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Media, Journalism, and Communication History

Media, Journalism, and Communication History is a research topic within History. Science Explorer counts 9.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of media and propaganda in the history of Spain and Portugal, covering topics such as censorship, public service broadcasting, and the use of television, radio, and press for political purposes. It delves into the influence of media on society during periods like the Franco regime and examines the evolution of media formats over time.

  • Propaganda
  • Television
  • Press
  • History
  • Spain
  • Portugal
  • Radio
  • Censorship
  • Public Service Broadcasting
  • Franco Regime
Research works
9.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
961
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
64% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Media, Journalism, and Communication History

Which countries lead Media, Journalism, and Communication History research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (946 and 124 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 946 works
  2. 2 Mexico 124 works
  3. 3 France 86 works
  4. 4 United States 83 works
  5. 5 Argentina 72 works
  6. 6 Portugal 49 works
  7. 7 Brazil 37 works
  8. 8 Colombia 29 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 25 works
  10. 10 Chile 25 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: 64.1%Mexico: 8.4%France: 5.8%United States: 5.7%6 others listed: 16.0%64%largest
Spain946 · 64.1%Mexico124 · 8.4%France86 · 5.8%United States83 · 5.7%6 others listed237 · 16.0%

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

Which institutions lead Media, Journalism, and Communication History research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 95 works
  2. 2 Universidad de SevillaSpain 42 works
  3. 3 Universidad de MálagaSpain 38 works
  4. 4 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 36 works
  5. 5 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 36 works
  6. 6 University of the Basque CountrySpain 30 works
  7. 7 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 29 works
  8. 8 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 28 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 27 works
  10. 10 Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Media, Journalism, and Communication History?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Media, Journalism, and Communication History include Pierre Bourdıeu, Noam Chomsky and Jose Luis Jimenez.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  3. 3 Jose Luis Jimenez United States 120k citations
  4. 4 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, Journalism, and Communication History?

The most cited paper in Media, Journalism, and Communication History is "Political clientelism and the media: southern Europe and Latin America in comparative perspective" (Daniel C. Hallin, Stylianos Papathanassopoulos, 2002), with 513 citations. Next come "Television: Polysemy and popularity" (365) and "Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos" (262).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Political clientelism and the media: southern Europe and Latin America in comparative perspective Daniel C. Hallin, Stylianos Papathanassopoulos · Media Culture & Society Mar 2002 513
2 Television: Polysemy and popularity John Fiske · Critical Studies in Mass Communication Dec 1986 365
3 Cuadernos Hispanoamericanos André Mateus Pupin · Temáticas Open access Sep 2020 262
4 Podcasting: Considering the evolution of the medium and its association with the word ‘radio’ Richard Berry · Radio Journal International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media Apr 2016 206
5 Podcasting: A Decade in the Life of a “New” Audio Medium: Introduction Andrew J. Bottomley · Journal of Radio & Audio Media 3 Jul 2015 178
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Media, Journalism, and Communication History research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MadridSpain 244 works
  2. 2 BarcelonaSpain 77 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 56 works
  4. 4 SevilleSpain 51 works
  5. 5 ValenciaSpain 46 works
  6. 6 MálagaSpain 39 works
  7. 7 Buenos AiresArgentina 36 works
  8. 8 LeioaSpain 30 works
  9. 9 ValladolidSpain 30 works
  10. 10 LisbonPortugal 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LogroñoES · 25.0 works64×
  2. MálagaES · 39.1 works59×
  3. ValladolidES · 29.8 works53×
  4. LeioaES · 30.1 works42×
  5. OviedoES · 21.6 works42×
  6. SalamancaES · 23.5 works38×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Media, Journalism, and Communication History?

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

0%10%20%mean 16.01%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad de MálagaUniversidad Rey Juan…Universitat Pompeu F…Universidad Complute…
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.

Citation 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 de MálagaSpain 76.720.6%85.7×38 +14.0%
2Universitat Pompeu FabraSpain 66.315.2%42.9×12 -13.2%
3Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 65.815.7%80.0×29 -3.9%
4Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 65.712.5%75.1×95 -21.0%
5University of the Basque CountrySpain 65.322.6%43.9×30 -33.8%
6Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain 62.614.1%81.5×26 -37.2%
7Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 60.318.8%29.9×28 -21.5%
8Universidad de NavarraSpain 58.015.2%47.2×18 -32.9%
9Universidad de SevillaSpain 55.39.9%51.0×42 -27.0%
10Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 54.815.5%52.5×15 +7.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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, Journalism, and Communication History, country by country

Is Media, Journalism, and Communication History research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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, Journalism, and Communication History as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0077% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Media, Journalism, and Communication History0.0062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Media, Journalism, and Communication History 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, Journalism, and Communication History9.8% 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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