Louise Woodstock
Biographic Data
| ID | 4900558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Louise Woodstock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Louise |
| FAMILY NAME | Woodstock |
| SIGNATURE | WOODSTOCK L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ursinus College, Collegeville, Pennsylvania |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 79 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The news-democracy narrative and the unexpected benefits of limited news consumption
In the US, a dominant narrative about news and democracy claims that democracy depends on a knowledgeable citizenry and that knowledge stems from news consumption. News and politics are said to positively correlate; the political democracy’s vibrancy depends upon the strength of both. This qualitative examination of ‘news resisters,’ people who purposefully limit their news consumption, turns the news-democracy narrative on its head by arguing th…
Tattoo Therapy
Think About It
This article, historical and critical in scope, explores self-help literature’s positive thinking discourse, through which key concepts of selfhood, self-transformation, and society are textually conveyed, within the context of the genre’s development from roughly 1880 to the present. The article tracks how individual thought, in contrast to dialogical social interaction, has long been constructed as the central means to health, happiness, and se…
Public journalism's talking cure
The notion that news is a form of storytelling has received sustained attention by communication scholars. Public journalism's narratives position the movement as a challenge to traditional journalism and the public lethargy it is said to spawn. This article considers public journalism's narratives and their consequences on the theory and practice of this journalistic movement. Evidence is drawn from journalistic and academic advocates of public …
Hide and seek
In both popular and academic thought, personal storytelling carries positive associations of self-awareness and psychological wellness. Yet following my mother's suicide, I found telling my story to be personally and socially complicated, a paradox requiring loss as well as gain. The therapeutic rewards of storytelling were thrown into question. This essay explores the paradox of personal narrative as it intersects with speaking and silence, reme…
The news-democracy narrative and the unexpected benefits of limited news consumption
In the US, a dominant narrative about news and democracy claims that democracy depends on a knowledgeable citizenry and that knowledge stems from news consumption. News and politics are said to positively correlate; the political democracy’s vibrancy depends upon the strength of both. This qualitative examination of ‘news resisters,’ people who purposefully limit their news consumption, turns the news-democracy narrative on its head by arguing th…
Public journalism's talking cure
The notion that news is a form of storytelling has received sustained attention by communication scholars. Public journalism's narratives position the movement as a challenge to traditional journalism and the public lethargy it is said to spawn. This article considers public journalism's narratives and their consequences on the theory and practice of this journalistic movement. Evidence is drawn from journalistic and academic advocates of public …
Tattoo Therapy
Think About It
This article, historical and critical in scope, explores self-help literature’s positive thinking discourse, through which key concepts of selfhood, self-transformation, and society are textually conveyed, within the context of the genre’s development from roughly 1880 to the present. The article tracks how individual thought, in contrast to dialogical social interaction, has long been constructed as the central means to health, happiness, and se…
Hide and seek
In both popular and academic thought, personal storytelling carries positive associations of self-awareness and psychological wellness. Yet following my mother's suicide, I found telling my story to be personally and socially complicated, a paradox requiring loss as well as gain. The therapeutic rewards of storytelling were thrown into question. This essay explores the paradox of personal narrative as it intersects with speaking and silence, reme…
Hide and seek
In both popular and academic thought, personal storytelling carries positive associations of self-awareness and psychological wellness. Yet following my mother's suicide, I found telling my story to be personally and socially complicated, a paradox requiring loss as well as gain. The therapeutic rewards of storytelling were thrown into question. This essay explores the paradox of personal narrative as it intersects with speaking and silence, reme…
Public journalism's talking cure
The notion that news is a form of storytelling has received sustained attention by communication scholars. Public journalism's narratives position the movement as a challenge to traditional journalism and the public lethargy it is said to spawn. This article considers public journalism's narratives and their consequences on the theory and practice of this journalistic movement. Evidence is drawn from journalistic and academic advocates of public …
Think About It
This article, historical and critical in scope, explores self-help literature’s positive thinking discourse, through which key concepts of selfhood, self-transformation, and society are textually conveyed, within the context of the genre’s development from roughly 1880 to the present. The article tracks how individual thought, in contrast to dialogical social interaction, has long been constructed as the central means to health, happiness, and se…
Tattoo Therapy
The news-democracy narrative and the unexpected benefits of limited news consumption
In the US, a dominant narrative about news and democracy claims that democracy depends on a knowledgeable citizenry and that knowledge stems from news consumption. News and politics are said to positively correlate; the political democracy’s vibrancy depends upon the strength of both. This qualitative examination of ‘news resisters,’ people who purposefully limit their news consumption, turns the news-democracy narrative on its head by arguing th…
Sociology (5 works) · Art (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)