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Media and Digital Communication

Media and Digital Communication is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1952. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to digital communication, media studies, and the impact of technology on information dissemination. It includes discussions on social media, television, internet, new media, convergence, and interactive communication. The papers explore the influence of online platforms and information technology on various aspects of communication and media.

  • Digital Communication
  • Media Studies
  • Social Media
  • Television
  • Internet
  • New Media
  • Convergence
  • Information Technology
  • Interactive Communication
  • Online Platforms
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Media and Digital Communication

Which countries lead Media and Digital Communication research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (901 and 267 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 901 works
  2. 2 Mexico 267 works
  3. 3 Brazil 258 works
  4. 4 Argentina 212 works
  5. 5 Ecuador 158 works
  6. 6 Colombia 123 works
  7. 7 United States 97 works
  8. 8 Peru 90 works
  9. 9 Chile 80 works
  10. 10 Portugal 48 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Spain: 40.3%Mexico: 12.0%Brazil: 11.5%Argentina: 9.5%6 others listed: 26.7%40%largest
Spain901 · 40.3%Mexico267 · 12.0%Brazil258 · 11.5%Argentina212 · 9.5%6 others listed597 · 26.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Media and Digital Communication research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Complutense de Madrid publishes the most Media and Digital Communication research, followed by Universidad de Málaga and Universidad de Sevilla.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 83 works
  2. 2 Universidad de MálagaSpain 52 works
  3. 3 Universidad de SevillaSpain 49 works
  4. 4 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 45 works
  5. 5 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 45 works
  6. 6 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 38 works
  7. 7 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 36 works
  8. 8 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 34 works
  9. 9 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 33 works
  10. 10 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Media and Digital Communication?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Media and Digital Communication include Pierre Bourdıeu, Mark Damian Griffiths and Sigmund Freud.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Mark Damian Griffiths United Kingdom 133k citations
  3. 3 Sigmund Freud Brazil 97k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Media and Digital Communication?

The most cited paper in Media and Digital Communication is "Digital communications" (L. A. A. Warnes, 1994), with 6,530 citations. Next come "What's in a Frame? A Content Analysis of Media Framing Studies in the World's Leading Communication Journals, 1990-2005" (559) and "Narrativas transmedia. Cuando todos los medios cuentan" (491).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Digital communications L. A. A. Warnes Book chapter 1994 6,530
2 What's in a Frame? A Content Analysis of Media Framing Studies in the World's Leading Communication Journals, 1990-2005 Jörg Matthes · Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Jun 2009 559
3 Narrativas transmedia. Cuando todos los medios cuentan Núria Puig Borràs · Communication Papers Open access Jun 2013 491
4 Explaining the Global Digital Divide: Economic, Political and Sociological Drivers of Cross-National Internet Use M. F. Guillen, Sandra L. Suárez · Social Forces Dec 2005 441
5 Media Competence. Articulated Proposal of Dimensions and Indicators Joan Ferrés Prats, Alejandro Piscitelli · Comunicar Open access Mar 2012 397
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Media and Digital Communication research done?

The largest centres of Media and Digital Communication research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Barcelona (Spain). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Loja, Logroño and Málaga.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 206 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 103 works
  3. 3 Buenos AiresArgentina 89 works
  4. 4 BarcelonaSpain 57 works
  5. 5 SevilleSpain 57 works
  6. 6 BogotáColombia 56 works
  7. 7 LimaPeru 53 works
  8. 8 MálagaSpain 52 works
  9. 9 SantiagoChile 50 works
  10. 10 ValenciaSpain 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LojaEC · 27.9 works67×
  2. LogroñoES · 32.8 works55×
  3. MálagaES · 52.2 works52×
  4. CastellonES · 22.3 works47×
  5. ValladolidES · 37.1 works44×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Media and Digital Communication than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Media and Digital Communication?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Nebrija, Universitat Jaume I and Universidad de Málaga score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 22.64%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad NebrijaUniversitat Jaume IUniversidad de NavarraUniversidad de Málaga
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad NebrijaSpain 74.630.7%185.5×16 +86.8%
2Universitat Jaume ISpain 70.130.5%63.9×21 +32.7%
3Universidad de MálagaSpain 69.817.7%77.3×52 +16.6%
4Universidad de NavarraSpain 69.328.4%33.2×19 +36.4%
5Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSpain 65.024.7%53.7×36 -6.4%
6Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 64.815.7%81.4×45 +8.7%
7Universidad de ValladolidSpain 64.716.6%48.3×31 +15.2%
8Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 64.014.0%43.0×83 -3.3%
9Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain 61.518.2%105.3×29 +70.6%
10Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain 59.429.9%24.8×10 -51.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Media and Digital Communication, country by country

Is Media and Digital Communication research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2016.

still counting19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Media and Digital Communication as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Media and Digital Communication0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Media and Digital Communication over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Media and Digital Communication9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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