Communication papers

Pofolia’s corpus holds 113 papers from Communication (2012–2026), each with a short summary. Below, the 20 most-cited, then the most recently added.

At a glance

• Most cited: Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy (2014, 5,506 citations).
• The 20 papers listed have 46,256 citations between them.
• 8 of the 9 with a known journal quartile appeared in a Q1 journal.
• 1 have a free full text (open access).
• Most frequent journals: Andalas University Repository (Andalas University), Information Communication & Society, Cambridge University Press eBooks.
• Published between 2012 and 2024.

Most cited

Ranked by citation count. Because citations accumulate over time, this list naturally leans towards work published a few years ago; for where the field is now, see “recently added”. How to read the signals

• Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy

  2014 · FWCI 685.14 · 5,506 citations

  This paper critiques the concept of the public sphere, arguing that the civic republican model, which emphasizes collective deliberation towards a common good, is often undermined by the rhetoric of domestic privacy. This rhetoric personalizes or familiarizes issues, excluding them from public debate.

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• The Wealth of Networks

  Yale University Press eBooks · 2017 · FWCI 159.96 · 3,730 citations

  The internet is fundamentally altering information production, enabling 'social production' that can enhance freedom and diversity, but this promise is threatened by a campaign to preserve the old industrial information economy.

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• Wikidata

  Communications of the ACM · 2014 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 135.84 · 3,320 citations · Open access

  Wikidata is a collaboratively edited knowledge base designed to serve as a common data source for Wikipedia and other projects.

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• Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook

  Science · 2015 · Q1 · SJR 10.00 · FWCI 379.93 · 3,199 citations

  On Facebook, users' own choices, rather than the platform's algorithm, are the primary driver in limiting their exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinions.

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• THE LOGIC OF CONNECTIVE ACTION

  Information Communication & Society · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · FWCI 140.96 · 2,921 citations

  Large-scale protests are increasingly leveraging digital media through a 'connective action' logic, distinct from traditional 'collective action' models, by relying on personalized content sharing across media networks rather than solely on formal organizations.

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• The Culture of Connectivity

  2013 · FWCI 51.17 · 2,505 citations

  This book analyzes the rise of social media platforms from their amateur origins to becoming global data mining corporations by 2012.

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• Revolution in Poetic Language

  Columbia University Press eBooks · 2024 · FWCI 91.52 · 2,339 citations

  Julia Kristeva introduces her core concepts of the semiotic and symbolic, exploring their interplay and challenging established linguistic, psychoanalytic, philosophical, and literary theories.

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• Ilmu komunikasi : Suatu pengantar

  Andalas University Repository (Andalas University) · 2017 · 2,252 citations

  This book serves as an introduction to communication science, exploring differences in communication across species, historical periods, and modern human language, including slang.

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• Networks of outrage and hope: social movements in the internet age

  Information Communication & Society · 2013 · Q1 · SJR 1.00 · 1,911 citations

  This paper explores how social movements operate and are shaped by the internet, focusing on the dynamics of online networks.

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• Race after technology. Abolitionist tools for the new Jim Code

  Ethnic and Racial Studies · 2020 · Q1 · FWCI 312.84 · 1,898 citations

  This work argues that the increasing integration of big tech into society is creating a new form of racial discrimination, termed the 'new Jim Code'. It proposes leveraging abolitionist strategies to dismantle these technologically-driven systems of oppression.

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• The Logic of Connective Action

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2013 · FWCI 62.19 · 1,830 citations

  This book introduces a theoretical framework explaining how personalized, digitally networked politics enables large-scale collective action on issues like economic fairness and climate change.

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• Social Media Use for News and Individuals' Social Capital, Civic Engagement and Political Participation

  Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 138.77 · 1,809 citations

  Seeking news via social media platforms significantly predicts higher social capital and increased civic and political participation, both online and offline.

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• Why people use social media: a uses and gratifications approach

  Qualitative Market Research An International Journal · 2013 · Q2 · FWCI 52.61 · 1,764 citations

  This paper identifies ten distinct uses and gratifications that drive consumer engagement with social media, applying the uses and gratifications theory.

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• 75. Networks of Outrage and Hope: Social Movements in the Internet Age

  Democracy · 2016 · FWCI 698.92 · 1,724 citations

  This book explores how contemporary social movements, from the Arab revolutions to Occupy Wall Street, share a common reliance on Internet and social media-based communication networks.

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• Personal connections in the digital age

  Choice Reviews Online · 2016 · 1,723 citations

  This work argues that the concept of 'cyberspace' as a distinct realm for online interaction is a myth, and that digital media are deeply integrated into everyday relationships.

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• FILTER BUBBLE

  Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG eBooks · 2012 · FWCI 19.37 · 1,679 citations

  The abstract provided is a journal scope description and does not contain specific research findings, results, or claims.

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• Teknik Praktis : Riset Komunikasi

  Andalas University Repository (Andalas University) · 2014 · 1,588 citations

  This book aims to address the scarcity of communication research books in Indonesia by providing systematic and in-depth coverage of various communication research types and their practical applications.

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• Infrastructure studies meet platform studies in the age of Google and Facebook

  New Media & Society · 2016 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 110.71 · 1,535 citations

  This paper proposes a combined theoretical framework by integrating 'infrastructure studies' and 'platform studies' to better understand contemporary digital media.

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• Social Media and the Decision to Participate in Political Protest: Observations From Tahrir Square

  Journal of Communication · 2012 · Q1 · SJR 2.00 · FWCI 160.74 · 1,534 citations

  Social media, especially Facebook, served as a crucial, uncontrollable information source that significantly increased the likelihood of citizens deciding to participate in the Tahrir Square protests.

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• The Hybrid Media System

  Oxford University Press eBooks · 2013 · FWCI 33.38 · 1,489 citations

  Political communication is now shaped by the interplay of old and new media, where power lies with those who effectively manage information flows across these interconnected systems.

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Recently added

• Metáforas de la Comunicación Organizacional en la Academia Latinoamericana: Un Diálogo Norte-Sur

  Management Communication Quarterly · 2026 · Q1

  A new typology of five primary and five complex metaphors for organizational communication, developed from a dialogue between North American and Latin American scholarship, reinterprets existing frameworks and highlights the 'transmission' metaphor.

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• Beyond Formal Oversight: Contested Issues, Digital Traces, and the Justificatory Consequences of Felt Accountability

  Financial Accountability and Management · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00

  Brazilian legislators facing digitally recorded scrutiny for controversial policies showed a stronger tendency to justify their actions based on interest group demands, even from groups without formal sanctioning power.

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• Coded anxiety and social dissent in Chinese internet slang amidst extensive surveillance

  Social Sciences & Humanities Open · 2026 · Q1

  Chinese internet slang on Weibo and Douyin functions as both a tool for evading surveillance and a symptom of limited civic expression, revealing coded anxiety and social dissent.

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• Not my democracy: conceptions, discontent, and participation in Europe

  European Political Science Review · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00

  Citizens' specific conceptions of democracy, not just their overall support, significantly influence their satisfaction with democracy and subsequent political participation.

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• Deliberating with stories: Exploring the nature and role of small stories as informal deliberation in an online community

  Communication and Democracy · 2026 · Q2

  Small stories, both explicated and evoked, are a prominent deliberative tactic in the online community r/ChangeMyView, functioning to reframe arguments, invite participation, and establish credibility.

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• When diplomats go populist: the normalization of populist discourse in digital diplomacy

  Social Semiotics · 2026 · Q1

  US ambassador to Israel on X employs populist rhetoric, shifting from formal to informal and transgressive communication, using defamation and mockery against international institutions, media, and activists.

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• The few, the loud: platform-mediated articulation of conspiratorial discourse by political elites on X and Facebook

  Information Communication & Society · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00

  A narrow set of predominantly far-right political elites, termed 'conspiracy entrepreneurs,' disproportionately produce and amplify conspiratorial discourse on X and Facebook, generating higher engagement than their peers despite similar posting and following rates.

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• The interplay of social capital, digital transformation and sustainability for designing international marketing strategies: a systematic literature review

  International Marketing Review · 2026 · Q1 · SJR 1.00

  This systematic literature review synthesizes 92 articles to propose a theoretical framework linking social capital, digital transformation, and sustainability for international marketing strategies.

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