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Media Influence and Politics

Media Influence and Politics is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 9.4k research works in it since 1950. 37.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the influence of media bias on government responsiveness, voting behavior, and political polarization. It delves into the impact of various forms of media, including television, social media, and newspapers, on shaping public opinion, political knowledge, and policy outcomes. The research also examines the role of propaganda, partisan control, and information diversity in media content.

  • Media Bias
  • Political Economy
  • Government Responsiveness
  • Voting Behavior
  • News Media
  • Television Impact
  • Social Media
  • Propaganda
  • Partisan Control
  • Information Diversity
Research works
9.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
37.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+72%
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Which countries lead Media Influence and Politics research?

By volume, the United States and Germany publish the most (774 and 168 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 774 works
  2. 2 Germany 168 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 159 works
  4. 4 China 148 works
  5. 5 India 114 works
  6. 6 Italy 98 works
  7. 7 Nigeria 81 works
  8. 8 Spain 66 works
  9. 9 Canada 62 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 58 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.

United States: 44.8%Germany: 9.8%United Kingdom: 9.2%China: 8.6%6 others listed: 27.6%45%largest
United States774 · 44.8%Germany168 · 9.8%United Kingdom159 · 9.2%China148 · 8.6%6 others listed477 · 27.6%

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

Which institutions lead Media Influence and Politics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Chicago publishes the most Media Influence and Politics research, followed by University of Amsterdam and New York University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of ChicagoUnited States 20 works
  2. 2 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 18 works
  3. 3 New York UniversityUnited States 16 works
  4. 4 Stanford UniversityUnited States 14 works
  5. 5 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 13 works
  6. 6 University of ZurichSwitzerland 13 works
  7. 7 Columbia UniversityUnited States 12 works
  8. 8 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 12 works
  9. 9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 12 works
  10. 10 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 12 works

Where is Media Influence and Politics research done?

The largest centres of Media Influence and Politics research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Beijing (China) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Amsterdam.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 52 works
  2. 2 New York United States 43 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 37 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 35 works
  5. 5 Chicago United States 27 works
  6. 6 Amsterdam Netherlands 25 works
  7. 7 Cambridge United States 24 works
  8. 8 Munich Germany 22 works
  9. 9 Paris France 21 works
  10. 10 Hong Kong China 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AmsterdamNL · 25.2 works5.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Media Influence and Politics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Media Influence and Politics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Amsterdam, University of Zurich and London School of Economics and Political Science 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%25%50%75%mean 49.85%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Amsterdam: 18, 61.3%University of Zurich: 13, 59.2%London School of Economics and Political Science: 13, 51.7%Bocconi University: 10, 40.8%University of Vienna: 10, 41.6%Princeton University: 11, 42.0%Stanford University: 14, 58.1%New York University: 16, 41.7%University of Gothenburg: 8, 46.0%University of Oxford: 12, 56.1%University of Amster…University of ZurichLondon School of Eco…Bocconi University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 91.261.3%14.0×18 +115.3%
2 University of ZurichSwitzerland 80.259.2%9.4×13 +107.6%
3 London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom 74.851.7%21.4×13 +111.3%
4 Bocconi UniversityItaly 70.240.8%44.5×10 +396.4%
5 University of ViennaAustria 64.341.6%8.3×10 +288.6%
6 Princeton UniversityUnited States 59.042.0%10.2×11 +49.7%
7 Stanford UniversityUnited States 56.658.1%4.5×14 +63.4%
8 New York UniversityUnited States 55.641.7%7.8×16 +14.9%
9 University of GothenburgSweden 52.546.0%8.1×8 +51.4%
10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 51.356.1%3.6×12 +31.9%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Media Influence and Politics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Media Influence and Politics.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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