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Mary Beth Oliver 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 Mary Beth Oliver sits on this spectrum.

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31 publications 705+

This scientist: 152 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Mary Beth Oliver 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 Mary Beth Oliver sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 144+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mary Beth Oliver is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, and Psychology. Within these broad fields, their work touches on subfields such as Literature and Literary Theory, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Music, and Communication.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Media Influence and Health
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Media, Gender, and Advertising
  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Theater, Performance, and Music History

Mary Beth Oliver has contributed to multiple publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • Human Communication Research
  • Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications
  • Current Opinion in Psychology
  • Disability and Rehabilitation
  • Cyberpsychology Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace

They have co-authored work with several researchers, with the most frequent collaborators being:

  • Arthur A. Raney
  • Sophie H. Janicke-Bowles
  • Katherine R. Dale
  • Anne Bartsch
  • Danyang Zhao

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Mary Beth Oliver include:

  • Model of Inspiring Media, 2021, Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications
  • Social media use and eudaimonic well-being, 2022, Current Opinion in Psychology

In addition to journal articles, Mary Beth Oliver has authored a book titled Media Effects: Advances in Theory and Research (Edition 4), published in 2021 by the Directory of Open Access Books (OAPEN Foundation).

Best Publications

  • Gender differences in sexuality: a meta-analysis.

    Mary Beth Oliver;Janet Shibley Hyde

  • Entertainment as Pleasurable and Meaningful: Identifying Hedonic and Eudaimonic Motivations for Entertainment Consumption

    Mary Beth Oliver;Arthur A. Raney

  • Appreciation as Audience Response: Exploring Entertainment Gratifications beyond Hedonism.

    Mary Beth Oliver;Anne Bartsch

  • Exploring the Paradox of the Enjoyment of Sad Films

    Mary Beth Oliver

  • Portrayals of crime, race, and aggression in “reality‐based” police shows: A content analysis

    Mary Beth Oliver

  • THE SAGE handbook of media processes and effects

    Robin L Nabi;Mary Beth Oliver

  • Tender Affective States as Predictors of Entertainment Preference

    Mary Beth Oliver

  • Elevation in response to entertainment portrayals of moral virtue.

    Mary Beth Oliver;Tilo Hartmann;Julia K. Woolley

  • The Effect of Narrative News Format on Empathy for Stigmatized Groups

    Mary Beth Oliver;James Price Dillard;Keunmin Bae;Daniel J. Tamul

  • Appreciation of Entertainment

    Mary Beth Oliver;Anne Bartsch

  • Video Games as Meaningful Entertainment Experiences

    Mary Beth Oliver;Nicholas David Bowman;Julia K. Woolley;Ryan Rogers

  • African American men as “criminal and dangerous”: Implications of media portrayals of crime on the “criminalization” of African American men

    Mary Beth Oliver

  • The 2008 Presidential Election, 2.0: A Content Analysis of User-Generated Political Facebook Groups

    Julia K. Woolley;Anthony M. Limperos;Mary Beth Oliver

  • When Good Characters Do Bad Things: Examining the Effect of Moral Ambiguity on Enjoyment

    K. Maja Krakowiak;Mary Beth Oliver

  • The routledge handbook of media use and well-being: International perspectives on theory and research on positive media effects

    Leonard Reinecke;Mary Beth Oliver

  • Race and Crime in the News: Whites' Identification and Misidentification of Violent and Nonviolent Criminal Suspects

    Mary Beth Oliver;Dana Fonash

  • Self-transcendent Media Experiences: Taking Meaningful Media to a Higher Level

    Mary Beth Oliver;Arthur A. Raney;Michael D. Slater;Markus Appel

  • Exploring the role of meaningful experiences in users’ appreciation of “good movies”

    Mary Beth Oliver;Tilo Hartmann

  • Mood management and selective exposure.

    Mary Beth Oliver

  • An Examination of Factors Related to Sex Differences in Enjoyment of Sad Films

    Mary Beth Oliver;James B. Weaver;Stephanie Lee Sargent

  • Predictors of Viewing and Enjoyment of Reality-Based and Fictional Crime Shows

    Mary Beth Oliver;G. Blake Armstrong

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicole C. Krämer
Nicole C. Krämer University of Duisburg-Essen
Michael D. Slater
Michael D. Slater The Ohio State University
Janet Shibley Hyde
Janet Shibley Hyde University of Wisconsin–Madison
Robin L. Nabi
Robin L. Nabi University of California, Santa Barbara
Ron Tamborini
Ron Tamborini Michigan State University
Constantine Sedikides
Constantine Sedikides University of Southampton
James B. Weaver
James B. Weaver Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Joanne Cantor
Joanne Cantor University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jennings Bryant
Jennings Bryant University of Alabama
Constance A. Flanagan
Constance A. Flanagan University of Wisconsin–Madison

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