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Nicholas L. Matthews

Arts and Humanities · The Ohio State University

OpenAlex ORCID
Mid career · publishing since 2002Rising activity
Media Influence and HealthPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentSocial and Intergroup PsychologyImpact of Technology on AdolescentsDigital Games and Media

Publications

30

Citations

500

Est. group size

~2

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

24

Publishing since 2002

Research summary
AI-generated

Nicholas L. Matthews studies how people interact with and morally judge digital media, especially video games. His work looks at topics like online deception and toxic behavior, blame and moral judgment of game characters, avatar identity and skill, and how sexualized game content affects players' attitudes.

Morality and media/video gamesOnline deception and toxic behavior in gamesAvatars and player identityMedia effects on attitudes (e.g., sexism)Communication research methods

Publication output has been fairly steady over the last decade, averaging under two papers per year in the last five years without a clear upward or downward trend.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 4 publications4182019: 3 publications192020: 1 publication202021: 2 publications212022: 2 publications222023: 3 publications232024: 2 publications242025: 2 publications2526
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Communication Research×2
  • Journal of Communication×2
  • Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications×2
  • Human Communication Research×1
  • Sex Roles×1
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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