Joseph Turow publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Joseph Turow between 1974 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Joseph Turow published across 51 years, from 1974 to 2024, averaging 4.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2003. 5 of the 227 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15 20 25

1974 2024

227 publications in total across all disciplines

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Joseph Turow: publications per year, 1974 to 2024
Year	Publications
1974	4
1975	0
1976	1
1977	1
1978	2
1979	2
1980	3
1981	4
1982	5
1983	4
1984	1
1985	4
1986	0
1987	0
1988	0
1989	2
1990	1
1991	2
1992	3
1993	2
1994	2
1995	0
1996	2
1997	2
1998	2
1999	1
2000	4
2001	3
2002	2
2003	27
2004	23
2005	4
2006	2
2007	4
2008	12
2009	4
2010	5
2011	11
2012	7
2013	3
2014	5
2015	2
2016	5
2017	12
2018	6
2019	11
2020	4
2021	4
2022	12
2023	3
2024	2
Total	227

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Joseph Turow 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 Joseph Turow sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400

44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 205 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications	Scientists	This scientist
44–53	28
54–63	61
64–73	161
74–83	225
84–93	301
94–103	390
104–113	406
114–123	474
124–133	453
134–143	434
144–153	407
154–163	411
164–173	391
174–183	313
184–193	319
194–203	304
204–213	285	205
214–223	246
224–233	213
234–243	170
244–253	167
254–263	162
264–273	138
274–283	138
284–293	113
294–303	106
304–313	95
314–323	101
324–333	81
334–343	69
344–353	56
354–363	36
364–373	42
374–383	41
384–393	44
394–403	27
404–413	30
414–423	20
424–433	29
434–443	29
444–453	25
454–463	19
464–473	21
474–483	11
484–493	17
494–503	7
504–513	6
514–523	12
524–533	10
534–543	7
544–553	6
554–563	12
564–569	8
570+	100

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Joseph Turow 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 Joseph Turow sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index	Scientists	This scientist
30	177
31	210
32	222
33	188
34	181
35	243
36	261
37	272
38	278
39	300
40	297	40
41	308
42	313
43	300
44	269
45	260
46	228
47	251
48	203
49	186
50	187
51	166
52	138
53	141
54	131
55	137
56	109
57	129
58	95
59	105
60	106
61	86
62	94
63	77
64	79
65	59
66	68
67	51
68	49
69	40
70	43
71	40
72	50
73	46
74	43
75	45
76	45
77	30
78	25
79	31
80	29
81	18
82	21
83	26
84	15
85	15
86	19
87	19
88	12
89	7
90	19
91	20
92	13
93	9
94	13
95	8
96	7
97	6
98	6
99	6
100+	97

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Overview

Joseph Turow is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and contributes to research in communication and sociology and political science. Their work primarily addresses topics in media studies and communication, as well as privacy, security, and data protection.

Turow's recent papers include:

"Journalism and the Voice Intelligence Industry," 2020, Digital Journalism
"Americans Can't Consent to Companies' Use of Their Data: They Admit They Don't Understand It, Say They're Helpless to Control It, and Believe They're Harmed When Firms Use Their Data--Making What Companies Do Illegitimate," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Virtual Colloquium: The Unending Spiral of Personalization: Voice Profiling, Biometrics, Audience Construction, and the Future of Consent," 2021, Advertising & Society Quarterly

Some co-authors frequently collaborating with Turow include:

Yphtach Lelkes
Nora A. Draper
Ari Ezra Waldman
Nick Couldry
Mara Einstein

Turow has published regularly in venues such as:

Advertising & Society Quarterly
Digital Journalism
SSRN Electronic Journal
AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research

The academic also has multiple book publications. Two books have been released by Yale University Press: The Aisles Have Eyes (2020) and The Voice Catchers (2021). Additionally, The Voice Catchers: How Marketers Listen In to Exploit Your Feelings, Your Privacy, and Your Wallet was published by the Advertising Educational Foundation in 2021.

Best Publications

Breaking Up America: Advertisers and the New Media World

Joseph Turow

824
Citations
Niche Envy: Marketing Discrimination in the Digital Age

Joseph Turow

531
Citations
Media Systems in Society: Understanding Industries, Strategies, and Power

Joseph Turow

416
Citations
The corporate cultivation of digital resignation

Nora A Draper;Joseph Turow

374
Citations
Media Today : An Introduction to Mass Communication

Joseph Turow

368
Citations
Americans Reject Tailored Advertising and Three Activities That Enable It

Joseph Turow;Jennifer King;Jennifer King;Chris Jay Hoofnatle;Amy Bleakley

359
Citations
Playing Doctor: Television, Storytelling, and Medical Power

Joseph Turow

308
Citations
How Different are Young Adults From Older Adults When it Comes to Information Privacy Attitudes & Policies?

Chris Jay Hoofnagle;Jennifer King;Jennifer King;Su Li;Joseph Turow

271
Citations
Determinants of parental guidance of children's television viewing for a special subgroup: Mass media scholars

Carl R. Bybee;Danny Robinson;Joseph Turow

259
Citations
Media industries : the production of news and entertainment

Joseph Turow

221
Citations
Open to Exploitation: America's Shoppers Online and Offline

Joseph Turow;Lauren Feldman;Kimberly Meltzer

213
Citations
The Internet and the Family, 2000: The View from Parents, the View from Kids. Report Series No. 33.

Joseph Turow;Lilach Nir

209
Citations
Audience Construction and Culture Production: Marketing Surveillance in the Digital Age

Joseph Turow

185
Citations
Advertising, Big Data, and the Clearance of the Public Realm: Marketers' New Approaches to the Content Subsidy

Nick Couldry;Joseph Turow

166
Citations
Virtuality and Its Discontents: Searching for Community in Cyberspace

Joseph Turow;Andrea L. Kavanaugh

153
Citations
Americans Online Privacy: The System Is Broken

Joseph Turow

152
Citations
Talk show radio as interpersonal communication

Joseph Turow

142
Citations
The Aisles Have Eyes: How Retailers Track Your Shopping, Strip Your Privacy, and Define Your Power

Joseph Turow

135
Citations
Advising and Ordering: Daytime, Prime Time

Joseph Turow

133
Citations
The tradeoff fallacy: how marketers are misrepresenting American consumers and opening them up to exploitation

Joseph Turow;Michael Hennessy;Nora A Draper

127
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur L. Caplan New York University

Michael Hennessy University of Delaware

Jens Grossklags Technical University of Munich

Michael X. Delli Carpini University of Pennsylvania

Amy Bleakley University of Delaware

Lauren Feldman Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Joseph N. Cappella University of Pennsylvania

Kathleen Hall Jamieson University of Pennsylvania

External Links

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