Jason T. Peifer

Media Studies and Communication Humor Studies and Applications Social Media and Politics Media Influence and Health Rhetoric and Communication Studies

Publications

Citations

313

Est. group size

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Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 2012

Research summary

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Jason T. Peifer studies how people perceive and engage with news media, with particular attention to political satire, comedy, and the credibility and trust audiences place in journalism. His work examines topics such as how satirical or parody-based news influences media trust, why people value journalistic functions, and what drives sharing of comedic political content. He also investigates news use in contexts like the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of partisanship and emotions.

News media trust and credibilityPolitical satire and parodyJournalism and audience engagementMedia use and partisanshipCommunication research methods

Publication activity has been steady over the last decade, averaging about one to two papers per year with a modest resurgence in 2024.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 11, 2026

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently

Recent publications

Antecedents to perceived news media importance and motivations for newspaper use: A needs-based framework
Newspaper Research Journal · 2024
Explaining Mainstream News Media Use in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Roles of Partisanship, Perceptions of Threat, Negative Emotions, and News Media Trust
Mass Communication & Society · 2024
The Value of Explaining the Process: How Journalistic Transparency and Perceptions of News Media Importance Can (Sometimes) Foster Message Credibility and Engagement Intentions
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly · 2021
Selectively sharing satirical news: Strengthening an empirical understanding of how agreement, mirth, and perceived informativeness contribute to the diffusion of mediated comedy
Computers in Human Behavior · 2021
Spoofing Presidential Hopefuls: The Roles of Affective Disposition and Positive Emotions in Prompting the Social Transmission of Debate Parody
IUScholarWorks Open (Indiana University) · 2020
Warring with the Press: The Influence of Elite Hostility, Emotions, and Perceptions of News Media Importance on Support for Journalism
Journalism Studies · 2020
Risky satire: Examining how a traditional news outlet’s use of satire can affect audience perceptions and future engagement with the news source
Journalism · 2019
Satire and Journalism
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication · 2019
Perceived News Media Importance: Developing and Validating a Measure for Personal Valuations of Normative Journalistic Functions
Communication Methods and Measures · 2018
Liking the (Funny) Messenger: The Influence of News Parody Exposure, Mirth, and Predispositions on Media Trust
Media Psychology · 2018
Setting a Non-Agenda: Effects of a Perceived Lack of Problems in Recent News or Twitter
Mass Communication & Society · 2018
Imitation as Flattery: How TV News Parody’s Media Criticism Can Influence Perceived News Media Importance and Media Trust
Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly · 2017
Agenda Cueing Effects of News and Social Media
Media Psychology · 2017

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Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly×2
Media Psychology×2
Journalism×2
Mass Communication & Society×2
Communication Methods and Measures×1

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Last updated Jul 11, 2026.

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