Concepedia

Mass Media

Mass Media is a singular academic concept referring to a system of communication that disseminates information, cultural content, and symbolic forms to large, heterogeneous, and dispersed audiences through technologically mediated channels such as print, broadcast, and digital platforms.

13.1K

Publications

911.8K

Citations

16.2K

Authors

3.4K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2.8K

Variants

Mass Communications

Parents

Publications

13.1K

Framing: Toward Clarification of a Fractured Paradigm

Robert M. Entman · Journal of Communication · 1993 · 15.5K citations

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Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man

Stuart Levine, Marshall McLuhan · American Quarterly · 1964 · 12.4K citations

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The Agenda-Setting Function of Mass Media

Maxwell McCombs, Donald L. Shaw · Public Opinion Quarterly · 1972 · 9K citations

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The spread of true and false news online

Soroush Vosoughi, Deb Roy, Sinan Aral · Science · 2018 · 8.4K citations

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From the New York Times Magazine

Minsky, Paul Hyman · 1979 · 6.9K citations

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Authors

16.2K

  1. CH
    Claes H. de Vreese

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    49 publications · 5.3K citations

    38

    h-index

  2. FE
    Frank Esser

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    36 publications · 5.6K citations

    30

    h-index

  3. JS
    Jesper Strömbäck

    Mid Sweden University, Sweden

    35 publications · 5.5K citations

    27

    h-index

  4. RV
    Rens Vliegenthart

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    32 publications · 2.6K citations

    26

    h-index

  5. MM
    Maxwell McCombs

    The University of Texas at Austin, United States

    29 publications · 13.4K citations

    24

    h-index

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Institutions

3.4K

  1. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    70 h-index

    327 publications

    29K citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    64 h-index

    278 publications

    24.6K citations

  3. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    53 h-index

    144 publications

    18.8K citations

  4. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    52 h-index

    205 publications

    24.3K citations

  5. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    49 h-index

    146 publications

    14.4K citations

  6. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    45 h-index

    146 publications

    9.1K citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    44 h-index

    136 publications

    13.4K citations

  8. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    43 h-index

    101 publications

    14.5K citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 612 publications · 71.5K citations

    128

    h-index

  2. Journal of Communication

    359 publications · 60.8K citations

    102

    h-index

  3. Communication Research

    CR · 142 publications · 17K citations

    68

    h-index

  4. European Journal of Communication

    197 publications · 14.1K citations

    64

    h-index

  5. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

    JMCQ · 185 publications · 13.4K citations

    64

    h-index

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