| Entertainment—education and elaboration likelihood: Understanding the processing of narrative persuasion MD Slater, D Rouner Communication theory 12 (2), 173-191, 2002 | 2554 | 2002 |
| Reinforcing spirals: The mutual influence of media selectivity and media effects and their impact on individual behavior and social identity MD Slater Communication theory 17 (3), 281-303, 2007 | 1637 | 2007 |
| Narrative communication in cancer prevention and control: A framework to guide research and application MW Kreuter, MC Green, JN Cappella, MD Slater, ME Wise, D Storey, ... Annals of behavioral medicine 33 (3), 221-235, 2007 | 1332 | 2007 |
| Brief measures of sensation seeking for screening and large-scale surveys MT Stephenson, RH Hoyle, P Palmgreen, MD Slater Drug and alcohol dependence 72 (3), 279-286, 2003 | 748 | 2003 |
| How message evaluation and source attributes may influence credibility assessment and belief change MD Slater, D Rouner Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 73 (4), 974-991, 1996 | 600 | 1996 |
| Effects of alcohol advertising exposure on drinking among youth LB Snyder, FF Milici, M Slater, H Sun, Y Strizhakova Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 160 (1), 18-24, 2006 | 586 | 2006 |
| Violent media content and aggressiveness in adolescents: A downward spiral model MD Slater, KL Henry, RC Swaim, LL Anderson Communication research 30 (6), 713-736, 2003 | 586 | 2003 |
| Entertainment education and the persuasive impact of narratives MD Slater Narrative impact, 157-181, 2003 | 572 | 2003 |
| Reinforcing spirals model: Conceptualizing the relationship between media content exposure and the development and maintenance of attitudes MD Slater Media psychology 18 (3), 370-395, 2015 | 487 | 2015 |
| Television dramas and support for controversial public policies: Effects and mechanisms MD Slater, D Rouner, M Long Journal of communication 56 (2), 235-252, 2006 | 487 | 2006 |
| Theory and method in health audience segmentation MD Slater Journal of health communication 1 (3), 267-284, 1996 | 466 | 1996 |
| Alienation, aggression, and sensation seeking as predictors of adolescent use of violent film, computer, and website content MD Slater Journal of communication 53 (1), 105-121, 2003 | 444 | 2003 |
| Operationalizing and analyzing exposure: The foundation of media effects research MD Slater Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 81 (1), 168-183, 2004 | 429 | 2004 |
| Value-affirmative and value-protective processing of alcohol education messages that include statistical evidence or anecdotes MD Slater, D Rouner Communication Research 23 (2), 210-235, 1996 | 381 | 1996 |
| Temporarily expanding the boundaries of the self: Motivations for entering the story world and implications for narrative effects MD Slater, BK Johnson, J Cohen, MLG Comello, DR Ewoldsen Journal of Communication 64 (3), 439-455, 2014 | 331 | 2014 |
| Integrating application of media effects, persuasion, and behavior change theories to communication campaigns: A stages-of-change framework MD Slater Health communication 11 (4), 335-354, 1999 | 315 | 1999 |
| Self-transcendent media experiences: Taking meaningful media to a higher level MB Oliver, AA Raney, MD Slater, M Appel, T Hartmann, A Bartsch, ... Journal of Communication 68 (2), 380-389, 2018 | 311 | 2018 |
| Newspaper coverage of intimate partner violence: Skewing representations of risk KE Carlyle, MD Slater, JL Chakroff Journal of communication 58 (1), 168-186, 2008 | 304 | 2008 |
| Reducing stigma and out-group distinctions through perspective-taking in narratives AH Chung, MD Slater Journal of communication 63 (5), 894-911, 2013 | 249 | 2013 |
| Race and ethnic representations of lawbreakers and victims in crime news: A national study of television coverage EES Bjornstrom, RL Kaufman, RD Peterson, MD Slater Social problems 57 (2), 269-293, 2010 | 248 | 2010 |