Ernest G. Bormann (July 28, 1925 – December 27, 2008
) was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Speech-Communication at the
University of Minnesota
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. He received his B.A. from the University of South Dakota in 1949 and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in 1953. He originated the
Symbolic Convergence Theory of human
communication
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, which emphasizes the sharing of group "
fantasies
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Fantasy, Fantasie, or Fantasies may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* Fantasia (music), a free-form musical composition
* ''Fantasie'' (Widmann), a 1993 composition for solo clarinet by Jörg Widmann
* ...
" (
creative
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*Creativity, phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is created
* "Creative" (song), a 2008 song by Leon Jackson
* Creative class, a proposed socioeconomic class
* Creative destruction, an economic term
* Creative dir ...
interpretations) as a method of developing shared meaning. Furthermore, he is the author of numerous books and articles.
Publications
* Bormann, E. G. (1972). Fantasy and rhetorical vision: The rhetorical criticism of social reality. ''Quarterly Journal of Speech'', ''58''(4), 396–407.
* Bormann, E. G. (1980). ''Communication theory''. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.
* Bormann, E. G. (1980). The paradox and promise of small group communication revisited. ''Central States Speech Journal'', ''31''(3), 214–220.
* Bormann, E. G. (1982). Fantasy and rhetorical vision: Ten years later. ''Quarterly Journal of Speech'', ''68''(3), 288–305.
* Bormann, E. G. (1985). ''The source of fantasy: Restoring the American dream''. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
* Bormann, E. G. (1985). Symbolic convergence theory: A communication formulation. ''Journal of Communication'', ''35''(4), 128–138.
* Bormann, E. G. (1990). ''Small group communication: Theory and practice'' (3rd ed.). New York: Harper & Row.
External links
* In Memoriam Ernest G. Bormann, 1925-2008: http://comm.umn.edu/bormann.html
* Official Homepage: http://www.vayne.com/bormann.us
References
Communication theorists
1925 births
2008 deaths
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