Abstract: Misinformation has generated much discussion in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and attendant “Infodemic,” as the World Health Organization (WHO) dubbed the challenge of disordered information. Rhetorical genre studies can offer important insights about how misinformation functions within informational ecologies by revealing how typification and recurrence provide opportunities for misinformation to take hold. This article develops a genre-based framework to study scientific and technical misinformation as illicit genres through concepts of genre function and... Read more about New Article: Misinformation As Genre Function: Insights on the Infodemic from a Genre-Theoretical Perspective
Brad Mehlenbacher and I are presenting at RhetCan. Absract: Focusing on the contemporary targeting of scientists, we draw on the ad Herennium and update classical vituperations to account for challenges of the ethotic construction and challenges of public scientists, health officials, and other technical experts. Read more about Event—RhetCan conference presentation
Join us for TRuST's next event! Liberal democracies depend on trust and an informed public. However, disinformation is on the rise as technological advancements and our changing media landscape have allowed false information to spread like wildfire, feeding our social echo chambers and stifling constructive dialogue. How can we make informed decisions or respond to global challenges if we don’t know the facts?
Join the University of Waterloo in partnership with the Balsillie School of International Affairs, for a conversation on how disinformation and...