John Downey

John Downey

Loughborough University

H-index: 24

Europe-United Kingdom

About John Downey

John Downey, With an exceptional h-index of 24 and a recent h-index of 16 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Loughborough University, specializes in the field of comparative media, critical theory, political communication.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Survival Games: Understanding Journalistic and Extra-Journalistic Practices and Pursuits of Small-Town Stringers in South India

Advancing workers’ rights in the gig economy through discursive power: the communicative strategies of indie unions

Still watching from the sidelines? The case for transformative environmental communication scholarship

How to do things with media

Inventing the dark Web: Criminalization of privacy and the apocalyptic turn in the imaginary of the Web

Public libraries as reserves of cultural and digital capital: Addressing inequality through digitalization

Getting things done: Inequalities, Internet use and everyday life

Inside out: The UK press, Brexit and strategic populist ventriloquism

John Downey Information

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Citations(all)

2902

Citations(since 2020)

1137

Cited By

2296

hIndex(all)

24

hIndex(since 2020)

16

i10Index(all)

47

i10Index(since 2020)

26

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John Downey Skills & Research Interests

comparative media

critical theory

political communication

Top articles of John Downey

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Survival Games: Understanding Journalistic and Extra-Journalistic Practices and Pursuits of Small-Town Stringers in South India

Journalism Studies

Nimmagadda Bhargav

John Downey

2024/4/12

Advancing workers’ rights in the gig economy through discursive power: the communicative strategies of indie unions

Work, Employment and Society

Davide Però

John Downey

2024/2

Still watching from the sidelines? The case for transformative environmental communication scholarship

International Journal of Communication

Michael Brüggemann

Anabela Carvalho

Benedetta Brevini

John Downey

2023

How to do things with media

Adrian Leguina

Jacob Ørmen

Fiona Huijie Zeng Skovhøj

Signe Sophus Lai

Jesper Pagh

...

2022/11/29

Inventing the dark Web: Criminalization of privacy and the apocalyptic turn in the imaginary of the Web

First Monday

Thais Sarda

Simone Natale

John Downey

2022/11/7

Public libraries as reserves of cultural and digital capital: Addressing inequality through digitalization

Library & Information Science Research

Adrian Leguina

Sabina Mihelj

John Downey

2021/7/1

Getting things done: Inequalities, Internet use and everyday life

New Media & Society

Adrian Leguina

John Downey

2021

Inside out: The UK press, Brexit and strategic populist ventriloquism

European Journal of Communication

David Smith

David Deacon

John Downey

2021/2

Unpacking uncivil society: Incivility and intolerance in the 2018 Irish abortion referendum discussions on Twitter

Nordicom Review

Dayei Oh

Suzanne Elayan

Martin Sykora

John Downey

2021/1/2

Meanings of sitting in the context of chronic disease: a critical reflection on sedentary behaviour, health, choice and enjoyment

Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health

Amie E Weedon

Paula M Saukko

John W Downey

Mark W Orme

Dale W Esliger

...

2020/5/26

Comparative Media Studies in the Digital Age| Comparative Communication Research: Why We Really Need Some More Fuzzy Thinking

International Journal of Communication

Jun Liu

Xinchuan Liu

Klaus Bruhn Jensen

2020/11/4

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