Les Switzer

487 total citations
29 papers, 287 citations indexed

About

Les Switzer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Anthropology and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Les Switzer has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 287 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Anthropology and 3 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Les Switzer's work include South African History and Culture (15 papers), African history and culture studies (8 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (3 papers). Les Switzer is often cited by papers focused on South African History and Culture (15 papers), African history and culture studies (8 papers) and Religion and Society Interactions (3 papers). Les Switzer collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Les Switzer's co-authors include Alan Booth, Pamela Scully, Mohamed Adhikari, Ntongela Masilela, Michael G. Ryan, Keyan G. Tomaselli, Erving E. Beauregard, John K. McNamara, Robert B. Horwitz and Wally Morrow and has published in prestigious journals such as The American Historical Review, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and African Studies Review.

In The Last Decade

Les Switzer

25 papers receiving 220 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Les Switzer United States	11	178	96	53	42	42	29	287
Simon Philpott United Kingdom	8	182 1.0×	26 0.3×	55 1.0×	12 0.3×	16 0.4×	22	265
Orville Vernon Burton United States	8	89 0.5×	41 0.4×	9 0.2×	20 0.5×	19 0.5×	34	195
A.E. Afigbo Nigeria	8	120 0.7×	142 1.5×	6 0.1×	22 0.5×	33 0.8×	38	326
Paul Willemen United Kingdom	11	99 0.6×	29 0.3×	18 0.3×	46 1.1×	7 0.2×	30	277
Victor E. Neuburg	8	52 0.3×	42 0.4×	25 0.5×	54 1.3×	29 0.7×	15	234
Ami Ayalon Israel	9	191 1.1×	43 0.4×	48 0.9×	13 0.3×	12 0.3×	27	286
Moradewun Adejunmobi United States	11	96 0.5×	120 1.3×	26 0.5×	90 2.1×	13 0.3×	33	256
Carla Hesse United States	9	87 0.5×	47 0.5×	7 0.1×	38 0.9×	6 0.1×	23	274
Leah Price United States	9	64 0.4×	46 0.5×	30 0.6×	194 4.6×	11 0.3×	23	325
Kenneth P. Vickery United States	11	147 0.8×	68 0.7×	3 0.1×	12 0.3×	13 0.3×	29	221

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ryan, Michaël & Les Switzer. (2009). God in the Corridors of Power. 2 indexed citations

Switzer, Les, et al.. (2009). Propaganda and the subversion of objectivity: media coverage of the war on terrorism in Iraq. Critical Studies on Terrorism. 2(1). 45–64. 4 indexed citations

Switzer, Les & Michael G. Ryan. (2005). Reflections on religion, media and the marketing of America’s wars. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics. 1(1). 41–46. 2 indexed citations

Switzer, Les. (2004). Mediating religion in the American-sponsored War on Terrorism. Ecquid Novi African Journalism Studies. 25(2). 338–346.

Switzer, Les, et al.. (2002). The Acceptance of Critical-cultural Scholarship in Mass Communication Education. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. 57(3). 213–229. 2 indexed citations

Switzer, Les, et al.. (2001). South Africa's Resistance Press: Alternative Voices in the Last Generation under Apartheid. African Studies Review. 44(3). 166–166. 10 indexed citations

Switzer, Les & Robert B. Horwitz. (2001). Communication and Democratic Reform in South Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 34(3). 730–730. 6 indexed citations

Switzer, Les, et al.. (2001). South Africa's Resistance Press: Alternative Voices in the Last Generation under Apartheid. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 34(2). 469–469. 27 indexed citations

Switzer, Les, et al.. (2000). 'Grassroots' : from washing lines to utopia. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 283–326. 4 indexed citations

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Switzer, Les, et al.. (1999). South Africa's Alternative Press: Voices of Protest and Resistance, 1880-1960. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 32(1). 194–194. 13 indexed citations

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Switzer, Les, John K. McNamara, & Michael G. Ryan. (1999). Critical-Cultural Studies in Research and Instruction. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. 54(3). 23–42. 10 indexed citations

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Switzer, Les, et al.. (1998). The Ghost of Equality: The Public Lives of D. D. T. Jabavu of South Africa, 1885-1959. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 32(1). 211–211. 8 indexed citations

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Switzer, Les. (1998). The challenge of university training in the new South Africa: an outsider's perspective. Scrutiny2. 3(2). 3–19. 1 indexed citations

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Masilela, Ntongela & Les Switzer. (1998). South Africa's Alternative Press: Voices of Protest and Resistance, 1880s-1960s. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 32(1). 244–244. 18 indexed citations

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Scully, Pamela & Les Switzer. (1995). Power and Resistance in an African Society: The Ciskei Xhosa and the Making of South Africa. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 28(2). 381–381. 26 indexed citations

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Switzer, Les, et al.. (1995). The Growth of the Media in the Third World. African Failures, Asian Successes. African Studies Review. 38(2). 132–132. 1 indexed citations

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Switzer, Les. (1990). The Ambiguities of Protest in South Africa: Rural Politics and the Press during the 1920s. The International Journal of African Historical Studies. 23(1). 87–87. 3 indexed citations

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Switzer, Les, et al.. (1985). The Press and Apartheid: Repression and Propaganda in South Africa. African Studies Review. 28(4). 120–120. 3 indexed citations

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Switzer, Les. (1981). Steyn Commission 1: The Press and Total Strategy. Critical Arts. 1(4). 41–45. 4 indexed citations

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Switzer, Les. (1980). A critique of the mass media at the ASSA congress. Critical Arts. 1(3). 70–75. 4 indexed citations

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