L. David Ritchie. Uncertainty and the fragmentation of knowledge. In B. Dervin & S. Chaffee (Eds.), A festschrift for Richard Carter, Beverly Hills, CA: Sage. 2003.
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick and L. David Ritchie. Communication theory and the family. In P. Boss, W. Doherty, R. LaRossa, W. Schumm, & S. Steinmetz (Eds.), Sourcebook of family theories and methods: A contextual approach, 565-589. NYC: Plenum, 1993.
L. David Ritchie. 295. Revised Family Communication Patterns Instrument (RFCP). Abstract #295 in B. Permutter (Ed.), Handbook of Family Measurement Techniques (2nd Edition): Fort Worth, TX: Human Sciences Publications. 2001.
L. David Ritchie (2011). “Justice is blind”: A model for analyzing metaphor transformations and narratives in actual discourse. Metaphor and the Social World, 1, 70-89.
L. David Ritchie (2011). “You’re lying to Jesus!” Humor and play in a discussion about homelessness. Humor 24, 481–511.
L. David Ritchie. (2010). "Everybody goes down": Metaphors, Stories, and Simulations in Conversations. Metaphor and Symbol, 25, 123-143.
L. David Ritchie (2009). Relevance and Simulation in Metaphor. Metaphor and Symbol, 24, 249 - 262.
L. David Ritchie and Char Schell (2009). “The ivory tower” on an “unstable foundation”: Playful Language, Humor, and Metaphor in the Negotiation of Scientists’ Identities. Metaphor and Symbol, 24, 90 - 104.
Cynthia-Lou Coleman, L. David Ritchie, and Heather Hartley (2008).. Dispensing information or dispensing propaganda? Frames and metaphors in news coverage of prescription drug advertising. Journal of Health and Mass Communication, 1, 108-127.
L. David Ritchie. (2008). X IS A JOURNEY: Embodied simulation in metaphor interpretation. Metaphor and Symbol, 23, 174-199.
L. David Ritchie and Dyehouse, Valrie. (2008). FINE AS FROG’S HAIR: Three Models for the Development of Meaning in Figurative Language. Metaphor and Symbol, 23, 85-107.
L. David Ritchie. (2008). Gateshead revisited: The integrative function of ambiguous metaphors in a tricky political situation. Metaphor and Symbol 23, 24 - 49.
L. David Ritchie.
(2005). Frame-shifting in
Humor and Irony. Metaphor and
Symbol, 20, 275-294.
L. David Ritchie.
(2004). Metaphors in
Conversational Context: Toward a
Connectivity Theory of Metaphor Interpretation.
Metaphor
and Symbol, 19, 265-287.
L. David Ritchie.
(2004). Common
Ground in
Metaphor Theory: Continuing the
Conversation. Metaphor and
Symbol,
19, 233-244.
L. David Ritchie.
(2004)
Lost in “Conceptual
Space”: Metaphors of
Conceptual
Integration. Metaphor and Symbol, 19, 31-50.
L. David Ritchie.
“ARGUMENT IS WAR” – Or is it a game of
chess? Multiple meanings in the
analysis of imiplicit metaphors. Metaphor
and
Symbol, 18(2), 2003, 125-146.
Eriko Maeda And L. David Ritchie. The concept of shinyuu in Japan: A replication of and comparison to Cole and Bradac’s study on U.S. friendship. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, In Press.
L. David Ritchie. Monastery or economic enterprise: Opposing or complementary metaphors of higher education? Metaphor and Symbol, 17(1), 2002, 45-55.
L. David Ritchie. Statistical probability as a metaphor for epistemological probability. Metaphor and Symbol, In Press.
Paul Montgomery and L. David Ritchie. Kermitt: An on-line automated experiment designed to test the null hypothesis of the conversational implicature model of language processing. Journal of Technology for Human Services, 19(2/3), 2001.
Masami Nishishiba and L. David Ritchie. The concept of trustworthiness: A cross-cultural comparison between Japanese and U.S. business people. Journal of Applied Communication Research, 28(4), August, 2000, 347-367.
L. David Ritchie. The communication department in a state of perpetual crisis: Discount store university?. Journal of the Association of Communication Administrators, 19, May, 2000, 177-184.
L. David Ritchie. Parents' workplace experiences and family communication patterns. Communication Research, 24(2), April, 1997: 175-187.
Mary Anne Fitzpatrick and L. David Ritchie. Communication schemata within the family: Multiple perspectives on family interaction. Human Communication Research, 20(3), March, 1994: 275-301.
L. David Ritchie. What the instrument says: an elaborated theory of family communication patterns. Communication Research, 18(4), August, 1991: 548-565.
L. David Ritchie. Another turn of the information revolution: Relevance, technology, and the information society." Communication Research, 18(3), June, 1991: 412-427.
L. David Ritchie and Mary Anne Fitzpatrick. Family communication patterns: measuring intra-personal perceptions of inter- personal relationships. Communication Research, 17(4), August, 1990: 523-544.
L. David Ritchie and Leslie T. Good. Communication as a symbolic activity: a response to Angus and Lannamann. Journal of Communication, Autumn, 1989: 121-126.
L. David Ritchie, Vincent Price and Donald F. Roberts. Television, reading, and reading achievement: a reappraisal. Communication Research 14(3), July, 1987: 292-315.
L. David Ritchie. Shannon - and Weaver: Unravelling the paradox of information. Communication Research 13(2), April, 1986: 278-298.
L. David Ritchie (2010). “To maintain a civil
society”: metaphors
and stories in talk about public
safety. Presented
at the 8th
International Conference on Researching and Applying Metaphor
(RaAM),
Amsterdam, June 30-July 3, 2010.
L. David Ritchie (2010). Metaphors and
simulations in conversational
story-telling. Presented
at the 8th
International Conference on Researching and Applying Metaphor
(RaAM),
Amsterdam, June 30-July 3, 2010.
L. David Ritchie (2009). Metaphor, narrative, and social reality in a conversation about homelessness. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association in Chicago, May, 2009.
L. David Ritchie (2007). Embodied cognition in Communication. Presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association in San Francisco, CA., May, 2007.
Cynthia-Lou
Coleman and L. David Ritchie.
(2006). Dispensing
Information or Propaganda? Appraising
Frames
in News Coverage of Prescription Drug Advertisements. To
be presented at the annual meeting of the Association for
Education in
Journalism
and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA, July, 2006.
L.
David Ritchie. (2006).
Perceptual Simulation and Metaphor.
Presented
at the Leeds University Symposium
on Metaphor analysis: Theoretical
and
methodological challenges in using discourse data.
Leeds, England, May, 2006.
L. David Ritchie, Susan Owen, David Henry, and Jolene Koester (moderator). Planning the Communication Department in a Market-Based Environment: A panel discussion.. To be presented at the 1999 conference of the National Communication Association in Chicago, November, 1999.
L. David Ritchie. Probability as Metaphor: The Rhetoric of Causation in Social Science. Presented at the 1999 conference of the International Communication Association in San Francisco, CA, May, 1999.
Eriko Maeda and L. David Ritchie: The concept of "best friend" in Japan: Replication of Cole and Bradac, and comparison to U.S. Presented at the 1999 conference of the International Communication Association in San Francisco, CA, May, 1999.
L. David Ritchie. Forbidden Fruit: Rhetoric, Science, and Pornography Effects. Presented at the 1999 conference of the Western Speech Communication Association in Vancounver, British Columbia, February, 1999 (top 5 paper in Mass Communication Division).
L. David Ritchie. Constructing the Advising Web Page. Presented at the 1998 conference of the Northwest Communication Association in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, April, 1998.
L. David Ritchie and Leslie T. Good. The Concept of Knowledge in Communication Contexts 2: Inter-Group Differences. Presented at the 1996 conference of the International Communication Association in Chicago, IL., May, 1996.
Masami Nishishiba and L. David Ritchie. Concept of trustworthiness in the workplace: Cross-cultural comparison between Japanese and U.S. business people. Presented at the 1996 conference of the Western Speech Communication Association in Pasadena, CA, February, 1996.
L. David Ritchie. Knowledge schemas among college students. Presented at the 1995 conference of the International Communication Association in Albuquerque, NM., May, 1995.
L. David Ritchie, Mimi Murayama, Leslie T. Good. An Approach to Assessing the Role of Context in Meaning Systems. Presented at the 1995 conference of the Western Speech Communication Association in Portland, Oregon, February, 1995.
L. David Ritchie. Processing informative messages: How students think about knowledge. Presented to the Annual Conference of the Speech Communication Association in New Orleans, LA, Nov., 1994.
L. David Ritchie and Paula Blunck. Organizational Communication Patterns: Measuring Perceptions about Hierarchical Authority and Openness in the Workplace. Presented to the Annual Conference of the Speech Communication Association in New Orleans, LA, Nov., 1994.
L. David Ritchie, Leslie T. Good, and Randy Baker. How people structure the concept of knowledge. Presented at the 1994 conference of the International Communication Association in Sydney, Australia, June, 1994.
L. David Ritchie. Family Communication Patterns, parents' workplace communication, values, and science education: Overview and preliminary findings. Presented at the 1994 conference of the International Communication Association in Sydney, Australia, June, 1994.
L. David Ritchie. Schema Management Theory: Internal and external communication in the family. Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in Washington, DC, May 1993.
L. David Ritchie. Schema Management Theory: Reciprocal influences of group level and individual level communication processes. Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in Washington, DC, May 1993.
L. David Ritchie. Classical and modern conceptions of information. Presented as the opening address of "Information: a root concept for Communication (special half day panel)" at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in Chicago, IL, May 1991.
Sheizaf Rafaeli & L. David Ritchie. On the value of information. Presented at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association in Chicago, IL, May 1991.
L. David Ritchie and Mary Anne Fitzpatrick. Family communication
patterns and the relational dimensions instrument: conceptual and
empirical
relationships. Presented to the Speech Communication Association
in
Chicago,
Illinois, November, 1990.
L. David Ritchie. The family communication patterns instrument: epistemic explorations, presented to the International Communication Association in Dublin, Ireland, June, 1990.
Leslie T. Good and L. David Ritchie. Power and professionalism in academe. Presented to the International Communication Association in Dublin, Ireland, June, 1990.
L. David Ritchie. Thought, structure, and action: conceptualizing the micro-macro link in family representation, presented to the International Communication Association in San Francisco, May, 1989.
L. David Ritchie and Isabelle Bauman. The social construction of adolescence: theme and variations on an unfinished symphony. Presented to the International Communication Association in San Francisco, May, 1989.
Eugene H. Buder, Jr. and L. David Ritchie. Are the data random or merely chaotic? Chaos theory and the limits to prediction. Presented to the International Communication Association in San Francisco, May, 1989.
Vincent Price and L. David Ritchie. "The individual and the social: comparatively speaking," a refereed conference theme panel organized for the annual conference of the International Communication Association. 1989.
L. David Ritchie. Organizational power relations and coorientation: Theorizing across levels of analysis, presented to the 1988 Conference of the International Communication Association in New Orleans, LA.
L. David Ritchie. Information flow in an asymmetrical relationship, presented to the 1988 Conference of the International Communication Association in New Orleans, LA.
L. David Ritchie. Family communication patterns and the flow of information in the family, presented to the 1988 Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Portland, OR.
C. David Mortensen and L. David Ritchie. "The difference between war and peace: cognitive, linguistic, and communicative perspectives," a refereed conference theme panel organized for the annual conference of the Speech Communication Association. 1988.
L. David Ritchie and C. David Mortensen. Myths of Origin: Implications for Communication Theory. Presented to the 1988 annual conference of the Speech Communication Association in New Orleans, LA.
L. David Ritchie. Annihilation or surrender: Imaging Peace and its alternatives, presented to the 1988 annual conference of the Speech Communication Association in New Orleans, LA.
L. David Ritchie. Of time and the media: issues of temporality in communication research, presented to the 1987 conference of the International Communication Association in Montreal, Canada. (Top three paper award, Philosophy of Communication Division.)
L. David Ritchie. Whose accuracy, whose congruency, and whose agreement? Variations on the theme of coorientation, presented to the 1987 conference of the International Communication Association in Montreal, Canada. (Top student paper award, Information Systems Division.)
L. David Ritchie, Vincent Price, and Donald F. Roberts. Television, reading, and reading achievement: a reappraisal. Presented to the 1987 conference of the International Communication Association in Montreal, Canada.
L. David Ritchie. Communication relationships, conventions of
meaning,
and social representations, presented to the 1986 conference of
the
International
Communication Association in
Chicago, Ill.
L. David Ritchie. Comparing Shannon to Weaver: uncertainty, information, and paradox, presented to the 1986 conference of the International Communication Association in Chicago, Ill.
Vincent Price, L. David Ritchie, Donald F. Roberts, and Debra
Lieberman. The Stanford Reading and Television Study: a progress
report.
Presented to the 1986 conference of the International
Communication
Association
in Chicago, Ill.
L. David Ritchie. Family communication patterns - or parent communication patterns? presented to the 1985 conference of the International Communication Association in Honolulu, HA.
Vincent Price, L. David Ritchie, and Heinz Eulau, guest editors. Micro-Macro Issues in Communication Research, a special issue of Communication Research, April, 1991. 18(2).
L. David Ritchie and Vincent Price. Of matters micro and macro: Special issues for communication research. Communication Research, 18(2), April, 1991: 133-139.
Vincent Price, L. David Ritchie, and Heinz Eulau. Cross-Level
Challenges
for communication research: Epilogue. Communication Research,
18(2),
April,
1991: 262-271.
Vincent Price, L. David Ritchie, and Donald F. Roberts. Public
knowledge,
attitudes, and behavior regarding food and nutrition: a review of
recent
surveys. Stanford Nutrition Communication Project, Technical
Report No.
1. 1985. Stanford, CA: Institute for Communication Research.
L. David Ritchie, Vincent Price, and Donald F. Roberts. Visions of sugar plums - representations of food and science: theoretical implications for communicating about nutrition. Stanford Nutrition Communication Project, Technical Report No. 2. Stanford, CA: Institute for Communication Research.
Russell
Hanes, Representation of educational reform in the mass
media. In progress; will
defend in late
spring.
Kojima, Yosuke. The Impact of Hollywood Movies on Japanese Perceptions of Americans. Completed March 26, 1999.
Nishishiba, Masami, The Concept of Trustworthiness: A Cross- cultural Comparison between Japanese and U.S. Business People. Completed Aug. 11, 1997.
Maeda, Eriko, A Lay Theory of Relational Satisfaction with Best Friends in Japan. Completed May 6, 1997.
Winter, Jenelle, Sex on the Soaps: A Content-Analysis. Completed June 13, 1996.
Stanek, Lynn M., M.S., Relationship of Marital Types and Conflict Styles. Completed Feb. 7, 1996.
Murayama, Mimi, M.A., Interpretation of silence between Japanese and the U.S. Completed Feb. 21, 1995.
Tanski, Karen, M.S., The Concept of Mother in Children's Stories in Translation from Print to Visual Media: A Content Analysis. Completed Sept., 1994.
Paula Blunck, M.S., Perceived Communication During Organizational Change. Completed, 1994.
Miyoko Fuse, M.A., Cross-Cultural Comparison of Upward Compliance-Gaining Strategies: U.S.A. and Japan. Completed October, 1993.
Suzanne Pastori, M.S., The Assimilation and Integration Processes: A Study of the Commitment Patterns During Students' Entry into College. Completed June, 1993.
Angela Taha, M.S., From the Middle East to the United States: Stressors and Coping Strategies of Members of a Sacred Culture Living in a Secular Culture. Completed February, 1993.
Service to University and Department
University Accreditation team, Chair of Undergraduate Education
group, 2004-2006.
Department Governance Document Committee, 2005-2006.
Chair, University Planning Council, 2000-2002.
University Budget Committee, 2000-2001.
Chair, Department of Speech Communication, Portland State U. 1998-2004.
University Planning Council, 1998-2001.
CLAS Advisory Committee, 1998-2001.
CLAS Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Fixed-Term Faculty. Fall, 1998.
Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Speech Communication, Portland State University.
General Student Affairs Committee, Portland State University.
Academic Requirements Committee, Portland State University.
Human Subjects Advisory Committee, Portland State University.
Summer Curriculum Review Committee, Department of Speech Communication, Portland State University.
Human Subjects Advisory Committee for the Center for Communication Research, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Communication Arts.
Curriculum Committee, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Communication Arts.
Graduate Committee, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Department of Communication Arts.
Student representative on Admissions Committee, Department of
Communication,
Stanford University.
Service to Profession
Editorial Board, ABLEX Communication Series.
Manuscript reviews for Communication Research, Communication Theory, Human Communication Research, Journalism Quarterly, Information Systems Division of the International Communication Association.
Book proposal reviews for Sage and Wadsworth.
Memberships in the International Communication Association and the Speech Communication Association.
"Knowledge, Values, and Education." A research grant from the Faculty Development Program, Portland State University, 1995-1996.
"Family epistemologies and children's attitudes toward science." A research grant from the Faculty Development Program, Portland State University, 1993-1994.
Honorable Mention, New Contribution Award for 1989-1990 from the ISSPR, for Family Communication Patterns: Measuring interpersonal perceptions of interpersonal relationships. Communication Research, 17: 523-544.
"Family Communication Patterns." A research grant from the Wisconsin Alumni Research Fund, University of Wisconsin, 1987-1988.
Top three paper award, Philosophy of Communication Division, International Communication Association. 1987.
Top five paper award, Mass Communication Division, International Communication Association. 1987.
Top student paper award, Information Systems Division, International Communication Association. 1987.
Membership in Professional Societies
International Communication Association
Speech Communication Association
Last updated May 19, 2006.