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Gloria Boone is a Professor of Communication at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. I teach classes in Advertising, New Media, Information Architecture, Usability, Web Design, Organizational Communication, and Protest and Reform Rhetoric. My current research is on a book focused on current and future developments in new media for different demographic groups. I enjoy examining the latest developments in technology and how people respond and manipulate technology for their own needs and desires. As part of this ongoing research, I delivered a presentation on new media and democracy, "The Internet and Political Engagement" at the Boston Athenaeum in February 2009. Here was a brief description of this panel: February 26: Panel on “New Media, Democracy, and Technology” at the Athenaeum Gloria Boone, Suffolk University; Linda Gallant, Emerson College; Nina Huntemann, Suffolk University; and Robert Rosenthal, Suffolk University New Media communication experts discuss the impact of New Media and Technology on Democracy. Does the Internet help make citizens more engaged in the democratic process? How do online social presence, community formation and party identification on social media sites like Facebook, MySpace, Flickr and Digg impact the political process? Have online media sites like The Huffington Post, Politico, or The Drudge Report change political coverage? Have online videos, games or instant messages change the nature of political discussions? What impact has online advertising or public relations had on the 2008 elections? Specific examples about Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Ron Paul, and others are discussed. Another part of my research looks at media consumption, changing advertising and brand responses, meaning in social media, and the creativity of different online audiences. Some of this research looks at particular sectors like health care, telecoms, and media entertainment. A total different aspect of my research is on historic reform rhetoric dealing with suffrage, the abolition of slavery, women's rights and civil rights. I am helping to plan the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Exhibit at the Adams Gallery at Suffolk University July 2010-October 2010. This exhibit will be co-sponsored by the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust. I have written books on Rhetorical Communication and Business Communication. Recent articles and presentations are about topics such as online advertising, communicative informatics, health care marketing, usability, blogs, and rhetoric. As a classically trained rhetorician and as a New Media expert, I believe the arts and the humanities inform developments in web design, technology and communication. Education: Ph.D., Ohio University, Communication/Organizational Communication M.A., Temple University, Communication/Rhetoric B.A., The Pennsylvania State University, Speech Communication/ History
Some of my publications include: Spanish Content on Hospital Websites: An Analysis of U.S. Hospitals’ in Concentrated Latino Communities. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication (forthcoming). 2009, April. New Media Strategies for Non-Profits. Cape Cod. http://infoacrs.com/newmedianonprofits.pdf Gallant, L.M., Irizarry, C., & Boone, G.M. (2008). Exploring the Technology Adoption Needs of Patients in E-Health. In Patient-Centered E-Health, Wilson, E. V. (Ed.)(pp.201-216)
Boone, G. & Secci, J. & Gallant, L. (2007, May). Emerging Trends in Online Advertising. Revista DOXA Comunicacion: Revista Interdisciplinar de estudios de Comunicacion y Ciencias Sociales, V, 241-253. http://www.uspceu.es/ Gallant, L. M. & Boone, G. M. & Heap, A. (2007, March). Five heuristics
for designing and evaluating Web based communities. Boone, G. (2004). How the Rhetorical Tradition Informs Web Design, Information Architecture and Usability. International Journal of the Humanities, Volume 2, Issue 3. Article: Electronic PDF . Article: Print (Spiral Bound). http://ijh.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.26/prod.403 Gallant, L., Boone, G. and Almquist, G. (June, 2003). Wireless Organizational Communication: A Framework for Communicative Informatics. Proceeding of the Informing Science + IT Education Conference. pp.1299-1310. Boone, G. M. (1996). Deviant History/ Defiant History: A Video Documentary, Boston Educational Foundation. Over 50,000 people viewed this documentary at the Boston Public Library. Public Faces / Private Lives Exhibit. This documentary was then seen at several other colleges. Boone, G. M. (1995, March). Mystical Unity and Hierachical
Difference:Ramon Llull's Rhetoric Boone, G. M. (1992, Fall). Religious Glasnost: Freedom, Expression and Media Usage by Religious Groups in the Soviet Union, Public Relations Review, 18 (3), pp.265-274. Boone, G. & Kropp, R. P. (1993). Communicating in the Business Environment, Second Edition. Human Resource Development Press. Boone, G. & Kropp, R. P. (1991). Communicating in the Business Environment, Human Resource Development Press. Boone, G. M. (1987, Spring). The Use of Metaphorical Topoi in Impromptu Training, National Forensics Journal. PDF Boone,G. M. (1987). Topoi and Figures of Speech: The Place of Creativity in Rhetorical Studies,in Creativity and Liberal Learning, ed. David G. Tuerck, Ablex Publishing. Boone, G. M.& Harris, E.J.(1985). Rhetoric, Argument and Communication. Second Edition. Kendall /Hunt Publishers. Boone, G. M.& Harris, E.J.(1983). Rhetoric, Argument and Communication. Kendall /Hunt Publishers. Boone, G. M. Dissertation: The Reform Rhetoric of Samuel Seabury of New York: The Battle Against Tammany Hall and Municipal Corruption.
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