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Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
45
Citations
8956
World Ranking
3862
National Ranking
1838

Overview

Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick is affiliated with The Ohio State University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences and Psychology, with a concentrated focus on Sociology and Political Science, Communication, Literature and Literary Theory, Social Psychology, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

The scientist's work covers multiple topics related to media and communication. These include:

  • Media Influence and Health
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Some of their recent papers, showing a range of publication venues and research focuses, include:

  • "Peers Versus Pros: Confirmation Bias in Selective Exposure to User-Generated Versus Professional Media Messages and Its Consequences," 2020, Mass Communication & Society
  • "Self-expression just a click away: Source interactivity impacts on confirmation bias and political attitudes," 2020, Computers in Human Behavior
  • "Beyond the Text: Testing Narrative Persuasion Mechanisms with Audio Messages," 2022, Mass Communication & Society
  • ""Affective News" and Attitudes: A Multi-Topic Experiment of Attitude Impacts From Political News and Fiction," 2020, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
  • "Instilling Belief in the Ability to Change for the Better: Narrative Persuasion for Sleep Hygiene Self-Efficacy," 2020, Health Communication

Frequently collaborated co-authors with this researcher include Melissa Robinson, Daniel Sude, Axel Westerwick, Morgan Quinn Ross, and Chris Cosma.

Their research has been published notably in the following venues with multiple contributions:

  • Mass Communication & Society
  • Technology Mind and Behavior
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly
  • Health Communication

Best Publications

  • Looking the Other Way: Selective Exposure to Attitude-Consistent and Counterattitudinal Political Information

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Jingbo Meng

  • The Matilda Effect in Science Communication: An Experiment on Gender Bias in Publication Quality Perceptions and Collaboration Interest

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Carroll J. Glynn;Michael Huge

  • News cues: Information scent and cognitive heuristics

    S. Shyam Sundar;Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Matthias R. Hastall

  • Choice and Preference in Media Use : Advances in Selective Exposure Theory and Research

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  • Confirmation Bias, Ingroup Bias, and Negativity Bias in Selective Exposure to Political Information:

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Cornelia Mothes;Nick Polavin

  • Preelection Selective Exposure Confirmation Bias Versus Informational Utility

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Steven B. Kleinman

  • Reinforcement of the Political Self Through Selective Exposure to Political Messages

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Jingbo Meng

  • Impact of Popularity Indications on Readers' Selective Exposure to Online News

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Nikhil Sharma;Derek L. Hansen;Scott Alter

  • Imagery Effects on the Selective Reading of Internet Newsmagazines

    Silvia Knobloch;Matthias R. Hastall;Dolf Zillmann;Coy Callison

  • Mood Management: Theory, Evidence, and Advancements.

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  • Effects of Lead Framing on Selective Exposure to Internet News Reports

    Dolf Zillmann;Lei Chen;Silvia Knobloch;Coy Callison

  • Confirmation Bias in Online Searches: Impacts of Selective Exposure Before an Election on Political Attitude Strength and Shifts

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Benjamin K. Johnson;Axel Westerwick

  • The Selective Exposure Self- and Affect-Management (SESAM) Model Applications in the Realms of Race, Politics, and Health

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  • Confirmation biases in selective exposure to political online information: Source bias vs. content bias

    Axel Westerwick;Benjamin K. Johnson;Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  • Please Your Self: Social Identity Effects on Selective Exposure to News About in- and Out-Groups

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Matthias R. Hastall

  • Sports spectators' suspense: Affect and uncertainty in sports entertainment

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Prabu David;Matthew S. Eastin;Ron Tamborini

  • Selective Exposure and Reinforcement of Attitudes and Partisanship Before a Presidential Election

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  • The Matilda Effect—Role Congruity Effects on Scholarly Communication: A Citation Analysis of Communication Research and Journal of Communication Articles

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Carroll J. Glynn

  • Mood Adjustment to Social Situations Through Mass Media Use: How Men Ruminate and Women Dissipate Angry Moods

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Scott Alter

  • Weighing Women Down: Messages on Weight Loss and Body Shaping in Editorial Content in Popular Women's Health and Fitness Magazines

    Laura E. Willis;Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick

  • Selective Exposure Effects for Positive and Negative News: Testing the Robustness of the Informational Utility Model:

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Francesca Dilltnan Carpentier;Andree Blumhoff;Nico Nickel

  • Political Online Information Searching in Germany and the United States: Confirmation Bias, Source Credibility, and Attitude Impacts

    Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick;Cornelia Mothes;Benjamin K. Johnson;Axel Westerwick

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron Tamborini
Ron Tamborini Michigan State University
Russell H. Fazio
Russell H. Fazio The Ohio State University
Matthew S. Eastin
Matthew S. Eastin The University of Texas at Austin
Andrew C. Billings
Andrew C. Billings University of Alabama

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