Thomas R Lindlof

Biographic Data

ID6359867
NAMEThomas R Lindlof
GIVEN NAMESThomas R
FAMILY NAMELindlof
SIGNATURELINDLOF T R
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Kentucky
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1980
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX2

  • Idiographic vs Nomothetic Science

    Open AccessThomas R LindlofOTHERThe International Encyclopedia of…2008Cited by: 2References: 7

    For more than a century, two forms of explanation have been used in the social sciences: nomothetic and idiographic. These two kinds of explanation embody major differences in scientific logic, → research methods, and even understandings of how the world is constituted. The differences are so stark that they appear to some scholars to be unbridgeable, thereby threatening the prospect of achieving unity in the sciences. However, other scholars wel…

  • Taking the Interpretive Turn: Qualitative Research of Television and other Electronic Media

    Thomas R Lindlof, Thomas Lindlof et al.CHAPTERResearch Paradigms, Television,…1998

  • Constructing the Self in a Mediated World

    Debra Grodin, Thomas R Lindlof et al.BOOKConstructing the Self in a…1996

    In today's media-saturated world, identities are no longer built solely within the close-knit communities of family, neighborhood, school, and work. Media are part of our world today and therefore play an important role in the formulations of our identities or constructions of self. In a truly postmodern mode, Constructing the Self in a Mediated World not only brings together the usually segregated areas of interpersonal and mass communication, b…

  • Computing Tales: Parents' Discourse About Technology and Family

    Open AccessThomas R LindlofARTICLESocial Science Computer Review1992Cited by: 2References: 2

  • When Media Use Can't Be Observed: Some Problems and Tactics of Collaborative Audience Research

    Open AccessThomas R Lindlof, Debra GrodinARTICLEJournal of Communication1990

    Thomas R. Lindlof, Debra Grodin; When Media Use Can't Be Observed: Some Problems and Tactics of Collaborative Audience Research, Journal of Communication

  • The role of audio media in the lives of children

    Peter G Christenson, Thomas R LindlofARTICLEPopular Music & Society1983Cited by: 1References: 14

    (1983). The role of audio media in the lives of children. Popular Music and Society: Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 25-40

  • Television Rules of Prepartum New Families

    Thomas R Lindlof, Gary A CopelandARTICLEAnnals of the International…1982References: 1

  • Fantasy Activity and the Televiewing Event: Considerations for An Information Processing Construct of Involvement

    Thomas R LindlofARTICLEAnnals of the International…1980Cited by: 1References: 9

    There have been few theoretical or empirical investigations of ongoing television viewing involvement, due primarily to methodological difficulties as well as the research agenda prevailing in mass communication. A processural construct of televiewing, based on cognitive theories of fantasy activity, is proposed. Relevant aspects of the fantasy process include its nonvolitional and effortless nature; the lack of evaluative operations; and the ada…