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New Media and Society
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New Media and Society

1461-4448

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/nms

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 28 54 90 29

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 142
Documents by Best Scientists*: 180
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 3
SCIMAGO H-index: 160
SCIMAGO SJR: 2.4
Impact Factor: 4.3

Overview

Top Research Topics at New Media & Society?

The journal investigates studies in Media studies, Social media, The Internet, Social psychology and Politics. Issues in Media studies were discussed, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like New media, Social science and Digital media. The The Internet works featured in the journal incorporate elements from Marketing and Internet privacy.

Studies on Marketing discussed in it link to the field of Public relations. New Media & Society is focused mainly on Politics, particularly Political communication.

  • Media studies (23.46%)
  • Social media (19.20%)
  • The Internet (17.18%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • I Tweet Honestly, I Tweet Passionately: Twitter Users, Context Collapse, and the Imagined Audience (2144 citations)
  • Taking risky opportunities in youthful content creation: teenagers' use of social networking sites for intimacy, privacy and self-expression (1262 citations)
  • Connection Strategies: Social Capital Implications of Facebook-enabled Communication Practices (913 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at New Media & Society:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as The Internet, Social psychology, Internet privacy, Social media and World Wide Web. Issues in The Internet were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Marketing and Public relations. The most cited papers explore research in Politics and overlapping concepts in Media studies to expand the discourse in Social media.

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in New Media & Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Steve Jones (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Homero Gil de Zúñiga (9 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Nicholas W. Jankowski (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Sonia Livingstone (9 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Seth C. Lewis (8 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in New Media & Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Amsterdam (46 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Southern California (43 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • London School of Economics and Political Science (40 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
  • Indiana University (39 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition,
  • Nanyang Technological University (37 papers) published 8 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 8.96% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 16.39% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 10.49% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 18.36% of all publications and 54.75% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Paths in New Media & Society Studies

An increasing trend in the various fields of media and communication focuses on the projected career paths in the new media and society studies. While this write-up does not detail the numerous job prospects in these research disciplines, one of the growing fields is academic research, where individuals can progress to roles like researchers, professors or analysts, contributing to their preferred sub-fields in media and social or political communication. However, media and communication studies also open up a range of non-academic career paths. This includes opportunities in digital marketing, public relations, internet privacy, and even therapeutic professions which utilize technology and media in their practice, such as marriage and family therapists. Virginia, in particular, has observed a rising interest in the role of a marriage and family therapist. This role often requires a firm grasp of social psychology – a recurring topic in New Media & Society studies. Aspiring therapists in Virginia must meet specific Marriage counselor education requirements in Virginia which demand a deep understanding of media influences on family dynamics and interpersonal communication. Career advisement for New Media & Society students is crucial. As such, it is encouraged that these students must explore, early on, the potential fields they can branch into and strategize their academic journey accordingly. An overview of such potential job fields and the qualifications they require may contribute significantly to the study's practice and application. This, in-turn, also helps in enhancing students' understanding of the scope and relevance of their chosen field.

Top Publications

  • The associations of active and passive social media use with well-being: A critical scoping review

    (2021)
    246 Citations
  • Believing and sharing misinformation, fact-checks, and accurate information on social media: The role of anxiety during COVID-19

    Isabelle Freiling;Nicole M Krause;Dietram A Scheufele;Dominique Brossard

    (2021)
    205 Citations
  • Does the platform matter? Social media and COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in 17 countries:

    Yannis Theocharis;Ana Cardenal;Soyeon Jin;Toril Aalberg

    (2021)
    143 Citations
  • The outcomes of gaining digital skills for young people’s lives and wellbeing: A systematic evidence review:

    Sonia Livingstone;Giovanna Mascheroni;Mariya Stoilova

    (2021)
    124 Citations
  • Staying connected while physically apart: Digital communication when face-to-face interactions are limited:

    Minh Hao Nguyen;Jonathan Gruber;Will Marler;Amanda Hunsaker

    (2021)
    118 Citations
  • Constructing alternative facts: Populist expertise and the QAnon conspiracy

    (2022)
    99 Citations
  • Trump, Twitter, and news media responsiveness: a media systems approach

    Christopher Wells;Dhavan Shah;Josephine Lukito;Ayellet Pelled

    (2020)
    98 Citations
  • Epistemologies of digital journalism and the study of misinformation

    Mats Ekström;Seth C. Lewis;Oscar Westlund

    (2020)
    95 Citations
  • Performing populism: Trump’s transgressive debate style and the dynamics of Twitter response:

    Erik P. Bucy;Jordan M. Foley;Josephine Lukito;Larissa Doroshenko

    (2020)
    91 Citations
  • When viruses and misinformation spread: How young Singaporeans navigated uncertainty in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak

    Edson C Tandoc;James Chong Boi Lee

    (2020)
    84 Citations

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