| Look on the Bright Side (of Media Effects): Pokémon Go as a Catalyst for Positive Life Experiences JA Bonus, A Peebles, ML Mares, IG Sarmiento Media Psychology 21 (2), 263-287, 2018 | 110 | 2018 |
| When the sun sings science, are children left in the dark? Representations of science in children’s television and their effects on children’s learning JA Bonus, ML Mares Human Communication Research 44 (4), 449-472, 2018 | 43 | 2018 |
| Learned and Remembered But Rejected: Preschoolers’ Reality Judgments and Transfer From Sesame Street JA Bonus, ML Mares Communication Research 46 (3), 375-400, 2019 | 41 | 2019 |
| The influence of violent video game enjoyment on hostile attributions JA Bonus, A Peebles, K Riddle Computers in Human Behavior 52, 472-483, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
| The impact of moral expectancy violations on audiences’ parasocial relationships with movie heroes and villains JA Bonus, NL Matthews, T Wulf Communication Research 48 (4), 550-572, 2021 | 38 | 2021 |
| Questions+ answers+ agency: Interactive touchscreens and Children's learning from a socio-emotional TV story A Peebles, JA Bonus, ML Mares Computers in Human Behavior 85, 339-348, 2018 | 36 | 2018 |
| Love or comprehension? Exploring strategies for children’s prosocial media effects ML Mares, JA Bonus, A Peebles Communication Research 49 (6), 763-791, 2022 | 28 | 2022 |
| The inspired time traveler: Examining the implications of nostalgic entertainment experiences for two-factor models of entertainment T Wulf, JA Bonus, D Rieger Media Psychology 22 (5), 795-817, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| When meaning matters more: Media preferences across the adult life span. ML Mares, A Bartsch, JA Bonus Psychology and Aging 31 (5), 513, 2016 | 26 | 2016 |
| The impact of pictorial realism in educational science television on US children’s learning and transfer of biological facts JA Bonus Journal of Children and Media 13 (4), 433-451, 2019 | 24 | 2019 |
| Celebrating Your Circle of Life: Eudaimonic Responses to Nostalgic Entertainment Experiences J Watts, J Bonus, H Wing Journal of Communication 70 (6), 794-818, 2020 | 21 | 2020 |
| Who I am is not who I was: Temporal comparisons mediate the effect of listening to nostalgic music on well-being JA Bonus Communication Research 48 (8), 1091-1109, 2021 | 16 | 2021 |
| Lying online: Examining the production, detection, and popular beliefs surrounding interpersonal deception in technologically-mediated environments CL Toma, JA Bonus, LM Van Swol The Palgrave handbook of deceptive communication, 583-601, 2019 | 14 | 2019 |
| How moral expectancy violations influence audiences’ affective dispositions toward characters NL Matthews, JA Bonus Communication Research 50 (3), 263-286, 2023 | 7 | 2023 |
| The Cost of Clairvoyance JA Bonus, T Wulf, NL Matthews Journal of Media Psychology, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
| You can [’t] catch the sun in a net!: Children’s misinterpretations of educational science television JA Bonus, J Watts Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 202, 105004, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| When “meaningless” means more: Biographic resonance and audience appreciation of popular entertainment JA Bonus, J Watts, CJ Francemone Journal of Communication 72 (6), 647-660, 2022 | 4 | 2022 |
| Counter-stereotypical, yet counterproductive? How families at a science museum respond to narratives that defy gender stereotypes JA Bonus, T Lynch, A Nathanson, J Watts Media Psychology 25 (3), 469-498, 2022 | 4 | 2022 |
| Finding refuge in reverie: The terror management function of nostalgic entertainment experiences JA Bonus, H Wing, J Watts Communication Monographs 89 (2), 165-188, 2022 | 4 | 2022 |
| The influence of exposure to educational science television on US parents’ science explanations to their children JA Bonus Journal of Applied Communication Research 49 (5), 569-588, 2021 | 4 | 2021 |
