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Law and Political Science
Switzerland
2022

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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Law and Political Science D-index 44 Citations 9,584 111 World Ranking 160 National Ranking 3

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Awards & Achievements

2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Switzerland Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Politics
  • Social science
  • Law

Frank Esser mainly investigates Politics, Media studies, Political communication, Social science and Mass media. His Politics research includes elements of Comparative research and Political economy. His Media studies study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Content analysis and Public relations.

His studies examine the connections between Political communication and genetics, as well as such issues in Political culture, with regards to Communication studies, International political economy, Organizational communication, Political management and Comparative politics. Frank Esser works mostly in the field of Social science, limiting it down to topics relating to Social media and, in certain cases, Political spectrum, Elite, Ideology and Popular sovereignty. He has included themes like Representative democracy and News media in his Mass media study.

His most cited work include:

  • `Tabloidization' of News: A Comparative Analysis of Anglo-American and German Press Journalism (276 citations)
  • Populism and social media: how politicians spread a fragmented ideology (221 citations)
  • Political communication in a high-choice media environment: a challenge for democracy? (196 citations)

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

Frank Esser mostly deals with Politics, Political communication, Media studies, Political economy and Public relations. His Politics research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Social science, Content analysis and News media. His study focuses on the intersection of Political communication and fields such as Comparative research with connections in the field of Globalization and International communication.

His research in Media studies intersects with topics in Social media, Media logic, Opportunity structures and Mass media. His Political economy research integrates issues from Law, Political culture and Political system. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Political journalism and Government.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Politics (50.00%)
  • Political communication (30.26%)
  • Media studies (24.34%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Populism (17.76%)
  • Politics (50.00%)
  • Media studies (24.34%)

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

His primary scientific interests are in Populism, Politics, Media studies, Political communication and Political economy. His Populism research includes themes of Content analysis, Immigration and Ideology. His Politics research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Comparative research and Public relations.

His work deals with themes such as Social media and Opportunity structures, which intersect with Media studies. He combines subjects such as Government, Empirical research and Field with his study of Political communication. His work carried out in the field of Political economy brings together such families of science as General election and DUAL.

Between 2017 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Populism as an Expression of Political Communication Content and Style: A New Perspective. (87 citations)
  • Populist Political Communication in Europe (80 citations)
  • The Effects of Right-Wing Populist Communication on Emotions and Cognitions toward Immigrants: (37 citations)

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

  • Politics
  • Law
  • Social science

His scientific interests lie mostly in Populism, Media studies, Politics, Comparative research and Journalism. Frank Esser works mostly in the field of Media studies, limiting it down to topics relating to Social media and, in certain cases, Opportunity structures, as a part of the same area of interest. Frank Esser studies Politics, focusing on Political communication in particular.

His Political communication research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Democracy, Political economy, Field and Mass media. His Comparative research study incorporates themes from Disinformation and Public relations. His work investigates the relationship between Journalism and topics such as Content analysis that intersect with problems in Western world and Deliberation.

This overview was generated by a machine learning system which analysed the scientist’s body of work. If you have any feedback, you can contact us here.

Best Publications

Mediatization of politics : understanding the transformation of western democracies

Frank Esser;Jesper Strömbäck.
Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism (2016)

464 Citations

Populist Political Communication in Europe

Toril Aalberg;Frank Esser;Carsten Reinemann;Jesper Strömbäck.
(2018)

447 Citations

Political communication in a high-choice media environment: a challenge for democracy?

Peter van Aelst;Jesper Strömbäck;Toril Aalberg;Frank Esser.
Annals of the International Communication Association (2017)

359 Citations

Eskalation durch Berichterstattung? : Massenmedien und fremdenfeindliche Gewalt

Hans-Bernd Brosius;Frank Esser.
(1995)

315 Citations

Shaping Politics: Mediatization AND Media Interventionism

Jesper Strömbäck;Frank Esser.
Strömbäck, J; Esser, Frank (2009). Shaping politics: mediatization and media interventionism. In: Lundby, K. Mediatization: Concept, Changes, Consequences. New York: Peter Lang, 205-223. (2009)

304 Citations

Mediatization of Politics : Towards a Theoretical Framework

Jesper Strömbäck;Frank Esser.
Strömbäck, Jesper; Esser, Frank (2014). Mediatization of politics: Towards a theoretical framework. In: Esser, Frank; Strömbäck, Jesper. Mediatization of Politics : Understanding the Transformation of Western Democracies. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 3-28. (2014)

257 Citations

Pathway to Political Participation: The Influence of Online and Offline News Media on Internal Efficacy and Turnout of First-Time Voters

Judith Moeller;Claes de Vreese;Frank Esser;Ruth Kunz.
American Behavioral Scientist (2014)

191 Citations

Handbook of comparative communication research

Frank Esser;Thomas Hanitzsch.
(2012)

183 Citations

Political Information Opportunities in Europe A Longitudinal and Comparative Study of Thirteen Television Systems

Frank Esser;Claes H. de Vreese;Jesper Strömbäck;Peter van Aelst.
The International Journal of Press/Politics (2012)

178 Citations

Democracy in the age of globalization and mediatization

Hanspeter Kriesi;Sandra Lavenex;Frank Esser;Jörg Matthes.
Kriesi, Hanspeter; Lavenex, Sandra; Esser, Frank; Matthes, Jörg; Bühlmann, Marc; Bochsler, Daniel (2013). Democracy in the age of globalization and mediatization. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. (2013)

174 Citations

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