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Eric Walter Rothenbuhler

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Eric Walter Rothenbuhler
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Southern California (PhD)
ThesisMedia events, civil religion, and social solidarity: The living room celebration of the Olympic Games (1985)
Academic advisorsElihu Katz, Daniel Dayan
Academic work
InstitutionsWebster University
Main interestsanthropology of media

Eric Walter Rothenbuhler is an American anthropologist and dean of the School of Communications and a professor at Webster University.[1] He is known for his works on ritual communication.[2]

Education

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Eric Rothenbuhler". www.webster.edu.
  2. ^ Jain, Shobhita (2000). "Review of Ritual communication: From everyday conversation to mediated ceremony". Sociological Bulletin. 49 (1): 148–150. ISSN 0038-0229. JSTOR 23619900.