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ARTICLES, PAPERS & COMMENTARIES:
Foreman-Wernet, F. & Dervin, B. (2004). A study comparing audience uses of the arts and popular culture: Applying a common methodological framework. Paper presented at the annual Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts Conference, October 7-9, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia
Foreman-Wernet, L. (2003). Rethinking
communication: Introducing the Sense-Making Methodology. In B. Dervin & L. Foreman-Wernet (with E. Lauterbach) (Eds.). (2003). Sense-Making Methodology reader: Selected
writings of Brenda Dervin (pp. 3-16). Cresskill,
NJ: Hampton Press.
Foreman-Wernet, L., & Dervin, B. (2000, November). Beyond dominance and resistance: Looking for “something more” in audience interpretations of popular and elite culture. Paper presented at the meeting of the National Communication Association, Critical and Cultural Studies Division, Seattle, WA.
Brendlinger, N. H., Dervin, B., & Foreman-Wernet, L. (1999). When respondents are theorists: An exemplar study in the HIV/AIDS context of the use of Sense-Making as an approach to public communication campaign audience research. The Electronic Journal of Communication [On-line serial] 9 (2, 3, & 4).
Dervin, B., & Foreman-Wernet, L. (2003). On the necessity of theorizing responsive media design. In B. Dervin & S. Chaffee (with L. Foreman-Wernet) (Eds.), Communication, a different kind of horserace: Essays honoring Richard F. Carter (pp. 259-278). Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Dervin, B., Foreman-Wernet, L., Jansen, S. C., Schaefer, D. J., & Shields, P. (2001, May). Freedom is another word for nothing left to lose: On the inextricable necessity of theorizing <----> philosophizing in disciplining policy/practice. Paper presented at the meeting of the International Communication Association, Washington, DC.
Dervin, B., Harpring, J. E., & Foreman-Wernet, L. (1999). In moments of concern: A Sense-Making study of pregnant, drug-addicted women and their information needs. The Electronic Journal of Communication [On-line serial] 9 (2, 3, & 4).
Dervin, B., Wyszomirski, M., & Foreman-Wernet, L. (2000, October). How hidden depths and everyday secrets can inform arts policy and practice: Audience sense-making for the arts as lived experience. Paper presented at the annual Conference on Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts, Washington, DC.
Dworkin, M. A., Foreman-Wernet, L., & Dervin, B. (1999). Sense-Making and television news: An inquiry into audience interpretations. The Electronic Journal of Communication [On-line serial] 9 (2, 3, & 4).
DISSERTATIONS & THESES:
Foreman-Wernet, L. (2002). Transcending discourse stereotypes: Audience sense-making of elite and mass culture. Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University. Advisor, Brenda Dervin.
MEETINGS, CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS:
Foreman-Wernet, L. (1999, May). Identity
as Sense-Making. Paper presented at a non-divisional workshop held at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Francisco.
Foreman-Wernet, L. (2003, May). Connecting the dots: Methodology as guide. Paper presented at a non-divisional workshop held at the meeting of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA. (185 KB .pdf download).
Foreman-Wernet, L. (2005, May). Using Sense-Making Methodology to Study Making Sense of Difference: Exploring Habermasian Theory. Paper presented at a non-divisional workshop held at the meeting of the International Communication Association, New York City.
Foreman-Wernet, L. (2005, May). Sense-Making Elite and Popular Culture Products: An Exemplar Study Using Sense-Making Methodology. Paper presented at a non-divisional workshop held at the meeting of the International Communication Association, New York City.