Edward Schiappa

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Edward Schiappa is a scholar working on Philosophy, Literature and Literary Theory and Communication. According to data from OpenAlex, Edward Schiappa has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Philosophy, 10 papers in Literature and Literary Theory and 7 papers in Communication. Recurrent topics in Edward Schiappa's work include Rhetoric and Communication Studies (13 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (12 papers) and Classical Antiquity Studies (6 papers). Edward Schiappa is often cited by papers focused on Rhetoric and Communication Studies (13 papers), Classical Philosophy and Thought (12 papers) and Classical Antiquity Studies (6 papers). Edward Schiappa collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and France. Edward Schiappa's co-authors include Peter B. Gregg, Dean E. Hewes, David C. Mirhady, William W. Fortenbaugh, Jennifer Stromer‐Galley, Thomas C. Johnson, Thomas P. Miller, Janet M. Atwill, Janice M. Lauer and Richard Leo Enos and has published in prestigious journals such as Communication Monographs, Journal of Homosexuality and Communication Theory.

In The Last Decade

Edward Schiappa

39 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

The Parasocial Contact Hypothesis 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Parasocial Contact Hypothesis
    2005 493 citations Edward Schiappa, Peter B. Gregg et al. Communication Monographs profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Edward Schiappa United States 14 486 424 339 310 300 44 1.2k
Dwight Conquergood United States 11 730 1.5× 206 0.5× 285 0.8× 137 0.4× 116 0.4× 18 1.6k
Rita Felski United States 18 749 1.5× 725 1.7× 269 0.8× 271 0.9× 91 0.3× 72 2.0k
Richard Dyer United States 12 556 1.1× 215 0.5× 122 0.4× 471 1.5× 157 0.5× 46 1.4k
Barry Brummett United States 19 408 0.8× 351 0.8× 534 1.6× 207 0.7× 278 0.9× 53 1.0k
E. Ann Kaplan United States 16 431 0.9× 285 0.7× 140 0.4× 319 1.0× 108 0.4× 39 1.3k
José Esteban Muñoz United States 14 1.1k 2.3× 232 0.5× 177 0.5× 663 2.1× 104 0.3× 44 2.4k
Tamar Katriel Israel 15 403 0.8× 228 0.5× 192 0.6× 56 0.2× 166 0.6× 37 1.1k
Judith T. Irvine United States 18 390 0.8× 646 1.5× 161 0.5× 171 0.6× 145 0.5× 40 2.5k
Hélène Cixous France 16 667 1.4× 878 2.1× 449 1.3× 314 1.0× 50 0.2× 123 2.4k
Robert Stam United States 15 637 1.3× 320 0.8× 130 0.4× 181 0.6× 122 0.4× 73 1.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Schiappa, Edward. (2024). Reducing Prejudice through Mediated Exposure. 18(1). 35–52.
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Schiappa, Edward, et al.. (2024). Argumentation.
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Schiappa, Edward. (2021). The Transgender Exigency. BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library). 2 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (2012). Defining Marriage in California: An Analysis of Public and Technical Argument. Argumentation and Advocacy. 48(4). 216–230. 7 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward, et al.. (2007). Listening to Audiences: A Brief Rationale and History of Audience Research in Popular Media Studies. International Journal of Listening. 21(1). 14–23. 6 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward, Peter B. Gregg, & Dean E. Hewes. (2006). Can One TV Show Make a Difference?a Will & Grace and the Parasocial Contact Hypothesis. Journal of Homosexuality. 51(4). 15–37. 213 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (2001). What Is Golf?: Pragmatic Essentializing and Definitional Argument in Pga Tour, Inc. V. Martin. Argumentation and Advocacy. 38(1). 18–27. 1 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (1998). Constructing Reality Through Definitions: The Politics of Meaning. 5 indexed citations
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Enos, Richard Leo, Janet M. Atwill, Cheryl Glenn, et al.. (1997). Octalog II: The (continuing) politics of historiography (Dedicated to the memory of James A. Berlin). Rhetoric Review. 16(1). 22–44. 17 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (1995). Gorgias's Helen revisited. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 81(3). 310–324. 7 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (1995). Interdisciplinarity and social practice: Reflections on Dow, Condit, and Swartz. Communication Studies. 46(1-2). 140–147. 6 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward, et al.. (1994). Intertextual argument in Gorgias's on what is not: a formalization of sextus, adv Math 7.77-80. Philosophy and Rhetoric. 27(2). 156–161. 6 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (1994). Aristotle. Ancient Philosophy. 14(2). 422–424. 1 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (1994). Plato and a Response To O'Sullivan. Mnemosyne. 47(4). 512–514. 2 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (1993). Burkean Tropes and Kuhnian Science: A Social Constructionist Perspective on Language and Reality.. 13(2). 9 indexed citations
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Fortenbaugh, William W. & Edward Schiappa. (1993). Protagoras and Logos: A Study in Greek Philosophy and Rhetoric. The American Journal of Philology. 114(4). 623–623. 55 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (1992). Rhêtorikê: What's in a name? Toward a revised history of early Greek rhetorical theory. Quarterly Journal of Speech. 78(1). 1–15. 25 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward, et al.. (1990). The Promise of the Cross Examination Debate Association. Argumentation and Advocacy. 27(2). 78–85.
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Schiappa, Edward. (1990). Did Plato Coin Rhetorike. The American Journal of Philology. 111(4). 457–457. 28 indexed citations
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Schiappa, Edward. (1989). The rhetoric of nukespeak. Communication Monographs. 56(3). 253–272. 37 indexed citations

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