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D-Index
41
Citations
8108
World Ranking
4996
National Ranking
352

David Rowe publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Rowe sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 269 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David Rowe D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David Rowe sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Politics

His scientific interests lie mostly in Media studies, Advertising, News media, Social science and Ideology. Particularly relevant to Popular culture is his body of work in Media studies. His Advertising research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Digital media, Broadcasting, Content, Convergence and Fandom.

He has researched News media in several fields, including Public broadcasting, Newspaper, Media relations and Public service. The concepts of his Social science study are interwoven with issues in Tertiary sector of the economy, Grand final, Urban planning and Public administration. His studies in Ideology integrate themes in fields like Qualitative research, Obituary, Narrative and Negotiation.

His most cited work include:

  • Globalization and Sport: Playing the World (188 citations)
  • Sport, culture and the media : the unruly trinity (155 citations)
  • Sport and the Repudiation of the Global (140 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

David Rowe focuses on Media studies, Advertising, Gender studies, Public relations and Politics. His Media studies research incorporates elements of Football, Globalization, Ideology, Mass media and Power. David Rowe focuses mostly in the field of Mass media, narrowing it down to matters related to Sociology of sport and, in some cases, Popular culture.

His work on News media and Public broadcasting as part of general Advertising study is frequently linked to Consumption, therefore connecting diverse disciplines of science. His News media research incorporates themes from Media conglomerate, Media relations and Public service. His study in Public relations is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Project commissioning and Newspaper.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Media studies (29.71%)
  • Advertising (18.83%)
  • Gender studies (11.72%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Media studies (29.71%)
  • Advertising (18.83%)
  • Production (2.51%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

David Rowe mostly deals with Media studies, Advertising, Production, Politics and Consumption. While working on this project, he studies both Media studies and Social organisation. His study in the field of Television studies also crosses realms of Work.

His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Subject, News media and Set. His Development economics study deals with Power intersecting with Sociology of sport, Sociology of leisure and Public relations. While the research belongs to areas of Sociology of sport, David Rowe spends his time largely on the problem of Football, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Sociocultural evolution.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Why Are Others So Polarized? Perceived Political Polarization and Media Use in 10 Countries (33 citations)
  • Sports Journalism and the FIFA Scandal Personalization, Co-optation, and Investigation (18 citations)
  • Over-the-top sport: live streaming services, changing coverage rights markets and the growth of media sport portals: (17 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Politics

His primary areas of study are Media studies, Politics, Globalization, Citizenship and Social science. In his articles, he combines various disciplines, including Media studies and Key. The Politics study combines topics in areas such as Sociocultural evolution, News media and Public relations.

His work carried out in the field of Globalization brings together such families of science as Higher education, Political economy, Development economics and Tourism. Within one scientific family, David Rowe focuses on topics pertaining to Gender studies under Citizenship, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Identity, Loyalty, Mass media, National consciousness and Romance. His work deals with themes such as Project commissioning and Power, which intersect with Social science.

Best Publications

  • Globalization and Sport: Playing the World

    Toby Miller;Geoffrey A. Lawrence;Jim McKay;David Rowe

  • Sport Beyond Television: The Internet, Digital Media and the Rise of Networked Media Sport

    Brett Hutchins;David Rowe

  • Sports journalism: Still the `toy department' of the news media?

    David Rowe

  • Popular Cultures: Rock Music, Sport and the Politics of Pleasure

    David Rowe

  • Sport and the Repudiation of the Global

    David Rowe

  • Sport, culture and the media : the unruly trinity

    David Rowe

  • Come Together: Sport, Nationalism, and the Media Image

    David Rowe;Jim McKay;Toby Miller

  • From Broadcast Scarcity to Digital Plenitude The Changing Dynamics of the Media Sport Content Economy

    Brett Hutchins;David Charles Rowe

  • Globalization and Sport

    T. Miller;G. A. Lawrence;J. McKay;D. Rowe

  • Global Media Sport: Flows, Forms and Futures

    David Rowe

  • International TV News, Foreign Affairs Interest and Public Knowledge: A Comparative Study of Foreign News Coverage and Public Opinion in 11 Countries

    Toril Aalberg;Stylianos Papathanassopoulos;Stuart Soroka;James Curran

  • Auntie Knows Best? Public Broadcasters and Current Affairs Knowledge

    Stuart Soroka;Blake Andrew;Toril Aalberg;Shanto Iyengar

  • Sources in the News: A Comparative Study

    Rodney Tiffen;Paul K. Jones;David Rowe;Toril Aalberg

  • The global love-match: sport and television

    David Rowe

  • Why Are Others So Polarized? Perceived Political Polarization and Media Use in 10 Countries

    JungHwan Yang;Hernando Rojas;Magdalena Wojcieszak;Toril Aalberg

  • Over-the-top sport: live streaming services, changing coverage rights markets and the growth of media sport portals:

    Brett Hutchins;Bo Li;David Rowe

  • Reconsidering 'virtuous circle' and 'media malaise' theories of the media: An 11-nation study

    James P. Curran;Sharon Coen;Stuart Soroka;Toril Aalberg

  • Internet revolution revisited: a comparative study of online news

    James Curran;Sharon Coen;Toril Aalberg;Kaori Hayashi

  • Sport, Media, and Consumption in Asia: A Merchandised Milieu

    David Rowe;Callum Gilmour

  • Online Threat, But Television is Still Dominant

    Stylianos Papathanassopoulos;Sharon Coen;James P. Curran;Toril Aalberg

Frequent Co-Authors

James McKay
James McKay International Agency For Research On Cancer
Geoffrey Lawrence
Geoffrey Lawrence University of Queensland
Toby Miller
Toby Miller University of California, Riverside
James Curran
James Curran University of Sydney
Toril Aalberg
Toril Aalberg Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Stuart Soroka
Stuart Soroka University of California, Los Angeles
Shanto Iyengar
Shanto Iyengar Stanford University
Hernando Rojas
Hernando Rojas University of Wisconsin–Madison
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett Western Sydney University
Pauline M McGuirk
Pauline M McGuirk University of Wollongong

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