Bormann Ernest G.

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== Article Summaries ==
== Article Summaries ==
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[[Bormann, Ernest "Symbolic Convergence Theory"]]
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[[Bormann, Ernest G. "Symbolic Convergence Theory"]]
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[[Bormann, Ernest "Fantasy Theme Analysis"]]
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[[Bormann, Ernest G. "Fantasy Theme Analysis"]]
== Additional Works/ Publications ==
== Additional Works/ Publications ==

Latest revision as of 17:44, 13 April 2012

Ernest Bormann (1925-2008) was a communications scholar, most noted for authoring the Symbolic Convergence Theory of communication as well as Fantasy Theme Analysis. Both theories are intended as universal explanations of how human communities understand and make sense of human action.

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Biography

Ernest G. Bormann was Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota Department of Speech-Communication. He received his B.A. from the University of South Dakota in 1949, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1953.

Article Summaries

Bormann, Ernest G. "Symbolic Convergence Theory"

Bormann, Ernest G. "Fantasy Theme Analysis"

Additional Works/ Publications

Books

The Force of Fantasy: Restoring the American Dream
Forerunners of Black Power: the Rhetoric of Abolition

Articles/Essays

Fantasy and Rhetorical Vision: The Rhetorical Criticism of Social Reality
Symbolic Convergence Theory: a Communication Formulation

Further Readings

Wikipedia's entry on Ernest Bormann

Other Scholarly Views

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Opposition

References

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