| Eric Walter Rothenbuhler | |
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| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Southern California (PhD) |
| Thesis | Media events, civil religion, and social solidarity: The living room celebration of the Olympic Games (1985) |
| Academic advisors | Elihu Katz, Daniel Dayan |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Webster University |
| Main interests | anthropology of media |
Eric Walter Rothenbuhler is an American anthropologist and dean of the School of Communications and a professor at Webster University. He is known for his works on ritual communication.
Education
- Ph.D. Communication Theory and Research, Annenberg School of Communications, University of Southern California, 1985. Dissertation Title: Media events, civil religion, and social solidarity: The living room celebration of the Olympic Games.
- M.A. Department of Communication, Ohio State University, 1982. Thesis Title: Radio and the popular music industry: A case study of programming decision making.
- B.A. Department of Communication, Ohio State University, 1980.
Books
- Ritual Communication: From Everyday Conversation to Mediated Ceremony, Sage 1998
- Media anthropology, Eric W. Rothenbuhler & Mihai Coman (Eds.), Sage 2005
- Communication and community, Greg J. Shepherd and Eric W. Rothenbuhler (Eds.), Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001
References
- "Eric Rothenbuhler". www.webster.edu.
- Jain, Shobhita (2000). "Review of Ritual communication: From everyday conversation to mediated ceremony". Sociological Bulletin. 49 (1): 148–150. ISSN 0038-0229. JSTOR 23619900.
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