William L. Benoit

9.4k citations
215 papers · 6.6k · 1 hit paper · h-index 42

Impact in

  • Communication top 0.02%
    • Public Relations and Crisis Communication
    • Media Studies and Communication
    • Social Media and Politics
  • Philosophy top 0.1%
    • Rhetoric and Communication Studies

Papers in

    • Social Media and Politics 76
    • Media Studies and Communication 74
    • Public Relations and Crisis Communication 38
    • Rhetoric and Communication Studies 76

William L. Benoit

199 papers receiving 5.6k citations

William L. Benoit's Hit Papers

Image repair discourse and crisis communication 1997 · 907 citations
9070+9+19Years since publication250500750

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William L. Benoit
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  • Communication 4.4k
  • Philosophy 1.5k
  • Literature and Literary Theory 816
  • Political Science and International Relations 1.4k
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.3k
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Image repair discourse and crisis communication
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1997907
2 2003417
3 2003244
4 2007174
5 1994145
6 1995124
7 1997117
8 1994113
9 1997112
10 1996108
11 1997108
12 1999106
13 2000102
14 1999101
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Campaign '96: A Functional Analysis of Acclaiming, Attacking, and Defending
199892
16 199988
17 199985
18 200482
19 200280
20 200278

About William L. Benoit

William L. Benoit is a scholar working on Communication, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Literature and Literary Theory, having authored 215 papers that have together received 6.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Social Media and Politics (76 papers), Rhetoric and Communication Studies (76 papers), Media Studies and Communication (74 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (49 papers), Public Relations and Crisis Communication (38 papers), Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (25 papers), Media Influence and Politics (9 papers) and Misinformation and Its Impacts (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Communication (4.4k citations), Philosophy (1.5k citations), Literature and Literary Theory (816 citations), Political Science and International Relations (1.4k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (2.3k citations). William L. Benoit has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Ireland. Frequent co-authors include Glenn J. Hansen, Susan L. Brinson, John R. Petrocik, Joseph R. Blaney, R. Lance Holbert, LeAnn M. Brazeal, L. Catherine Brinson, John McHale, Juyan Zhang and Wei‐Chun Wen. Their work appears in journals such as Communication Quarterly, Communication Studies, Public Relations Review, Rhetoric Society Quarterly and Communication Monographs.

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