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Social Media and Politics

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Lisa P. Argyle
Brigham Young University
2
Steve Rathje
New York University
3
Mahnaz Mansoor
University of Bradford
4
Jon Kingzette
The Ohio State University
5
Anastasia Kozyreva
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
6
Claire Robertson
Colby College
7
Hua Pang
Tianjin University
8
Jessica L. Navarro
Elon University
9
Carolina Are
London School of Economics and Political Science
10
Yulin Hswen
University of California, San Francisco

Rising Stars Papers

1
GPT is an effective tool for multilingual psychological text analysis
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2024
235 cit.
2
Toolbox of individual-level interventions against online misinformation
Nature Human Behaviour|2024
160 cit.
3
Disentangling composite influences of social connectivity and system interactivity on continuance intention in mobile short video applications: The pivotal moderation of user-perceived benefits
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services|2024
66 cit.
4
Deciphering technological contributions of visibility and interactivity to website atmospheric and customer stickiness in AI-driven websites: The pivotal function of online flow state
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services|2024
65 cit.
5
Fostering eco-friendly behaviors in hospitality: engaging customers through green practices, social influence, and personal dynamics
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management|2025
60 cit.
6
How multidimensional benefits determine cumulative satisfaction and eWOM engagement on mobile social media: Reconciling motivation and expectation disconfirmation perspectives
Telematics and Informatics|2024
55 cit.
7
When mass meets prestige: The impact of symbolic motivations, inspirations, and purchase intentions for Masstige products
Journal of Business Research|2024
46 cit.
8
Deciphering dynamic effects of mobile app addiction, privacy concern and cognitive overload on subjective well-being and academic expectancy: The pivotal function of perceived technostress
Technology in Society|2025
37 cit.
9
Assessing Detrimental Influences of Fear of Missing Out on Psychological Well-Being: The Moderating Role of Self-Presentation, Upward Contrast, and Social Media Stalking
Applied Research in Quality of Life|2024
34 cit.
10
Struggling or Shifting? Deciphering potential influences of cyberbullying perpetration and communication overload on mobile app switching intention through social cognitive approach
Information Processing & Management|2025
29 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Kenneth Joseph
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2
Michelle A. Amazeen
Boston University
3
Gabrielle N. Martin
San Diego State University
4
Elisa Shearer
Unknown
5
Levi Boxell
Stanford University
6
Oliver McClellan
Columbia University
7
Sarah McGrew
University of Maryland, College Park
8
Meredith D. Clark
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
9
Zi Yang
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
10
Elisa Wegmann
University of Duisburg-Essen

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction
Nature Reviews Psychology|2022
1.3k cit.
2
Geo-knowledge-guided GPT models improve the extraction of location descriptions from disaster-related social media messages
International Journal of Geographical Information Systems|2023
165 cit.
3
Cutting the Bunk: Comparing the Solo and Aggregate Effects of Prebunking and Debunking Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Science Communication|2022
64 cit.
4
Narrative counters: Understanding the efficacy of narratives in combating anecdote-based vaccine misinformation
Public Relations Review|2022
41 cit.
5
Civic Online Reasoning Across the Curriculum: Developing and Testing the Efficacy of Digital Literacy Lessons
AERA Open|2023
39 cit.
6
The experience of gratification and compensation in addictive behaviors: How can these experiences be measured systematically within and across disorders due to addictive behaviors?
Comprehensive Psychiatry|2022
37 cit.
7
Social studies education research for sustainable democratic societies: Addressing persistent civic challenges
Theory & Research in Social Education|2023
36 cit.
8
Conversations after lateral reading: Supporting teachers to focus on process, not content
Computers & Education|2022
26 cit.
9
The misinformation recognition and response model: an emerging theoretical framework for investigating antecedents to and consequences of misinformation recognition
Human Communication Research|2023
24 cit.
10
Taxing dissent: The impact of a social media tax in Uganda
World Development|2022
23 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Nicole B. Ellison
State University of Information and Communication Technologies
2
Cliff Lampe
University of Michigan
3
Claes H. de Vreese
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
4
James Druckman
University of Rochester
5
Matthew Gentzkow
National Bureau of Economic Research
6
Joshua A. Tucker
New York University
7
Homero Gil de Zúñiga
Pennsylvania State University
8
David G. Rand
Cornell University
9
Shanto Iyengar
Stanford University
10
Patti M. Valkenburg
University of Amsterdam

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication|2007
16.1k cit.
2
The Benefits of Facebook “Friends:” Social Capital and College Students’ Use of Online Social Network Sites
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication|2007
9.8k cit.
3
Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election
The Journal of Economic Perspectives|2017
6.6k cit.
4
The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States
Annual Review of Political Science|2018
3.1k cit.
5
Framing Theory
Annual Review of Political Science|2007
2.9k cit.
6
Affect, Not Ideology
Public Opinion Quarterly|2012
2.6k cit.
7
Fear and Loathing across Party Lines: New Evidence on Group Polarization
American Journal of Political Science|2014
2.4k cit.
8
Framing European politics: A Content Analysis of Press and Television News
Journal of Communication|2000
2.4k cit.
9
Lazy, not biased: Susceptibility to partisan fake news is better explained by lack of reasoning than by motivated reasoning
Cognition|2018
2k cit.
10
Red Media, Blue Media: Evidence of Ideological Selectivity in Media Use
Journal of Communication|2009
1.9k cit.

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