Rick C. Moore earned his doctorate from the University of Oregon and has taught at Boise State since 1994. He is currently serving as the Department Chair. He loves teaching a wide variety of courses in communication theory, research, and criticism. Though occasionally dabbling in other "contexts" of communication, he mainly teaches courses related to mass communication. Dr. Moore’s research interests are in the area of mass communication and ideology. Much of his writing has investigated media portrayal of religious and environmental issues. Another key area of study is the social thought of Jacques Ellul, a French theorist/theologian who asked challenging questions about the role of technology in our lives. Writing under his full name of Rick Clifton Moore, Dr. Moore has published articles in: The Journal of Communication; Mass Media & Society; The Journal of Media and Religion; The Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society; Advertising and Society Review;The Ellul Forum; and The Journal for Peace and Justice Studies.
Articles
As Predicted: Fact and Improbability in News Coverage of Astrology, Journalism Studies (2012)
This study examines a recent eruption of news about astrology. For a theoretical lens, it...
Bombing at the Box Office: Reviewers’ Responses to Agnosticism in Bill Maher’s Religulous, Journal of Media and Religion (2011)
This paper examines reviewers' reactions to Bill Maher’s documentary film Religulous as a way of...
Secular Spirituality/Mundane Media: One Newspaper’s In-depth Coverage of Buddhism, Journal of Media and Religion (2008)
This paper addresses Mark Silk’s theory of “unsecular media” through a case study of a...
Ambivalence to Technology in Jeunet’s Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain, The Bulletin of Science, Technology, and Society (2006)
Although at one level Jean-Pierre Jeunets "Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain" is a sweet, attractive...
Spirituality that Sells: Religious Imagery in Magazine Advertising, Advertising & Society Review (2005)
This study examines the use of religious imagery in contemporary advertising. An empirical study is...
Contributions to Books
Pacifism in Film: Exclusion and Containment as Hegemonic Processes, Themes and Ideologies in American Popular Film (1996)
Presentations
Agapeistic Ethics and News Coverage of Secular/Religious Conflict, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention (2011)
Agapeistic ethics has received a small amount of attention from scholars interested in how it...
As Predicted: Fact and Improbability in News Coverage of Astrology, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention (2011)
This study examines a recent eruption of news about astrology. It uses as a lens...
Mainstream Coverage of the Mainline: A Content Analysis of News Reporting About Intra-Denominational Conflict, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Convention (2009)
Do news organizations show bias in the way they cover conservative and liberal religious groups?...