John W Riley

Biographic Data

ID	3610592
NAME	John W Riley
GIVEN NAMES	John W
FAMILY NAME	Riley
SIGNATURE	RILEY J W
AFFILIATIONS	Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University
VERIFIED	No
TOTAL WORKS	22
TOTAL CITATIONS	31
AUTHOR COUNT	22
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1946
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	1999
H-INDEX	3

Sociological research on age: Legacy and challenge
Open AccessMatilda White Riley, John W Riley et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society1999Cited by: 4
The hallmark of sociology is its emphases on first, people, secondly, structures and, thirdly, their interrelationships. Similarly, we see sociological research on age as concerned with (1) people over their life course; (2) age-related structures and institutions; and (3) the dynamic interplay between people and structures as each influences the other. Guided by our ‘aging and society paradigm’, we review the research legacy as it has focused mo…
The Social Organization of Death: Medical Discourse and Social Practices in Belfast
John W Riley, John Riley et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1991
A Protestant Legacy: Attitudes to Death and Illness Among Older Aberdonians.Rory Williams
John W Riley, John Riley et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Sociology1991
The Lives of Older People and Changing Social Roles
Open AccessMatilda White Riley, John W Riley et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1989Cited by: 4References: 11
This article addresses the central dilemma of the mismatch between the strengths and capacities of the increasing numbers of older people in the United States, on the one hand, and the inadequate social-role opportunities to utilize, reward, and sustain these strengths, on the other. In order to enhance the quality of aging, interventions are needed, both in the ways individuals grow older and in the environing matrix of families, work organizati…
Aging and Society. Volume One: An Inventory of Research Findings
Bernard Kutner, Matilda White Riley et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1971
An Inventory of Research Findings. Volume 1 of Aging and Society
Gordon L Bultena, Matilda White Riley et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1971
The Corporation and Its Publics. Essays on the Corporate Image
John W Riley, John Riley et al.ARTICLERevue Française de Sociologie1965
Basic Social Research and the Institution of Life Insurance
Open AccessJohn W Riley, John RileyARTICLEAmerican Behavioral Scientist1963
"Special Review of "Sociological Studies in Scale Analysis
Fred L Strodtbeck, Matilda White Riley et al.ARTICLESociometry1955
Sociological Studies in Scale Analysis: Applications, Theory, Procedures
David Gold, Matilda White Riley et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1955Cited by: 1
How Nations See Each Other
John W Riley, John Riley et al.REVIEWAmerican Sociological Review1954
Interpersonal Orientations in Small Groups: A Consideration of the Questionnaire Approach
Matilda White Riley, Richard Cohn et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1954Cited by: 1
The Reds Take a City
George E Taylor, George Taylor et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1952Cited by: 2
The Reds Take a City: The Communist Occupation of Seoul with Eyewitness Accounts
John W Riley, John Riley et al.ARTICLEThe Far Eastern Quarterly1952Cited by: 1
The Reds Take a City. The Communist Occupation of Seoul, With Eyewitness Accounts
Wilbert B Dubin, John W Riley et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1952
Communication in the Sovietized State, as Demonstrated in Korea
Wilbur Schramm, John W Riley et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1951
social system has enough knowledge of its functioning accumulated to make it worth while to project a theory of it? I am leaving you with a riddle because this is symbolic of the whole field of international sociology. Almost all the important questions are unanswered. And they are not questions merely of theoretical interest to a handful of academicians. They are questions that concern the destiny of common people around the globe. It is deplora…
Working Outline of a Communications Research Program
Matilda White Riley, John W Riley et al.ARTICLESociometry1951
Some Observations on the Social Effects of Television
John W Riley, John Riley et al.ARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1949Cited by: 2
DURING the summer of 1948, the Columbia Broadcasting System and Rutgers University entered into a joint continuing project to study and document the social consequences of television ownership in a middle-sized Eastern city. This paper reports some of the findings from the first phase of the project. The most recent additions to the TV audience are being contributed by the lower socio-economic level; TV in exerting an apparent over-all effect on …
The American Soldier: Adjustment During Army Life
John W Riley, John Riley et al.REVIEWAmerican Sociological Review1949Cited by: 15
The Social Pattern of Alcoholic Drinking
John W Riley, John Riley et al.ARTICLEQuarterly Journal of Studies on…1947
Opinion Research in Liberated Normandy
John W Riley, John RileyARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1947Cited by: 1
The Medical Profession and the Problem of Alcoholism; A Cross-Section Survey of New Jersey Physicians Made for the New Jersey Commission on Alcoholism and Promotion of Temperance
John W Riley, John Riley et al.ARTICLEQuarterly Journal of Studies on…1946

The American Soldier: Adjustment During Army Life
John W Riley, John Riley et al.REVIEWAmerican Sociological Review1949Cited by: 15
Sociological research on age: Legacy and challenge
Open AccessMatilda White Riley, John W Riley et al.ARTICLEAgeing and Society1999Cited by: 4
The hallmark of sociology is its emphases on first, people, secondly, structures and, thirdly, their interrelationships. Similarly, we see sociological research on age as concerned with (1) people over their life course; (2) age-related structures and institutions; and (3) the dynamic interplay between people and structures as each influences the other. Guided by our ‘aging and society paradigm’, we review the research legacy as it has focused mo…
The Lives of Older People and Changing Social Roles
Open AccessMatilda White Riley, John W Riley et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1989Cited by: 4References: 11
This article addresses the central dilemma of the mismatch between the strengths and capacities of the increasing numbers of older people in the United States, on the one hand, and the inadequate social-role opportunities to utilize, reward, and sustain these strengths, on the other. In order to enhance the quality of aging, interventions are needed, both in the ways individuals grow older and in the environing matrix of families, work organizati…
The Reds Take a City
George E Taylor, George Taylor et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1952Cited by: 2
Some Observations on the Social Effects of Television
John W Riley, John Riley et al.ARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1949Cited by: 2
DURING the summer of 1948, the Columbia Broadcasting System and Rutgers University entered into a joint continuing project to study and document the social consequences of television ownership in a middle-sized Eastern city. This paper reports some of the findings from the first phase of the project. The most recent additions to the TV audience are being contributed by the lower socio-economic level; TV in exerting an apparent over-all effect on …
Sociological Studies in Scale Analysis: Applications, Theory, Procedures
David Gold, Matilda White Riley et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1955Cited by: 1
Interpersonal Orientations in Small Groups: A Consideration of the Questionnaire Approach
Matilda White Riley, Richard Cohn et al.ARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1954Cited by: 1
The Reds Take a City: The Communist Occupation of Seoul with Eyewitness Accounts
John W Riley, John Riley et al.ARTICLEThe Far Eastern Quarterly1952Cited by: 1
Opinion Research in Liberated Normandy
John W Riley, John RileyARTICLEAmerican Sociological Review1947Cited by: 1