Lawrence A. Wenner

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
66 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Lawrence A. Wenner is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Lawrence A. Wenner has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Gender Studies, 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Lawrence A. Wenner's work include Sports, Gender, and Society (36 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (29 papers) and Media Influence and Health (10 papers). Lawrence A. Wenner is often cited by papers focused on Sports, Gender, and Society (36 papers), Sport and Mega-Event Impacts (29 papers) and Media Influence and Health (10 papers). Lawrence A. Wenner collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Lawrence A. Wenner's co-authors include Philip Palmgreen, Walter Gantz, Karl Erik Rosengren, J.D. Rayburn, Bruce E. Gronbeck, Steven J. Jackson, Elizabeth C.J. Pike, James J. Bradac, Margaret Carlisle Duncan and D. Stanley Eitzen and has published in prestigious journals such as Communication Research, American Behavioral Scientist and Communication Monographs.

In The Last Decade

Lawrence A. Wenner

63 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Media gratifications research : current perspectives

1985 426 citations Karl Erik Rosengren, Lawrence A. Wenner et al. SAGE Publications eBooks profile →

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Ven‐hwei Lo Hong Kong

Marie Hardin United States

Patrick Ferrucci United States

Paul M. Haridakis United States

Osei Appiah United States

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Rhonda Gibson United States

Frank M. Schneider Germany

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All Works

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2025). The There that is There and the There that is Not: Reflections on Taking Stock of Communication & Sport as a Disciplinary Project. Communication & Sport. 13(5). 826–833. 1 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2021). At the Buzzer: Parting Shots on Communication and Sport. Communication & Sport. 9(6). 859–864. 6 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2015). Sport and Media. 1 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2014). On the Limits of the New and the Lasting Power of the Mediasport Interpellation. Television & New Media. 15(8). 732–740. 9 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2013). Fallen Sports Heroes, Media, & Celebrity Culture. 18 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2013). Media, sport, and consumer culture: The fan as consumer in television commercials. 424–434.

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2012). Sports and Media Through the Super Glass Mirror: Placing Blame, Breast-Beating, and a Gaze to the Future. 1(46). 47–63. 6 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2012). Chapter 3 - Sports and Media Through the Super Glass Mirror: Placing Blame, Breast-Beating, and a Gaze to the Future. 1(46). 47–63. 1 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2009). The Unbearable Dirtiness of Being: On the Commodification of MediaSport and the Need for Ethical Criticism. 4(1). 85–94. 6 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (2007). Towards a dirty theory of narrative ethics: Prolegomenon on media, sport and commodity value. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics. 3(2). 111–129. 10 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (1998). In search of the sports bar: masculinity, alcohol, sports and mediation of public space.. 301–332. 6 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A., et al.. (1997). Critical approaches to television. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 41 indexed citations

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Gantz, Walter, et al.. (1995). Televised Sports and Marital Relationships. Sociology of Sport Journal. 12(3). 306–323. 22 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (1993). We Are the World, We Are the Quake: the Redefinition of Fans as Interpretive Community in Sportswriting About the 1989 Bay Area World Series and Earthquake Disaster. Journal of Sport and Social Issues. 17(3). 181–205. 6 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A., et al.. (1993). The mass media and sport.. 196–248. 10 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (1989). Media, sports & society.. SAGE Publications eBooks. 16 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (1986). Model specification and theoretical development in gratifications sought and obtained research: A comparison of discrepancy and transactional approaches. Communication Monographs. 53(2). 160–179. 20 indexed citations

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Rosengren, Karl Erik, Lawrence A. Wenner, & Philip Palmgreen. (1985). Media gratifications research : current perspectives. SAGE Publications eBooks. 426 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (1983). Gratifications Sought and Obtained: Model Specification and Theoretical Development.. 4 indexed citations

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Wenner, Lawrence A.. (1982). GRATIFICATIONS SOUGHT AND OBTAINED IN PROGRAM DEPENDENCY. Communication Research. 9(4). 539–560. 42 indexed citations

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