Mitchell S. McKinney

Mitchell S. McKinney publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

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Mitchell S. McKinney D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

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Best Publications

• Introduction Political Information Efficacy and Young Voters

  Lynda Lee Kaid;Mitchell S. McKinney;John C. Tedesco

  324
  Citations

• Political Campaign Debates

  Mitchell S. McKinney;Diana B. Carlin

  283
  Citations

• Beyond learning and persona: extending the scope of presidential debate effects

  William L. Benoit;Mitchell S. McKinney;R. Lance Holbert

  171
  Citations

• Do Presidential Debates Matter? Examining a Decade of Campaign Debate Effects

  Mitchell S. McKinney;Benjamin R. Warner

  158
  Citations

• Live-Tweeting a Presidential Primary Debate: Exploring New Political Conversations

  Joshua Hawthorne;J. Brian Houston;Mitchell S. Mckinney

  112
  Citations

• A Gendered Influence in Campaign Debates? Analysis of Mixed‐gender United States Senate and Gubernatorial Debates

  Mary Christine Banwart;Mitchell S. McKinney

  107
  Citations

• Not Your Parents' Presidential Debates: Examining the Effects of the CNN/YouTube Debates on Young Citizens' Civic Engagement

  Mitchell S. McKinney;Leslie A. Rill

  104
  Citations

• The 1992 Presidential Debates in Focus

  Diana B. Carlin;Mitchell S. McKinney

  103
  Citations

• Political Engagement Through Debates: Young Citizens' Reactions to the 2004 Presidential Debates

  Mitchell S. McKinney;Sumana Chattopadhyay

  92
  Citations

• Effects of Watching Primary Debates in the 2000 U.S. Presidential Campaign.

  William L. Benoit;Mitchell S. McKinney;Michael T. Stephenson

  65
  Citations

• Social Watching a 2012 Republican Presidential Primary Debate

  Mitchell S. McKinney;J. Brian Houston;Joshua Hawthorne

  63
  Citations

• Tweeting During Presidential Debates: Effect on Candidate Evaluations and Debate Attitudes

  J. Brian Houston;Joshua Hawthorne;Matthew L. Spialek;Molly Greenwood

  55
  Citations

• To Unite and Divide: The Polarizing Effect of Presidential Debates

  Benjamin R. Warner;Mitchell S. McKinney

  30
  Citations

• The Front-Runner, Contenders, and Also-Rans: Effects of Watching a 2000 Republican Primary Debate

  Mitchell S. McKINNEY;Lynda Lee Kaid;Terry A. Robertson

  29
  Citations

• Frequency of Tweeting During Presidential Debates: Effect on Debate Attitudes and Knowledge

  J. Brian Houston;Mitchell S. McKinney;Joshua Hawthorne;Matthew L. Spialek

  26
  Citations

• Reconsidering partisanship as a constraint on the persuasive effects of debates

  Benjamin R. Warner;Mitchell S. McKinney;Josh C. Bramlett;Freddie J. Jennings

  22
  Citations

• Rocking the Youth Vote Through Debate: examining the effects of a citizen versus journalist controlled debate on civic engagement

  Mitchell S. Mckinney;Mary C. Banwart

  20
  Citations

• Co-Viewing, Tweeting, and Facebooking the 2012 Presidential Debates

  Esther Thorson;Joshua Hawthorne;Alecia Swasy;Mitchell S. McKinney

  18
  Citations

• The twitterization of journalism: User perceptions of news tweets:

  J Brian Houston;Mitchell S McKinney;Esther Thorson;Joshua Hawthorne

  17
  Citations

• Tweeting Presidential Primary Debates: Debate Processing Through Motivated Twitter Instruction:

  Freddie J. Jennings;Calvin R. Coker;Mitchell S. McKinney;Benjamin R. Warner

  17
  Citations