The Rogue Rhetorician blog is migrating to WordPress. I established this blog to explore the academic discipline of rhetoric in the context of the online…
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The rhetoric of science and technology, often grouped with technical communication. (Not the technology of communication.)
Professors advising me, colleagues at universities, and classmates remind me that as I prepare to return to the academic job market, I need a clear…
Comments closedSomething to consider within media: magazines, newspaper, talk radio, and now cable news networks grow rapidly when they are perceived to be in the opposition.…
Comments closedMemes simply purify our social circles; they are partisanship intensifiers. It is a shame, but this is how humans create their communities. The internet allows…
Comments closedBy May, I’ll be half-way through an MFA in Film and Digital Technology. People ask why a Ph.D in rhetoric would need an MFA. My…
Comments closedThe study of rhetoric is the study of effective persuasion, which is why I study narratives. I’m convinced stories effectively persuade audiences by offering a…
Comments closedWhen I read academic job listing for Digital Humanities the skills range from HTML coding to video editing. Some list audio editing. These are not how…
Comments closedWhen people in the field of rhetoric discuss social construction and cultural influences on creativity, I often wonder if we are too quick to dismiss…
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