Studying Social Networks :

Markets, Communities and Organizations


A conference followed by a workshop hosting:
Prof. Ronald Rice and Prof. Noshir Contractor


June 17-18, 2007

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Prof. Ronald Rice

 


Professor Ronald Rice is among the most cited and most influential researchers in communication science. Dr. Rice received his B.A. in Literature from Columbia University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication Research from Stanford University. He also has corporate experience in systems and communication analysis, banking operations, data processing management, publishing, statistical consulting, and high school teaching.

 

Before coming to University of California at Santa Barbara, he was Professor II (Distinguished), and Chair of the Department of Communication, at the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Rutgers University, NJ.

 

He has co-authored or co-edited Public Communication Campaigns (1st ed: 1981; 2nd ed: 1989; 3rd ed: 2001; Sage), The New Media: Communication, Research and Technology (1984; Sage), Managing Organizational Innovation (1987; Columbia University Press), Research Methods and the New Media (1988; The Free Press), The Internet and Health Communication (2001; Sage), Accessing and Browsing Information and Communication (2001; The MIT Press), Social Consequences of Internet Use: Access, Involvement and Interaction (2002; MIT Press), The Internet and Health Care: Theory, Research and Practice (2006: Lawrence Erlbaum Publishers), and Media Ownership: Regulation and Research (2006: Hampton Press).

 

He has conducted research and published widely in communication science, public communication campaigns, computer-mediated communication systems, methodology, organizational and management theory, information systems, information science and bibliometrics, and social networks. His publications have won awards as best dissertation from the American Society for Information Science, half a dozen times as best paper from International Communication Association divisions, and twice as best paper from Academy of Management divisions. Dr. Rice has been elected divisional officer in both the ICA and the Academy of Management, served as member and chair of the ICA Publications Board, and served as the International Communication Association President in 2005. Additionally, he has served as Associate Editor for Human Communication Research, Journal of Management Information Systems, and MIS Quarterly.

 

 

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