| Introduction: Political information efficacy and young voters LL Kaid, MS McKinney, JC Tedesco American Behavioral Scientist 50 (9), 1093-1111, 2007 | 378 | 2007 |
| Political campaign debates MS McKinney Encyclopedia of political communication, 2008 | 354* | 2008 |
| Political campaign debates MS McKinney, DB Carlin Handbook of political communication research, 221-252, 2004 | 354 | 2004 |
| Civic dialogue in the 1996 presidential campaign: Candidate, media, and public voices LL Kaid, MS McKinney, JC Tedesco Hampton Press, 2000 | 214 | 2000 |
| Civic dialogue in the 1996 presidential campaign: Candidate, media, and public voices LL Kaid, MS McKinney, JC Tedesco Hampton Press, 1996 | 214* | 1996 |
| Beyond learning and persona: Extending the scope of presidential debate effects WL Benoit, MS McKinney, R Lance Holbert Communication Monographs 68 (3), 259-273, 2001 | 198 | 2001 |
| Do presidential debates matter? Examining a decade of campaign debate effects MS McKinney, BR Warner Argumentation and advocacy 49 (4), 238-258, 2013 | 180 | 2013 |
| Live-tweeting a presidential primary debate: Exploring new political conversations J Hawthorne, JB Houston, MS McKinney Social science computer review 31 (5), 552-562, 2013 | 125 | 2013 |
| The 1992 presidential debates in focus DB Carlin, MS McKinney (No Title), 1994 | 124 | 1994 |
| A gendered influence in campaign debates? Analysis of mixed‐gender United States Senate and gubernatorial debates M Christine Banwart, MS McKinney Communication studies 56 (4), 353-373, 2005 | 121 | 2005 |
| Not your parents' presidential debates: Examining the effects of the CNN/YouTube debates on young citizens' civic engagement MS McKinney, LA Rill Communication Studies 60 (4), 392-406, 2009 | 117 | 2009 |
| Political engagement through debates: Young citizens' reactions to the 2004 presidential debates MS McKinney, S Chattopadhyay American Behavioral Scientist 50 (9), 1169-1182, 2007 | 107 | 2007 |
| Effects of watching primary debates in the 2000 US presidential campaign WL Benoit, MS McKinney, MT Stephenson Journal of communication 52 (2), 316-331, 2002 | 96 | 2002 |
| Social watching a 2012 Republican presidential primary debate MS McKinney, JB Houston, J Hawthorne American Behavioral Scientist 58 (4), 556-573, 2014 | 71 | 2014 |
| To unite and divide: The polarizing effect of presidential debates BR Warner, MS McKinney Communication Studies 64 (5), 508-527, 2013 | 66 | 2013 |
| Frequency of tweeting during presidential debates: Effect on debate attitudes and knowledge JB Houston, MS McKinney, J Hawthorne, ML Spialek Communication studies 64 (5), 548-560, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |
| Tweeting during presidential debates: Effect on candidate evaluations and debate attitudes JB Houston, J Hawthorne, ML Spialek, M Greenwood, MS McKinney Argumentation and Advocacy 49 (4), 301-311, 2013 | 62 | 2013 |
| The front-runner, contenders, and also-rans: Effects of watching a 2000 Republican primary debate MS McKinney, LL Kaid, TA Robertson American Behavioral Scientist 44 (12), 2232-2251, 2001 | 53 | 2001 |
| Debates versus other communication sources: The pattern of information and influence M Pfau, WP Eveland, DB Carlin, MS McKinney The, 155-173, 1992 | 51 | 1992 |
| Viewer reactions to the 2000 presidential debates: Learning issue and image information MS McKinney, EA Dudash, G Hodgkinson The millennium election: Communication in the, 43-58, 2000 | 48 | 2000 |
