Rick Clifton Moore
Biographic Data
| ID | 3891346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rick Clifton Moore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rick Clifton |
| FAMILY NAME | Moore |
| SIGNATURE | MOORE R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boise State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Deconstructing the Icon
This paper investigates claims about the typical physical characteristics of Jesus when he is portrayed in film. A number of critics have referred to a recurring blond-haired, blue-eyed Jesus. In reviewing the academic literature, a lack of clarity was found as to any patterns that do exist in this area. An ensuing analysis of the top-grossing films from the last forty years revealed that the recent pattern may be very different from what critics…
No Home Field Advantage
This study expands upon research examining how journalists describe the cultural clashes between Islam and “the West.” Much of the recent scholarship in this area has focused on how media represent Muslim immigration to European and North American countries. In contrast, this investigation analyzes media portrayals of Islam within the framework of Western tourists visiting Qatar for the fifa World Cup. Using qualitative analysis, I examine three …
Take My Film and Let It Be”
This study represents an attempt to better understand how religion fits into the discourse between filmmakers and critics who review their work. The author uses the thought of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu—specifically, his notions of cultural capital and consecration—to analyze mainstream reviewers’ responses to the motion pictures of Alex and Stephen Kendrick, two brothers who have endeavoured to make mainstream films that “communicate the…
Protest Movements and Citizen Discontent
Why do citizens indicate support for protest movements such as the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street? There have been two general sets of explanations. One set emphasizes that support comes from those for whom the existing party system, and the ideological differentiation that corresponds to party divisions, are irrelevant. The second set takes the opposite tack, and emphasizes that the only thing that supporters of protests movements find lacking…
Fast or Slow
Dual-process theories of cognition within sociology have received increasing attention from both supporters and critics. One limitation in this debate, however, is the common absence of empirical evidence to back dual-process claims. Here, I provide such evidence for dual-process cognition using measures of response latency in formal data collected in conjunction with an ethnographic study of atheists and evangelicals. I use timed responses to he…
Sardonic Atheists and Silly Evangelicals
As Predicted
This study examines a recent eruption of news about astrology. For a theoretical lens, it uses contemporary research on how traditional news values might allow what some have labeled "mystical" ideas to maintain public acceptance in spite of scientific evidence against them. As a contrast to that approach, a different perspective by Neil Postman is provided, an approach that suggests the dominant media of our culture will have as much impact as w…
Ambivalence to Technology in Jeunet’s Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain
Although at one level Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain is a sweet, attractive film about a young Parisian doing good deeds, it also offers a compelling analysis of the role of technology in our modern lives. The film paints a world where machines and a mechanistic worldview are appealing because humans have a desire to control their destinies but threatening because humans value freedom. The work of French social theorist …
Environmental Issues and the Watchdog Role of the Media
Citizens of Western democracies have long believed that the media should serve as watchdogs. Many feel one of the media’s most important watchdog duties is environmental reporting. As human progress has undoubtedly caused significant changes in the ecosystem, citizens have increasingly depended on the media to inform us about possible ill effects thereof. Though critics from both right and left have reservations about the actual fulfillment of th…
Where Epistemology Meets Ecology
Where Epistemology Meets Ecology
Several scholars have recently proposed that Richard Rorty's (1979, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1998) liberal ironist epistemology might be appropriate for journalists. In this article, I investigate the ramifications of such a move. I suggest that once Rorty's thought is placed in the context of the abandonment of logical positivism, it is seen as a rather extreme reaction in regards to both ontology and axiology. One way of making such extremity evident …
Hegemony, agency, and dialectical tension in Ellul's technological society
Recent writers have questioned hegemony theory as a way of understanding the relationship among the citizen, the media, and the state. In this essay I propose the work of Jacques Ellul for reconceptualizing this relationship. Ellul's focus on a technological state and a mass-mediated society presents a powerful alternative to Gramsci's focus. Ellul argued that the modern state is the product of the invasion of technique throughout society. Such a…
Hegemony, Agency, and Dialectical Tension in Ellul's Technological Society
Recent writers have questioned hegemony theory as a way of understanding the relationship among the citizen, the media, and the state. In this essay I propose the work of Jacques Ellul for reconceptualizing this relationship. Ellul's focus on a technological state and a mass-mediated society presents a powerful alternative to Gramsci's focus. Ellul argued that the modern state is the product of the invasion of technique throughout society. Such a…
Fast or Slow
Dual-process theories of cognition within sociology have received increasing attention from both supporters and critics. One limitation in this debate, however, is the common absence of empirical evidence to back dual-process claims. Here, I provide such evidence for dual-process cognition using measures of response latency in formal data collected in conjunction with an ethnographic study of atheists and evangelicals. I use timed responses to he…
Take My Film and Let It Be”
This study represents an attempt to better understand how religion fits into the discourse between filmmakers and critics who review their work. The author uses the thought of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu—specifically, his notions of cultural capital and consecration—to analyze mainstream reviewers’ responses to the motion pictures of Alex and Stephen Kendrick, two brothers who have endeavoured to make mainstream films that “communicate the…
Protest Movements and Citizen Discontent
Why do citizens indicate support for protest movements such as the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street? There have been two general sets of explanations. One set emphasizes that support comes from those for whom the existing party system, and the ideological differentiation that corresponds to party divisions, are irrelevant. The second set takes the opposite tack, and emphasizes that the only thing that supporters of protests movements find lacking…
Sardonic Atheists and Silly Evangelicals
Where Epistemology Meets Ecology
Several scholars have recently proposed that Richard Rorty's (1979, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1998) liberal ironist epistemology might be appropriate for journalists. In this article, I investigate the ramifications of such a move. I suggest that once Rorty's thought is placed in the context of the abandonment of logical positivism, it is seen as a rather extreme reaction in regards to both ontology and axiology. One way of making such extremity evident …
Hegemony, agency, and dialectical tension in Ellul's technological society
Recent writers have questioned hegemony theory as a way of understanding the relationship among the citizen, the media, and the state. In this essay I propose the work of Jacques Ellul for reconceptualizing this relationship. Ellul's focus on a technological state and a mass-mediated society presents a powerful alternative to Gramsci's focus. Ellul argued that the modern state is the product of the invasion of technique throughout society. Such a…
Hegemony, Agency, and Dialectical Tension in Ellul's Technological Society
Recent writers have questioned hegemony theory as a way of understanding the relationship among the citizen, the media, and the state. In this essay I propose the work of Jacques Ellul for reconceptualizing this relationship. Ellul's focus on a technological state and a mass-mediated society presents a powerful alternative to Gramsci's focus. Ellul argued that the modern state is the product of the invasion of technique throughout society. Such a…
Where Epistemology Meets Ecology
Where Epistemology Meets Ecology
Several scholars have recently proposed that Richard Rorty's (1979, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1998) liberal ironist epistemology might be appropriate for journalists. In this article, I investigate the ramifications of such a move. I suggest that once Rorty's thought is placed in the context of the abandonment of logical positivism, it is seen as a rather extreme reaction in regards to both ontology and axiology. One way of making such extremity evident …
Environmental Issues and the Watchdog Role of the Media
Citizens of Western democracies have long believed that the media should serve as watchdogs. Many feel one of the media’s most important watchdog duties is environmental reporting. As human progress has undoubtedly caused significant changes in the ecosystem, citizens have increasingly depended on the media to inform us about possible ill effects thereof. Though critics from both right and left have reservations about the actual fulfillment of th…
Ambivalence to Technology in Jeunet’s Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain
Although at one level Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain is a sweet, attractive film about a young Parisian doing good deeds, it also offers a compelling analysis of the role of technology in our modern lives. The film paints a world where machines and a mechanistic worldview are appealing because humans have a desire to control their destinies but threatening because humans value freedom. The work of French social theorist …
As Predicted
This study examines a recent eruption of news about astrology. For a theoretical lens, it uses contemporary research on how traditional news values might allow what some have labeled "mystical" ideas to maintain public acceptance in spite of scientific evidence against them. As a contrast to that approach, a different perspective by Neil Postman is provided, an approach that suggests the dominant media of our culture will have as much impact as w…
Fast or Slow
Dual-process theories of cognition within sociology have received increasing attention from both supporters and critics. One limitation in this debate, however, is the common absence of empirical evidence to back dual-process claims. Here, I provide such evidence for dual-process cognition using measures of response latency in formal data collected in conjunction with an ethnographic study of atheists and evangelicals. I use timed responses to he…
Sardonic Atheists and Silly Evangelicals
Take My Film and Let It Be”
This study represents an attempt to better understand how religion fits into the discourse between filmmakers and critics who review their work. The author uses the thought of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu—specifically, his notions of cultural capital and consecration—to analyze mainstream reviewers’ responses to the motion pictures of Alex and Stephen Kendrick, two brothers who have endeavoured to make mainstream films that “communicate the…
Protest Movements and Citizen Discontent
Why do citizens indicate support for protest movements such as the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street? There have been two general sets of explanations. One set emphasizes that support comes from those for whom the existing party system, and the ideological differentiation that corresponds to party divisions, are irrelevant. The second set takes the opposite tack, and emphasizes that the only thing that supporters of protests movements find lacking…
No Home Field Advantage
This study expands upon research examining how journalists describe the cultural clashes between Islam and “the West.” Much of the recent scholarship in this area has focused on how media represent Muslim immigration to European and North American countries. In contrast, this investigation analyzes media portrayals of Islam within the framework of Western tourists visiting Qatar for the fifa World Cup. Using qualitative analysis, I examine three …
Deconstructing the Icon
This paper investigates claims about the typical physical characteristics of Jesus when he is portrayed in film. A number of critics have referred to a recurring blond-haired, blue-eyed Jesus. In reviewing the academic literature, a lack of clarity was found as to any patterns that do exist in this area. An ensuing analysis of the top-grossing films from the last forty years revealed that the recent pattern may be very different from what critics…
Sociology (12 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Aesthetics (5 works) · Environmental ethics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Law (4 works)