Ancient Greek philosophers despised the Sophists’ rhetoric because it searched for relative truth, not absolutes. But learning how to do that thoughtfully can help constructive debates.
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Immanuel Kant’s ideas about respect are still important today, in a world where social media and echo chambers make manipulation easy.
Understanding how hiring managers evaluate candidates can help us understand current hiring prejudices and, hopefully, help us overcome them.
The events of Jan. 6, 2021, have been called an insurrection. The same word has often been used to describe the mostly forgotten rebellions against plantation owners by enslaved people.
There are genuine political disagreements, and then there are time-worn strategies for selling denial to the public. A sociologist breaks down the patterns.
Threats to law enforcement have risen in the aftermath of the FBI raid on former President Trump’s Florida estate. Does ‘message laundering’ by top GOP figures have something to do with it?
It’s easy to consider the erosion of democratic norms in the U.S. as purely political, but it poses serious risks to the country’s economic order. Is democracy in the gallows?
“Hackathons” can imply breaching security and privacy. To more accurately reflect their creative and constructive intent, they can be referred to instead as “datathons” or “code fests.”
The ways Americans talk about firearms is full of contradictions, two communication scholars explain – and that powerfully shapes the country’s approach to gun policy.
History brought Ukraine’s plight home to people around the world, and helped mobilize political and military support against the Russian invasion.
In a speech that touched on America’s darkest days and most inspirational leaders, Ukraine’s embattled president made a powerful call for stronger action on Russia.
If we learn how to disengage from communication circuits that lay the groundwork for fear and aggression, we have a better chance of managing conflict constructively.
Rioters at the Capitol represented a ‘dagger against the throat’ of American democracy, President Biden said in an address laden with imagery.
Billed as a speech from a leader making daring decisions to fix the nation, the prime minister’s conference appearance rapidly descended into jokes about beavers.
When there is nothing new to say, pegging news stories to the anniversaries of the deaths of Black Americans objectifies the victims and helps make violence ordinary.
We ought to worry that the pandemic has made it even easier to reduce teaching to disseminating knowledge.
Metaphors are not used for their own sake in politics, but as part of a strategy to persuade a particular audience to accept a point of view, and act accordingly
For many extremist groups, a primary goal is to spread their ideology. Costumes and uniforms – even ridiculous ones – are a form of spectacle that can garner attention and interest.
Researchers find that the most devoted fans take their team’s defeats personally and often blame losses on the refs or cheating. Sound familiar?
The president’s language sounded less presidential and more inflammatory in the weeks leading up to the riots.
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
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Professor, Department of Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Chair of Academic Board, Victoria University
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Adjunct Professor at the School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
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Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Communication Consultant, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Senior Lecturer and Senior Digital Learning Developer, UCL
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Professor of Communication Studies, Colorado State University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Comparative Literature and Culture, Queen Mary University of London
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Professor of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis
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Assistant Professor Rhetoric and Communication, State University of New York, College at Geneseo
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Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor in Linguistics, Macquarie University
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
