Joseph Woelfel
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 122163 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Joseph Woelfel |
| PRENOMES | Joseph |
| SOBRENOME | Woelfel |
| ASSINATURA | WOELFEL J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7089-4260 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 165 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1967 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Shifting attitudes toward policies that reduce car dependence
Inertia in cognitive processes
What are emotions and how many are there
How Americans Make Sense of Two Novel Pandemics
Using Galileo theory and method of multidimensional scaling (MDS), we compared the psychological distances between concepts related to two pandemic viruses, Zika and COVID-19. Surveys (Zika, N = 410; COVID-19, N = 291) were used to investigate the role of media use and interpersonal communication on the relationship between 10 concepts in multidimensional spaces. We asked these four research questions: Do the two spaces represent the two pandemic…
Netflix series 13 reasons why as compound suicide messages
Proximal versus distant suffering in TV news discourses on Covid-19 pandemic
News is central to human communication and has an important signifying power as a particular subsystem within language. This study sets out to comprehensively examine how four major TV global news providers – CNN, BBC, DW and RT – have covered the COVID-19 pandemic from outbreak to mid-crisis. We apply a multi-level content analysis approach that rests on theories of proximization and representation of distant suffering, following a computer-assi…
Significant Others
The idea that the self‐concept is formed through interaction with significant others marks a fundamental departure from the Aristotelian notion that all people have the same goals due to their “human nature.” The first empirical evidence for this view came from the Wisconsin group, particularly William Sewell and Archie Haller in the area of status attainment, which showed that the effects of structural variables on attainments were mediated by t…
Redefining the Role of the Pharmacist
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore better use of pharmacists in rural communities as a partial solution to scarcity of physicians and other health care providers. It discusses expected reduction in public subsidies for rural health care and the changing market for pharmacists. The paper emphasizes the use of pharmacists as a backdrop for description of Medication Therapy Management (MTM). A pilot study of MTM is also reported. Metho…
Procedures for Analyses of Online Communities
This article details a set of procedures for the analysis and interpretation of the content and structure of online networks and communities. These novel methods allow for the analysis of online chat, including parsing the data into separate and interrelated files to determine individual, group and organizational patterns. An illustrative example of an educational online community in Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU) is provided that use…
Spaces and Networks
Artificial Neurol Networks in Policy Research
Journal Article Artificial Neurol Networks in Policy Research: A Current Assessment Get access Joseph Woelfel Joseph Woelfel 1Joseph Woelfel is professor and chair at the Department of Communication, and senior fellow at the Rockfeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 43, Issue 1, March 1993, Pages 63–80…
The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology
Conceptual structures as damped harmonic oscillators
Dialogue on the Nature of Causality, Measurement, and Human Communication Theory
Development of the Western Model
Metric Multidimensional Scaling of Viewers' Perceptions of TV in Five Countries
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Barbara Newton, Elizabeth Buck, Joseph Woelfel; Metric Multidimensional Scaling of Viewers' Perceptions of TV in Five Countries. Human Organization 1 June 1986; 45 (2): 162–170. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.45.2.224t1624033qj340 Do…
The cultural convergence of Korean immigrants in Hawaii
The Measurement of Communication Processes
Communication and Cultural Development
c LASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY has been concerned with the process by which societies change from traditional agriculturally based systems to modern ones in which wealth is generated primarily through industrial production (Tonnies 1912; Durkheim 1960; Spencer 1897; Parsons 1961). This process has become known as or , when dealing with a specific nation-state, national development. Despite the popularity of the terms development in the social sci…
Foundations of Cognitive Theory
Basic Premises of Multidimensional Attitude Change Theory
Multidimensional attitude change models propose that (1) stimuli defining the domain of attitudes may consist of a multidimensional rather than unidimensional pattern; (2) stimuli associated with each other in the persuasion process will converge with each other in the multidimensional attitude domain. These two propositions receive clear support from three of the hypotheses tested in four-panel cohort data, which analyses show to be multidimensi…
Mass Communication and Belief Change
Three mathematical models of communication and belief change were proposed and tested: a proportional change model, a belief certainty model, and an accumulated information model. A quick correlational check of the three models suggested that the accumulated information model was the superior with the belief certainty model being the most inferior of the three. Stronger support for the accumulated information model obtained using a more stringent…
The Galileo System of Measurement
Journal Article The Galileo System of Measurement: Preliminary Evidence for Precision, Stability, and Equivalence to Traditional Measures Get access James Gillham, James Gillham 1University of Akron Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Joseph Woelfel Joseph Woelfel 2Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 3, Issue 3,…
Inertia in Cognitive Processes
Research evidence is presented to support a new and simple theory of attitude formation and change. This theory posits that the attitude of any individual converges overtime on the arithmetic mean of the attitude-pertinent information received by the individual. Consequently, the stability of an attitude is dependent on the number of messages out of which that attitude was formed. This formulation also implies that the emotional state or feelings…
Interpersonal Influence and Symptoms of Stress
State University of New York, Buffalo Michigan State University Many previous works relating the social structure to states of psychological stress or tension have accorded some importance to the role of interpersonal influence. Here, three fundamental features of the influence process held pertinent to stress are delineated. To assess the relative impact of (1) discrepancy among influences, (2) level of influence, and (3) the number of influence…
Significant Others, The Self-Reflexive Act and the Attitude Formation Process
Inertia in Cognitive Processes
Research evidence is presented to support a new and simple theory of attitude formation and change. This theory posits that the attitude of any individual converges overtime on the arithmetic mean of the attitude-pertinent information received by the individual. Consequently, the stability of an attitude is dependent on the number of messages out of which that attitude was formed. This formulation also implies that the emotional state or feelings…
The cultural convergence of Korean immigrants in Hawaii
Mass Communication and Belief Change
Three mathematical models of communication and belief change were proposed and tested: a proportional change model, a belief certainty model, and an accumulated information model. A quick correlational check of the three models suggested that the accumulated information model was the superior with the belief certainty model being the most inferior of the three. Stronger support for the accumulated information model obtained using a more stringent…
The Galileo System of Measurement
Journal Article The Galileo System of Measurement: Preliminary Evidence for Precision, Stability, and Equivalence to Traditional Measures Get access James Gillham, James Gillham 1University of Akron Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Joseph Woelfel Joseph Woelfel 2Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 3, Issue 3,…
Basic Premises of Multidimensional Attitude Change Theory
Multidimensional attitude change models propose that (1) stimuli defining the domain of attitudes may consist of a multidimensional rather than unidimensional pattern; (2) stimuli associated with each other in the persuasion process will converge with each other in the multidimensional attitude domain. These two propositions receive clear support from three of the hypotheses tested in four-panel cohort data, which analyses show to be multidimensi…
Procedures for Analyses of Online Communities
This article details a set of procedures for the analysis and interpretation of the content and structure of online networks and communities. These novel methods allow for the analysis of online chat, including parsing the data into separate and interrelated files to determine individual, group and organizational patterns. An illustrative example of an educational online community in Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU) is provided that use…
The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology
Conceptual structures as damped harmonic oscillators
Interpersonal Influence and Symptoms of Stress
State University of New York, Buffalo Michigan State University Many previous works relating the social structure to states of psychological stress or tension have accorded some importance to the role of interpersonal influence. Here, three fundamental features of the influence process held pertinent to stress are delineated. To assess the relative impact of (1) discrepancy among influences, (2) level of influence, and (3) the number of influence…
Comment on the Blumer-Bales Dialogue Concerning the Interpretation of Mead's Thought
Reply to Land, Henry and Hummon
Significant Others, The Self-Reflexive Act and the Attitude Formation Process
Interpersonal Influence and Symptoms of Stress
State University of New York, Buffalo Michigan State University Many previous works relating the social structure to states of psychological stress or tension have accorded some importance to the role of interpersonal influence. Here, three fundamental features of the influence process held pertinent to stress are delineated. To assess the relative impact of (1) discrepancy among influences, (2) level of influence, and (3) the number of influence…
Inertia in Cognitive Processes
Research evidence is presented to support a new and simple theory of attitude formation and change. This theory posits that the attitude of any individual converges overtime on the arithmetic mean of the attitude-pertinent information received by the individual. Consequently, the stability of an attitude is dependent on the number of messages out of which that attitude was formed. This formulation also implies that the emotional state or feelings…
The Galileo System of Measurement
Journal Article The Galileo System of Measurement: Preliminary Evidence for Precision, Stability, and Equivalence to Traditional Measures Get access James Gillham, James Gillham 1University of Akron Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Joseph Woelfel Joseph Woelfel 2Michigan State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Human Communication Research, Volume 3, Issue 3,…
Mass Communication and Belief Change
Three mathematical models of communication and belief change were proposed and tested: a proportional change model, a belief certainty model, and an accumulated information model. A quick correlational check of the three models suggested that the accumulated information model was the superior with the belief certainty model being the most inferior of the three. Stronger support for the accumulated information model obtained using a more stringent…
Foundations of Cognitive Theory
Basic Premises of Multidimensional Attitude Change Theory
Multidimensional attitude change models propose that (1) stimuli defining the domain of attitudes may consist of a multidimensional rather than unidimensional pattern; (2) stimuli associated with each other in the persuasion process will converge with each other in the multidimensional attitude domain. These two propositions receive clear support from three of the hypotheses tested in four-panel cohort data, which analyses show to be multidimensi…
Communication and Cultural Development
c LASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY has been concerned with the process by which societies change from traditional agriculturally based systems to modern ones in which wealth is generated primarily through industrial production (Tonnies 1912; Durkheim 1960; Spencer 1897; Parsons 1961). This process has become known as or , when dealing with a specific nation-state, national development. Despite the popularity of the terms development in the social sci…
The Measurement of Communication Processes
The cultural convergence of Korean immigrants in Hawaii
Metric Multidimensional Scaling of Viewers' Perceptions of TV in Five Countries
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Barbara Newton, Elizabeth Buck, Joseph Woelfel; Metric Multidimensional Scaling of Viewers' Perceptions of TV in Five Countries. Human Organization 1 June 1986; 45 (2): 162–170. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.45.2.224t1624033qj340 Do…
Dialogue on the Nature of Causality, Measurement, and Human Communication Theory
Development of the Western Model
Conceptual structures as damped harmonic oscillators
The Meaning of General Theoretical Sociology
Artificial Neurol Networks in Policy Research
Journal Article Artificial Neurol Networks in Policy Research: A Current Assessment Get access Joseph Woelfel Joseph Woelfel 1Joseph Woelfel is professor and chair at the Department of Communication, and senior fellow at the Rockfeller Institute of Government at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 43, Issue 1, March 1993, Pages 63–80…
Spaces and Networks
Procedures for Analyses of Online Communities
This article details a set of procedures for the analysis and interpretation of the content and structure of online networks and communities. These novel methods allow for the analysis of online chat, including parsing the data into separate and interrelated files to determine individual, group and organizational patterns. An illustrative example of an educational online community in Active Worlds Educational Universe (AWEDU) is provided that use…
Redefining the Role of the Pharmacist
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore better use of pharmacists in rural communities as a partial solution to scarcity of physicians and other health care providers. It discusses expected reduction in public subsidies for rural health care and the changing market for pharmacists. The paper emphasizes the use of pharmacists as a backdrop for description of Medication Therapy Management (MTM). A pilot study of MTM is also reported. Metho…
Significant Others
The idea that the self‐concept is formed through interaction with significant others marks a fundamental departure from the Aristotelian notion that all people have the same goals due to their “human nature.” The first empirical evidence for this view came from the Wisconsin group, particularly William Sewell and Archie Haller in the area of status attainment, which showed that the effects of structural variables on attainments were mediated by t…
Proximal versus distant suffering in TV news discourses on Covid-19 pandemic
News is central to human communication and has an important signifying power as a particular subsystem within language. This study sets out to comprehensively examine how four major TV global news providers – CNN, BBC, DW and RT – have covered the COVID-19 pandemic from outbreak to mid-crisis. We apply a multi-level content analysis approach that rests on theories of proximization and representation of distant suffering, following a computer-assi…
How Americans Make Sense of Two Novel Pandemics
Using Galileo theory and method of multidimensional scaling (MDS), we compared the psychological distances between concepts related to two pandemic viruses, Zika and COVID-19. Surveys (Zika, N = 410; COVID-19, N = 291) were used to investigate the role of media use and interpersonal communication on the relationship between 10 concepts in multidimensional spaces. We asked these four research questions: Do the two spaces represent the two pandemic…
Netflix series 13 reasons why as compound suicide messages
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