Christian Burgers

Best Publications

• Figurative framing: Shaping public discourse through metaphor, hyperbole, and irony

  Christian Burgers;Elly A. Konijn;Elly A. Konijn;Gerard J. Steen

  363
  Citations

• How feedback boosts motivation and play in a brain-training game

  Christian Burgers;Allison Eden;Mélisande D. van Engelenburg;Sander Buningh

  347
  Citations

• Political metaphor analysis: Discourse and scenarios [book review]

  Christian Burgers

  187
  Citations

• Finding Irony: An Introduction of the Verbal Irony Procedure (VIP)

  C.F. Burgers;M.J.P. van Mulken;P.J.M.C. Schellens

  187
  Citations

• The Effects of Metaphorical Framing on Political Persuasion: A Systematic Literature Review

  Amber Boeynaems;Christian Burgers;Elly A. Konijn;Gerard J. Steen

  185
  Citations

• When Do Natural Language Metaphors Influence Reasoning? A Follow-Up Study to Thibodeau and Boroditsky (2013)

  Gerard J. Steen;W. Gudrun Reijnierse;Christian Burgers

  172
  Citations

• Making ads less complex, yet more creative and persuasive: the effects of conventional metaphors and irony in print advertising

  Christian Burgers;Elly A. Konijn;Gerard J. Steen;Marlies A.R. Iepsma

  138
  Citations

• DMIP: A Method for Identifying Potentially Deliberate Metaphor in Language Use

  W. Gudrun Reijnierse;W. Gudrun Reijnierse;Christian Burgers;Tina Krennmayr;Gerard J. Steen

  112
  Citations

• How stereotypes are shared through language: A review and introduction of the Social Categories and Stereotypes Communication (SCSC) Framework

  Camiel J. Beukeboom;Christian Burgers

  105
  Citations

• Verbal irony: Differences in usage across written genres

  C.F. Burgers;M.J.P. van Mulken;P.J.M.C. Schellens

  104
  Citations

• Gamification as a tool for engaging student learning: A field experiment with a gamified app:

  Kasper Welbers;Elly A Konijn;Christian Burgers;Anna Bij de Vaate

  98
  Citations

• How the doc should (not) talk: When breaking bad news with negations influences patients' immediate responses and medical adherence intentions

  Christian Burgers;Camiel J. Beukeboom;Lisa Sparks;Lisa Sparks

  85
  Citations

• Type of evaluation and marking of irony: The role of perceived complexity and comprehension

  C.F. Burgers;M.J.P. van Mulken;P.J.M.C. Schellens

  79
  Citations

• HIP: A Method for Linguistic Hyperbole Identification in Discourse

  Christian Burgers;Britta C. Brugman;Kiki Y. Renardel de Lavalette;Gerard J. Steen

  77
  Citations

• Systematic literature reviews: Four applications for interdisciplinary research

  Christian Burgers;Christian Burgers;Britta C. Brugman;Amber Boeynaems

  75
  Citations

• How viruses and beasts affect our opinions (or not): The role of extendedness in metaphorical framing

  W.G. Reijnierse;C.F. Burgers;T. Krennmayr;G.J. Steen

  69
  Citations

• Metaphorical framing in political discourse through words vs. concepts: A meta-analysis

  Britta C. Brugman;Christian Burgers;Barbara Vis

  63
  Citations

• Metaphor in communication: The distribution of potentially deliberate metaphor across register and word class

  W.G. Reijnierse;C.F. Burgers;T. Krennmayr;G.J. Steen

  62
  Citations

• Recategorizing political frames: A systematic review of metaphorical framing in experiments on political communication

  Britta C. Brugman;Christian Burgers;Gerard J. Steen

  38
  Citations

• Rousing reviews and instigative images: The impact of online reviews and visual design characteristics on app downloads

  Christian Burgers;Allison Eden;Robin de Jong;Sander Buningh

  37
  Citations