aerospace Engineering 11 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8 Periodontics 2 Emergency Medicine 4 Insect Science 5 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 19 Environmental Chemistry 3 Rehabilitation 2 Water Science and Technology 4 Classics 1 Mechanical Engineering 10 Software 1 Molecular Biology 17 Statistics and Probability 2 Complementary and alternative medicine 2 Civil and Structural Engineering 5 Otorhinolaryngology 1 Control and Systems Engineering 5 Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 1 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1 Oceanography 2 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 Oral Surgery 1 Neurology 2 Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 Applied Mathematics 1 Biomedical Engineering 4 Geophysics 1 Environmental Engineering 1 Rheumatology 1 Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 Cell Biology 1 Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 Surgery 2 Mechanics of Materials 1 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1
Communication 13.5k Gender Studies 5.6k Literature and Literary Theory 5.9k Sociology and Political Science 16.5k Marketing 1.5k Annals of the International Communication Association United States
Communication Theory United States
Journal of Applied Communication Research United States
Communication Quarterly United States
Management Communication Quarterly United States
European Journal of Communication United Kingdom
Journal of Language and Social Psychology United States
Communication Studies United States
Political Communication United States
Digital Journalism United States
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About Mass Communication & Society The 974 papers published in Mass Communication & Society in the last decades have received a total of 28.1k indexed citations . Papers published in Mass Communication & Society usually cover Communication (550 papers), Literature and Literary Theory (257 papers), Gender Studies (205 papers), Sociology and Political Science (528 papers) and Applied Psychology (28 papers) specifically the topics of Social Media and Politics (394 papers), Media Studies and Communication (355 papers), Media Influence and Health (250 papers), Media, Gender, and Advertising (120 papers), Misinformation and Its Impacts (94 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (92 papers), Gender, Feminism, and Media (89 papers) and Media Influence and Politics (84 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Mass Communication & Society are Thomas E. Ruggiero , Jonathan Cohen , Dietram A. Scheufele , Spiro Kiousis , George Gerbner , Leticia Bode , Wilson Lowrey , Dominique Brossard , Sandra J. Ball‐Rokeach and Masahiro Yamamoto .
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