I have followed the last two weeks as professors in fields that supposedly study critical thinking, decision making, fallacies, persuasion, and so on, have quickly…
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The rhetoric of science and technology, often grouped with technical communication. (Not the technology of communication.)
Teaching traditional “English” was never my ambition. When I considered teaching as a high school student, I wanted to teach media: journalism, photography, and television…
Comments closedFar from the perfect professor with eidetic recall and charisma, I am the first to announce to students that I will make mistakes during a…
Comments closedThe Rogue Rhetorician is returning to the classroom. Yes, I gave up the academic job search… and was offered a position. I’ve been away for a…
Comments closedI tried to understand RSA – Rhetoric Society of America – but never could relate to the publications or digital spaces. (I did not mourn…
Comments closedThe Rogue, a likable yet aberrant individual, breaks norms — often to flaunt his freedom. That freedom comes from knowing the rules are absurd, deserving…
Comments closedWe love novelty. The unusual, the strange, the odd — whatever you want to call it, people want news that is startling to read. Newspapers have always known…
Comments closedThere have been moments this century when social media helped organize social change. Public policy in nations was changed, and social media played a role.…
Comments closedRhetoric, as a field, has long admitted that pathos persuades more people than reason and logic. The Greeks and Romans recognized the danger of this…
Comments closedThe Centers for Disease Control recently issued a list of words and phrases to avoid in publications. The media (and social media) quickly howled that…
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