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Erica Weintraub Austin publication distribution in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Psychology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erica Weintraub Austin sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 101 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 705 publications or more.

Erica Weintraub Austin D-index placement in Psychology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Psychology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erica Weintraub Austin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 144 D-Index or more.

Overview

Erica Weintraub Austin is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with substantial work in the subfields of Sociology and Political Science, Education, Communication, Literature and Literary Theory, and Health. The scholar's interests focus on areas such as misinformation and its impacts, child development and digital technology, the impact of technology on adolescents, social media and politics, media influence and health, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and intersections of education, sociology, and communication studies.

They have contributed extensively to scholarly literature, with notable recent papers including:

  • How Media Literacy and Science Media Literacy Predicted the Adoption of Protective Behaviors Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2021, Journal of Health Communication
  • COVID-19 disinformation and political engagement among communities of color: The role of media literacy, 2021, Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review
  • A Media Literacy-Based Nutrition Program Fosters Parent-Child Food Marketing Discussions, Improves Home Food Environment, and Youth Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables, 2020, Childhood Obesity
  • Effects of Family-Centered Media Literacy Training on Family Nutrition Outcomes, 2020, Prevention Science

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Weintraub Austin include:

  • Bruce Austin
  • Shawn Domgaard
  • Porismita Borah
  • C. Kit Kaiser
  • Jessica Fitts Willoughby

Their work appears often in publication venues like:

  • Journal of Health Communication
  • American Journal of Health Promotion
  • Health Communication
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Substance Use & Misuse

In addition to journal articles, Weintraub Austin has contributed to academic books, including a forthcoming 2025 publication titled Knowing That Support is Available at Every Stage of the Journey: Tailoring Youth Homelessness Responses to Domestic, Family, and Sexual Violence, published by Queensland University of Technology.

Their research addresses public health communication, media literacy, misinformation, and digital technology's social impacts, often integrating perspectives from education and political science. This interdisciplinary approach informs investigations on protective behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, media literacy's role in combating disinformation, and family-centered interventions for nutrition and health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • Exploring the effects of active parental mediation of television content

    Erica Weintraub Austin

  • Strategic Public Relations Management: Planning and Managing Effective Communication Campaigns

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Bruce E. Pinkleton

  • How does alcohol advertising influence underage drinking? The role of desirability, identification and skepticism.

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Meng-Jinn Chen;Joel W. Grube

  • Relationships of media use and political disaffection to political efficacy and voting behavior

    Bruce E. Pinkleton;Erica Weintraub Austin;Kristine K. J. Fortman

  • Effects of General and Alcohol-Specific Media Literacy Training On Children's Decision Making About Alcohol

    E W Austin;K K Johnson

  • Effects of interpretations of televised alcohol portrayals on children's alcohol beliefs

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Heidi Kay Meili

  • Source v. Content Effects on Judgments of News Believability

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Qingwen Dong

  • Influences of Family Communication on Children's Television-Interpretation Processes

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Donald F. Roberts;Clifford I. Nass

  • Individual Motivations, Perceived Media Importance, and Political Disaffection

    Bruce E. Pinkleton;Erica Weintraub Austin

  • How and why parents take on the tube

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Paul Bolls;Yuki Fujioka;Jason Engelbertson

  • The Role of Interpretation Processes and Parental Discussion in the Media's Effects on Adolescents' Use of Alcohol

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Bruce E. Pinkleton;Yuki Fujioka

  • An Exploration of the Effects of Negative Political Advertising on Political Decision Making

    Bruce E. Pinkleton;Nam-Hyun Um;Erica Weintraub Austin

  • Immediate and Delayed Effects of Media Literacy Training on Third Grader's Decision Making for Alcohol

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Kristine Kay Johnson

  • Effects of a peer-led media literacy curriculum on adolescents' knowledge and attitudes toward sexual behavior and media portrayals of sex.

    Bruce E Pinkleton;Erica Weintraub Austin;Marilyn Cohen;Yi-Chun Yvonnes Chen

  • The Relationship of Family Communication Patterns to Parental Mediation Styles

    Yuki Fujioka;Erica Weintraub Austin

  • Predicting the Potential for Risky Behavior Among Those "Too Young" to Drink as the Result of Appealing Advertising

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Christopher Knaus

  • Celebrity Endorsements and Their Potential to Motivate Young Voters

    Erica Weintraub Austin;Rebecca Van de Vord;Bruce E. Pinkleton;Evan Epstein

  • Exploring college students' use of general and alcohol-related social media and their associations with alcohol-related behaviors.

    Eric W Hoffman;Bruce E Pinkleton;Erica Weintraub Austin;Wanda Reyes-Velázquez

  • Exploring Relationships Among Media Use Frequency, Perceived Media Importance, and Media Satisfaction in Political Disaffection and Efficacy

    Bruce E. Pinkleton;Erica Weintraub Austin

  • Media literacy education for elementary school substance use prevention: study of media detective.

    Janis B. Kupersmidt;Tracy M. Scull;Erica Weintraub Austin

  • A Statewide Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Media Literacy Training to Prevent Tobacco Use Among Adolescents

    Bruce E Pinkleton;Erica Weintraub Austin;Marilyn Cohen;Autumn Miller

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce E. Pinkleton
Bruce E. Pinkleton Washington State University
Thomas G. Power
Thomas G. Power Washington State University
Janis B. Kupersmidt
Janis B. Kupersmidt Innovation Research and Training
Joel W. Grube
Joel W. Grube Pacific Institute
Clifford Nass
Clifford Nass Stanford University
Brian A. Primack
Brian A. Primack Oregon State University

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