Thomas E Ruggiero
Biographic Data
| ID | 4908603 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas E Ruggiero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas E |
| FAMILY NAME | Ruggiero |
| SIGNATURE | RUGGIERO T E |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 203 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Media Downing of Pierre Salinger
Through analysis of historical listserv dialogue and traditional media dissection of a watershed debate—that a missile caused the TWA 800 crash on July 17, 1996—this study seeks to shed light on an early example of journalistic wariness and mistrust of the Internet as a news source. Specifically, we analyze the rhetoric of the late Pierre Salinger's connections to the historic incident, and the credibility of the Internet as a news source, as deb…
Uses and Gratifications Theory in the 21st Century
Some mass communications scholars have contended that uses and gratifications is not a rigorous social science theory. In this article, I argue just the opposite, and any attempt to speculate on the future direction of mass communication theory must seri-ously include the uses and gratifications approach. In this article, I assert that the emergence of computer-mediated communication has revived the significance of uses and gratifications. In fac…
Uses and Gratifications Theory in the 21st Century
Some mass communications scholars have contended that uses and gratifications is not a rigorous social science theory. In this article, I argue just the opposite, and any attempt to speculate on the future direction of mass communication theory must seri-ously include the uses and gratifications approach. In this article, I assert that the emergence of computer-mediated communication has revived the significance of uses and gratifications. In fac…
The Media Downing of Pierre Salinger
Through analysis of historical listserv dialogue and traditional media dissection of a watershed debate—that a missile caused the TWA 800 crash on July 17, 1996—this study seeks to shed light on an early example of journalistic wariness and mistrust of the Internet as a news source. Specifically, we analyze the rhetoric of the late Pierre Salinger's connections to the historic incident, and the credibility of the Internet as a news source, as deb…
Uses and Gratifications Theory in the 21st Century
Some mass communications scholars have contended that uses and gratifications is not a rigorous social science theory. In this article, I argue just the opposite, and any attempt to speculate on the future direction of mass communication theory must seri-ously include the uses and gratifications approach. In this article, I assert that the emergence of computer-mediated communication has revived the significance of uses and gratifications. In fac…
The Media Downing of Pierre Salinger
Through analysis of historical listserv dialogue and traditional media dissection of a watershed debate—that a missile caused the TWA 800 crash on July 17, 1996—this study seeks to shed light on an early example of journalistic wariness and mistrust of the Internet as a news source. Specifically, we analyze the rhetoric of the late Pierre Salinger's connections to the historic incident, and the credibility of the Internet as a news source, as deb…
Advertising (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Newspaper (2 works) · Social Media and Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · The Internet (2 works) · World Wide Web (2 works)