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Philip M. Napoli

Philip M. Napoli

D-Index & Metrics

Political Science

D-Index
32
Citations
7078
World Ranking
979
National Ranking
505

Philip M. Napoli publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philip M. Napoli sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 333+

This scientist: 152 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 333 publications or more.

Philip M. Napoli D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Philip M. Napoli sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 62+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 62 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Overview

Philip M. Napoli is affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with specific focus on subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Artificial Intelligence, Law, and Political Science and International Relations.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Freedom of Expression and Defamation
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies

Philip M. Napoli has been published frequently in these venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • Journal of Information Policy
  • Health Promotion Perspectives
  • European Journal of Communication

Recent papers authored by Philip M. Napoli include:

  • "The platform beat: Algorithmic watchdogs in the disinformation age," 2021, European Journal of Communication
  • "Connecting Journalism and Public Policy: New Concerns and Continuing Challenges," 2020, Digital Journalism
  • "The symbolic uses of platforms: The politics of platform governance in the United States," 2021, Journal of Digital Media & Policy
  • "Back from the dead (again): The specter of the Fairness Doctrine and its lesson for social media regulation," 2021, Policy & Internet

Another relevant paper listed under recent publications, although not authored by Napoli, is "Social media for public health: Reaping the benefits, mitigating the harms," 2023, Health Promotion Perspectives.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Philip M. Napoli include:

  • Minna Aslama
  • Ellen Goodman
  • Allen Hammond
  • Robert Horwitz
  • Robert W. McChesney

Philip M. Napoli received the Andrew Carnegie Fellow award in 2017.

Best Publications

  • Audience Evolution: New Technologies and the Transformation of Media Audiences

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Deconstructing the diversity principle

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Foundations of Communications Policy: Principles and Process in the Regulation of Electronic Media

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Automated Media: An Institutional Theory Perspective on Algorithmic Media Production and Consumption

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Audience Economics: Media Institutions and the Audience Marketplace

    Philip M. Napoli

  • The Emerging Mobile Internet Underclass: A Critique of Mobile Internet Access

    Philip M. Napoli;Jonathan A. Obar

  • REVISITING “MASS COMMUNICATION” AND THE “WORK” OF THE AUDIENCE IN THE NEW MEDIA ENVIRONMENT

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Social Media and the Public Interest

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  • Social media and the public interest

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Why media companies insist they're not media companies, why they're wrong, and why it matters

    Philip M. Napoli;Robyn Caplan

  • Audience Evolution and the Future of Audience Research

    Philip M. Napoli

  • THE MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS METAPHOR IN COMMUNICATIONS REGULATION

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Exposure Diversity Reconsidered

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Local Journalism and the Information Needs of Local Communities: Toward a scalable assessment approach

    Philip M. Napoli;Sarah Stonbely;Kathleen McCollough;Bryce Renninger

  • Media Diversity and Localism : Meaning and Metrics

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Rethinking Program Diversity Assessment: An Audience-Centered Approach

    Philip M. Napoli

  • What If More Speech Is No Longer the Solution? First Amendment Theory Meets Fake News and the Filter Bubble

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Consumer Use of Medical Information from Electronic and Paper Media: A Literature Review

    Philip M. Napoli

  • On Automation in Media Industries: Integrating Algorithmic Media Production into Media Industries Scholarship

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Reconfiguring the Audience Commodity: The Institutionalization of Social TV Analytics as Market Information Regime

    Allie Kosterich;Philip M. Napoli

  • Media Ownership Regulations and Local News Programming on Broadcast Television: An Empirical Analysis

    Philip M. Napoli;Michael Zhaoxu Yan

  • A Principal-Agent Approach to the Study of Media Organizations: Toward a Theory of the Media Firm

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Social Media and the Public Interest: Media Regulation in the Disinformation Age

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Audience Valuation and Minority Media: An Analysis of the Determinants of the Value of Radio Audiences

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Portrait of the Online Local News Audience

    Kathleen McCollough;Jessica K. Crowell;Philip M. Napoli

  • TOWARD A MODEL OF AUDIENCE EVOLUTION: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF MEDIA AUDIENCES

    Philip M. Napoli

  • Social Media and the Public Interest: Governance of News Platforms in the Realm of Individual and Algorithmic Gatekeepers

    Philip M. Napoli

Frequent Co-Authors

Maureen Taylor
Maureen Taylor University of Technology Sydney
danah boyd
danah boyd Microsoft (United States)
Henry C. Lucas
Henry C. Lucas University of Maryland, College Park

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