| Author | Total cited frequency | Representative literature | Representatives cited times |
| Scheufele, D.A. | 383 | Framing, agenda setting, and priming: The evolution of three media effects models (2007) | 268 |
| Ingra, S. | 322 | Television-news and citizens explanations of national affairs (1987) | 95 |
| Eveland, W.P. | 253 | Interactions and nonlinearity in mass communication: Connecting theory and methodology (1997) | 44 |
| Bandura, A. | 245 | A comparative test of status envy, social power, and secondary reinforcement theories of identificatory learning (1963) | 109 |
| Entman, R.M. | 213 | Blacks in the news - television, modern racism and cultural-change (1992) | 158 |
| Cohen, J. | 204 | Abuse and violence history of men and women in treatment for methamphetamine dependence (2003) | 65 |
| Price, V. | 202 | New values and public opinion: A theoretical account of media priming and framing (1997) | 95 |
| Shah, D.V. | 177 | Communication, context, and community - An exploration of print, broadcast, and Internet influences (2001) | 177 |
| Mcleod, J.M. | 170 | Understanding deliberation - The effects of discussion networks on participation in a public forum (1999) | 81 |
| Mutz, D.C. | 165 | The consequences of cross-cutting networks for political participation (2002) | 165 |
| Bennett, W.L. | 162 | Toward a theory of press-state relations in the united-states (1990) | 102 |
| Zaller, J. | 160 | Information, values, and opinion (1991) | 87 |
| Nisbet, M.C. | 146 | Pathways to political participation? Religion, communication contexts, and mass media (2003) | 44 |