William Housley

6.8k citations
95 papers · 3.1k indexed · h-index 31

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William Housley

90 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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William Housley
Comparison fields: 5 of 171
  • Communication 467
  • Language and Linguistics 589
  • Linguistics and Language 124
  • Literature and Literary Theory 299
  • Human-Computer Interaction 124
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The 25 scholars most cited alongside William Housley, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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1 20240
2 202318
3 20231
4 202219
5 20228
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Reorienting Sociology: Disruption and Digital Technology
20171
7 201723
8 20176
9 2016167
10 20165
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Disruptive Technologies, Social Transformation and the Socio-Digital
20151
12 2015111
13 2015138
14 201147
15 201190
16 201117
17 201057
18 20100
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Omnirelevance and interactional context
200940
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Interactionism : an essay in sociological amnesia
200318

About William Housley

William Housley is a scholar working on Communication, Language and Linguistics, Health Informatics, Immunology and Literature and Literary Theory, having authored 95 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (21 papers), Social Media and Politics (19 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (8 papers), Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (7 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (7 papers), Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (6 papers), Social and Cultural Dynamics (6 papers) and Rhetoric and Communication Studies (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (467 citations), Language and Linguistics (589 citations), Linguistics and Language (124 citations), Literature and Literary Theory (299 citations) and Human-Computer Interaction (124 citations). William Housley has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Richard Fitzgerald, Adam Edwards, Matthew Williams, Luke Sloan, Omer Rana, Pete Burnap, David A. Hafler, David Pitt, Richard J. Fitzgerald and Robert B. Clark. Their work appears in journals such as Qualitative Research, Sociological Research Online, The Sociological Review, The Journal of Immunology and Discourse Studies.

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