- Rhetoric of Technology, Sex and Gender, Gender and Sexuality, Pedagogy, Communication, Semiotics, and 43 moreHistory of Sexuality, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), New Media, Rhetoric, Gender Studies, Media Studies, Humanities, Languages and Linguistics, Science, Technology and Society, Digital Rhetorics, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Rhetorics of Civic Involvement, Rhetoric in Music, Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), Digital rhetoric, Media Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory, Rhetoric and Embodiment, Rhetorical Criticism, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, General Semantics, Media Ecology, Sexuality And Culture, Rhetorical Pedagogy, Protest, Teaching and Learning, Posthumanism, Communication Ethics, Cyborg, Sex, Body, Human Sexuality, Critical Media Literacy, Revolts and protests, Culture, Technology, Biotechnology, Innovation statistics, Protest and resistance, Bodies, Sexuality, Nudity, and Hacktivismedit
- My Ph.D. training was in rhetoric and media studies and my research examines questions surrounding embodiment and ide... moreMy Ph.D. training was in rhetoric and media studies and my research examines questions surrounding embodiment and identity, especially as it relates to technology and new media.
I have served as the president of the Media Ecology Association and the Alabama Communication Association. I also recently ended a six year term as the founding editor of the Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric.
If you want to know more, you can always check out www.brettlunceford.com.edit
Naked Politics: Nudity, Political Action, and the Rhetoric of the Body by Brett Lunceford, examines the rhetorical power of the unclothed body as it relates to protest and political action. This study explores what the disrobed body... more
Naked Politics: Nudity, Political Action, and the Rhetoric of the Body by Brett Lunceford, examines the rhetorical power of the unclothed body as it relates to protest and political action. This study explores what the disrobed body communicates, and how others are invited to make sense of this display. The actions examined range from grassroots protests to those of professionalized social movement organizations. Specifically, Lunceford examines PETA and the use of chained women and the Running of the Nudes; lactivists, or women engaging in public breastfeeding as protest action in both online and physical space; the World Naked Bike Ride’s worldwide protest against oil dependency and attempt to raise awareness of the vulnerability of cyclists; and a contest held on College Humor that invited women to write their preferred presidential candidate on their exposed breasts and send the picture to them to post on the site. Although these actions may seem to have little in common beyond their use of body exposure, they all share the notions that something can happen when you take your clothes off and that the act of disrobing can have social and political consequences. Moreover, these groups illustrate the often paradoxical views of the exposed body—by both the participants and the observers—and how such bodies operate in the public sphere. Even when the voice is silent, the body still speaks; Naked Politics considers what is being said.
Research Interests: Semiotics, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Cultural History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, and 186 moreMedia Sociology, Social Change, Social Movements, Sociology of Culture, Visual Sociology, Information Technology, Gender Studies, Anthropology, American Politics, Philosophy, Communication, Communication, Visual Studies, Visual Anthropology, Media Studies, Interpersonal Communication, New Media, Media and Cultural Studies, Rhetoric, Cultural Sociology, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Social Networks, Human-Animal Relations, Political Theory, Technoculture, Social Identity, Ethnography, Social Philosophy, Language and Gender, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Visual Culture, Visual Culture, Online Communities, International Social Movements, Advertising, Anthropology of the Body, Media Rhetoric, Digital rhetoric, Visual Rhetoric, Digital Rhetorics, Visual Narrative, Cultural Theory, Social Movement, Visual Semiotics, Political Science, Sex, Sexuality, Mass Communication, Gender and Sexuality, Bodies and Culture, Public Relations, Embodiment, Video Games, Identity (Culture), Class, Sociology of Identity, Social Movements (History), Political Culture, Politics, Identity politics, Rhetoric and Embodiment, Cultural Politics, Digital Culture, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Culture, The Body, The Body, The Abject Body, Body, Political communication, Media Activism, Culture Studies, Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Social Activism, Social Media, Rhetorical Criticism, Protest, Cultural Identity, Interactive and Digital Media, Social Movements (Political Science), Political Rhetoric, Identity Politics (Political Science), Public Sphere, Public Sphere, Communication Theory, Visual Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Human Pregnancy, Birth And Breastfeeding, Media Theory, Women and Politics, Body Image, Language and Identity, Visual Communication for Activism, Dress and the Body, Animal Rights/Liberation, Facebook, Twitter, Media, Sociology of the Body, Visual And Material Rhetoric, Phenomenology of the body, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Genders and Sexualities, Citizenship, Identity And Social Movements, Social movements and revolution, Personal Identity, Online Journalism, Online social networks, Feminist activism, Body in Performance, Pedestrians and Cyclists, Sexuality And Culture, Digital Identity, Public sphere (Communication), Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), Motherhood and Public Discourse, Nudity (Culture), Visual and Cultural Studies, Public Space, Body Language, Digital Image Processing, Activism, Sex and Sexuality, Animal Rights, New Media Studies, Ideologies of Motherhood, Google, Everyday Life, Youtube, Advocacy and Activism, Mass media, Breastfeeding, New social movements, Mass Communication and New Media, Taboo, Political Identity, Race, Human Sexuality, Facebook Studies, Mass Communications, Online Media, Bicycling, Digital Activism, Protest Movements, Nudity, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Social protests, Exhibition, Theories of Motherhood, Breastfeeding Experiences, Motherhood, New Media and Political Activism, Mass media, culture and society, College Students, Digital Marketing, Online activism, Journalism And Mass communication, Protest and resistance, Public Sphere and Public Space, New Media, Social Network Analysis, e-research, Link analysis, Social Network Sites, Twitter, Facebook, Political Communication, History of the Body, Motherhood Studies, Breastfeeding, lactation, and reproductive health, Digital Story Telling, Iphones, Breast feeding, Sociology of Nudity, Beliefs and Attitudes of Mothers Towards Breastfeeding, Media and Culture, Lactivism, Visual Argumentation, Paywalls, Virtual Revolution, Sociology of Mass Communication, Microethology, Motherhood and Maternity, The Nude, Sex and Gender based Analysis, and Social Movements/Civil Society
Research Interests: Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Communication, Digital Media, Computer Ethics, and 15 moreEmbodiment, Digital Culture, Culture, Body, Computer Mediated Communication, Eroticism, Digital Theory and Culture, Communication Studies, Deception, Betrayal, Digital Cultures, Cheating, Cybersex, Digital Culture and Computer Based Communication, and Digital Media Cultures
The current political landscape seems rife with partisanship and toxic rhetoric. Although this is certainly nothing new, there has been an increase in rhetoric that suggests that citizens take up arms against the government. In the wake... more
The current political landscape seems rife with partisanship and toxic rhetoric. Although this is certainly nothing new, there has been an increase in rhetoric that suggests that citizens take up arms against the government. In the wake of the shooting at a political rally held by Representative Gabrielle Giffords, the media began asking whether violent rhetoric could lead to violent acts and politicians began to call for greater civility in political discourse. This essay examines the rhetoric of Sarah Palin and Sharron Angle to explore the rhetorical implications of a worldview that deeply distrusts the government and considers armed insurrection as an appropriate corrective to a government run amok.
Research Interests: Constitutional Law, American Politics, Communication, Critical Discourse Studies, Composition and Rhetoric, and 15 moreConflict, Cultural Rhetorics, Conservative Revolution, Cultural Politics, Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Cultural Identity, Deliberative Democracy, Communication Theory, Democracy, Culture and Communication, Civil Society, Communication Studies, Conservative Politics, Countering Violent Extremism, and Contemporary Rhetorical Theory
This essay was delivered as the presidential address at the annual convention of the Media Ecology Association on June 24, 2017, in Moraga, CA. This address draws on the work of Neil Postman to consider the connections between language,... more
This essay was delivered as the presidential address at the annual convention of the Media Ecology Association on June 24, 2017, in Moraga, CA. This address draws on the work of Neil Postman to consider the connections between language, civility, and media ecology.
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This article considers how the language that we use to describe the "Net Generation" influences educational policy (negatively) and allows those who subscribe to this narrative to ignore individual differences of access, ability, and... more
This article considers how the language that we use to describe the "Net Generation" influences educational policy (negatively) and allows those who subscribe to this narrative to ignore individual differences of access, ability, and skill.
Research Interests: Information Technology, Communication, Teaching and Learning, Education, Technology, and 15 moreEducational Technology, Teacher Education, Higher Education, Learning and Teaching, Media Ecology, ICT in Education, Digital Media & Learning, Education Policy, General Semantics, Teaching, Educational Technologies, Digital Natives, Net Generation, Millennials, and Ecological Fallacy
Proponents of the singularity hypothesis have argued that there will come a point at which machines will overtake us not only in intelligence but that machines will also have emotional capabilities. However, human cognition is not... more
Proponents of the singularity hypothesis have argued that there will come a point at which machines will overtake us not only in intelligence but that machines will also have emotional capabilities. However, human cognition is not something that takes place only in the brain; one cannot conceive of human cognition without embodiment. This essay considers the emotional nature of cognition by exploring the most human of emotions—romantic love. By examining the idea of love from an evolutionary and a physiological perspective, the author suggests that in order to account for the full range of human cognition, one must also account for the emotional aspects of cognition. The paper concludes that if there is to be a singularity that transcends human cognition, it must be embodied. As such, the singularity could not be completely non-organic; it must take place in the form of a cyborg, wedding the digital to the biological.
Research Interests: Emotion, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Human Evolution, and 15 morePhilosophy, Technology, Media Studies, Cyborg Theory, Posthumanism, Embodied Cognition, Embodiment, Embodied Mind and Cognition, Transhumanism, Phenomenology of the body, Philosophy of Love, Transhumanism/Posthumanism, Singularity, Technological singularity, and Philosophy of Love and Sex
Scholars and pundits alike have devoted considerable attention to the so-called 'Net Generation', arguing that their status as 'digital natives' requires a complete reconception of how educators use technology. Although the explosion of... more
Scholars and pundits alike have devoted considerable attention to the so-called 'Net Generation', arguing that their status as 'digital natives' requires a complete reconception of how educators use technology. Although the explosion of educational technologies warrants closer examination, we argue that the need for this change comes not from some generational Zeitgeist, but rather the change in the technological landscape. Thus, a more fruitful approach is to examine educational technologies from a media ecology standpoint, considering what these technologies enhance, retrieve, reverse into and obsolesce.
Research Interests: Information Technology, Teaching and Learning, Education, Technology, Media Studies, and 27 moreNew Media, Educational Technology, E-learning, Distance Education, Higher Education, Digital Media, Educational Research, Learning and Teaching, Media Ecology, Online Instruction, Instructional Technology, Information Communication Technology, ICT in Education, Media Literacy, Digital Media & Learning, Pedagogy, Education Policy, Digital Media And New Literacies, Online Learning, Online and Distance Education, Distance Learning, Curriculum and Instruction, Students, Digital Natives, Course Management Systems, Millennials, and Curriculum and Pedagogy
New media technologies have created new ways of being in the world. As Marshall McLuhan put it, media are extensions of the body, and that “in this electric age, we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of... more
New media technologies have created new ways of being in the world. As Marshall McLuhan put it, media are extensions of the body, and that “in this electric age, we see ourselves being translated more and more into the form of information, moving toward the technological extension of consciousness.” Still, even as scholars shift the focus to the digital entity, the body remains at the center of our experience as humans. One cannot ignore the material realities of the person who may seem momentarily to exist only in the aether. Because rhetoric is an embodied art, it is important to understand the ways that new media influence our rhetorical strategies and alter how we experience of our rhetorical environments and even ourselves. To that end, I will examine two specific elements of digital rhetoric as it relates to embodiment. First, I will explore the utopian ideal of egalitarian discourse on the internet, where an ostensible Habermasian public sphere in which differences of race, class, gender, and other identifiable markers of identity are, in theory, bracketed out is the desired aim. I argue that this ideal has more to do with a distrust of the body that is rooted in equal parts in cyberpunk fiction and American Puritanism than in a desire to engage others as peers. Moreover, I suggest that this erasure of bodily differences weakens the potential for serious rhetorical engagement. Second, I consider the malleability of digital identity and the rhetorical and material consequences for the body when it is “outed,” especially those bodies deemed “other.” In short, we must consider the explicit link between the physical body and the virtual body.
Research Interests: Information Technology, Gender Studies, Ethics, Communication, Technology, and 38 moreNew Media, Rhetoric, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Digital Media, Visual Rhetoric, Digital Rhetorics, Rhetoric of Technology, Gender and Sexuality, Embodiment, Identity (Culture), Rhetoric and Embodiment, Digital Culture, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Cyberstudies, Culture, Media Ethics, The Body, Information Communication Technology, Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Communication Ethics, Rhetorical Criticism, Public Sphere, Visual Communication, Digital Media And New Literacies, Phenomenology of the body, Anonymity, Rhetorical Theory, Digital Identity, Cybercultures, Cyberspace, New Media Studies, Identity, Mass Communication and New Media, Others, Information and Communication Technologies, and Other
Lunceford, Brett. “Mommy and Daddy Were Married, and Other Creation Myths in Children’s Books about Sex.” In The Rhetorical Power of Children’s Literature, edited by John H. Saunders, 55-75. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2016.
Research Interests: Gender Studies, Communication, Education, Rhetoric, Sex and Gender, and 48 moreSociology of Children and Childhood, Youth Studies, Literature, Children's Literature, Popular Culture, Sexual Behaviour, Children and Families, Children's reading, Early Childhood Education, Picture Books, Rhetorical Analysis, Children's Literature & Culture, Visual Rhetoric, Textual Criticism, Children's and Young Adult Literature, Parenting, Sexuality, Sexualities education, Gender and Sexuality, English, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Culture, Socialization, Early Childhood Literacy, Rhetorical Criticism, Gender Roles, Visual Communication, Children's Media, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Genders and Sexualities, Parent Involvement, Parent Child Relationships, Sexuality And Culture, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Culture, gender and sexuality, Sex and Sexuality, Sexuality Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Human Sexuality, Childhood studies, Sex Education, Sexual Behavior, Sexuality education, Textual analysis, Childrens Literature, Parents, and Sex Roles
In this article, the author reflects on founding the Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, its origins as part of the Alabama Communication Association, and his role as editor of the journal for six years. After considering some of the... more
In this article, the author reflects on founding the Journal of Contemporary Rhetoric, its origins as part of the Alabama Communication Association, and his role as editor of the journal for six years. After considering some of the defining moments of the journal, the author considers how this past may shape the future of the journal as it moves on to the new editor.
Research Interests: Communication, Education, Rhetoric, Publishing, Electronic publishing, and 32 moreOpen Access, Open Access Publishing, Scholarly Editing, Rhetorical Analysis, Editing of Journals, Public and Political Communication, Autoethnography, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Political communication, Rhetorical Criticism, Political Rhetoric, Political Communication (Communication), Digital Publishing, Civic Engagement, Online Academic Publishing, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Academic Publishing, Current Events Analysis, Communication Studies, Public Intellectuals, Current Affairs, Research and Publications, Editing, Academic Journals, Open Access Journals, Scholarly Publishing, Publications, Journal Editing, Open-Access, Publication, Research and Publication, and Public Communication. Political Communication
The promise of cosmetic surgery is that one can reshape his or her body to remove perceived defects and thus have a perfect body. Although in practice this is not always the result, many continue to pursue this potential. One extreme... more
The promise of cosmetic surgery is that one can reshape his or her body to remove perceived defects and thus have a perfect body. Although in practice this is not always the result, many continue to pursue this potential. One extreme example of this impulse is actress Heidi Montag, who underwent ten different plastic surgery procedures in one day. But the decision to undergo cosmetic surgery is not made in a vacuum. Individuals are influenced by others, including the media, the surgeons, and themselves. This essay uses Montag's experience to explore four ethical considerations surrounding cosmetic surgery—the surgeon, the patient, the media, and society—and concludes with a discussion of potential correctives for ethical failures in each of these areas.
Research Interests: Sociology, Surgery, Gender Studies, Ethics, Communication, and 27 moreTechnology, Media Studies, Women's Studies, Bioethics, Popular Culture, Advertising, Beauty Industry, Celebrity Culture, Gender, Culture, The Body, Medical Ethics, Body Image, Media, Sociology of the Body, Phenomenology of the body, Medicine, Women and Culture, Biomedical Ethics, Women and Gender Studies, Society, Cosmetic surgery, Beauty, Medical Ethics & Law, Celebrity, Body Modification, and Beauty and Health
Although hacktivism (the use of information technology to engage in activism) has merit as a rhetorical strategy within social movement discourse, different hacker groups may disagree concerning the ethical dimensions of specific tactics.... more
Although hacktivism (the use of information technology to engage in activism) has merit as a rhetorical strategy within social movement discourse, different hacker groups may disagree concerning the ethical dimensions of specific tactics. The essay examines one such debate within the hacking community that took place during the 1999 protests of the World Trade Organization meetings in Seattle. One group, the electrohippies collective, defended their use of distributed denial of service attacks by arguing that its distributed nature required more people to participate and was, thus, more democratic. Cult of the Dead Cow, another hacker group, rejected this argument, stating that in programs matter more than people in cyberspace and based their ethical considerations on freedom of speech, which they claimed was being violated. This controversy helps illustrate the changing nature of online participation and the ethical considerations surrounding online protests. Keywords: activism, denial of service, freedom of speech, hacking, hacktivism, protest
Research Interests: Sociology, Social Movements, Information Technology, Philosophy, Ethics, and 27 moreCommunication, Technology, Rhetoric, Digital Media, Network Security, Computer Networks, Social Movement, Computer-Mediated Communication, Digital Culture, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Political communication, Information Communication Technology, Rhetorical Criticism, Protest, Social Movements (Political Science), Hacktivism, Distributed Denial of Service Attack, Computer Security, Hacking, Computer Hacking, Communication Studies, Ethical Hacking, Protest Movements, Hackers, World Trade Organization, Antiglobalization Social Movements, and Science and Technology Studies
Lunceford, Brett. “The Ghost in the Machine: Humanity and the Problem of Self-Aware Information.” In Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television, edited by Michael Hauskeller, Thomas D. Philbeck, and Curtis Carbonell,... more
Lunceford, Brett. “The Ghost in the Machine: Humanity and the Problem of Self-Aware Information.” In Palgrave Handbook of Posthumanism in Film and Television, edited by Michael Hauskeller, Thomas D. Philbeck, and Curtis Carbonell, 371-379. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Theories of posthumanism place considerable faith in the power of information processing. Some foresee a potential point of self-awareness in computers as processing ability continues to increase exponentially, while others hope for a future in which their minds can be uploaded to a computer thereby gaining a form of non-corporeal immortality. Such notions raise questions of whether humans can be reduced to their own information-processing: Are we thinking machines? Are we the sum of our memories? Many science fiction films have grappled with similar questions; this chapter considers two specific ideas through the lens of these films. First, l will consider the roles that memory and emotion play in our conception of humanity. Second, I will explore the question of what it means to think by examining the trope of sentient networks in film.
Theories of posthumanism place considerable faith in the power of information processing. Some foresee a potential point of self-awareness in computers as processing ability continues to increase exponentially, while others hope for a future in which their minds can be uploaded to a computer thereby gaining a form of non-corporeal immortality. Such notions raise questions of whether humans can be reduced to their own information-processing: Are we thinking machines? Are we the sum of our memories? Many science fiction films have grappled with similar questions; this chapter considers two specific ideas through the lens of these films. First, l will consider the roles that memory and emotion play in our conception of humanity. Second, I will explore the question of what it means to think by examining the trope of sentient networks in film.
Research Interests: Emotion, Information Technology, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, and 27 moreTechnology, Media Studies, New Media, Media and Cultural Studies, Cyborg Theory, Film Studies, Memory (Cognitive Psychology), Digital Media, Posthumanism, Film Analysis, Cyberpunk, Embodied Cognition, Theory of Mind, Embodiment, Embodied Mind and Cognition, Information Communication Technology, Science Fiction, Critical Posthumanism, Media, Phenomenology of the body, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), Cybercultures, Transhumanism/Posthumanism, Memory, Humanity, and Cyborgs
Lunceford, Brett. “Chained to the Dialer, or Frederick Taylor Reaches Out and Touches Someone.” In Communication and Control: Tools, Systems, and New Dimensions, edited by Robert MacDougall, 73-96. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. This essay... more
Lunceford, Brett. “Chained to the Dialer, or Frederick Taylor Reaches Out and Touches Someone.” In Communication and Control: Tools, Systems, and New Dimensions, edited by Robert MacDougall, 73-96. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
This essay takes an autoethnographic approach in considering strategies of resistance of those working in a call center in the collections department of a major bank. I focus on three facets of such work: the environment, the potential for surveillance, and the strategies of resistance employed by the workers. This essay explores the ways in which the workplace has changed from physical, manual labor to emotional labor while still retrieving and maintaining the mentality of the assembly line and Taylorism with its emphasis on efficiency. I argue that the material realities of such a workplace more clearly illustrates the potential cyborg bodies and that such a conception stands in stark opposition to the often celebratory discourse surrounding posthumanism and cyborg studies.
This essay takes an autoethnographic approach in considering strategies of resistance of those working in a call center in the collections department of a major bank. I focus on three facets of such work: the environment, the potential for surveillance, and the strategies of resistance employed by the workers. This essay explores the ways in which the workplace has changed from physical, manual labor to emotional labor while still retrieving and maintaining the mentality of the assembly line and Taylorism with its emphasis on efficiency. I argue that the material realities of such a workplace more clearly illustrates the potential cyborg bodies and that such a conception stands in stark opposition to the often celebratory discourse surrounding posthumanism and cyborg studies.
Research Interests: Business, Organizational Behavior, Management, Emotion, Information Technology, and 27 moreCommunication, Technology, Media Studies, Sociology of Work, Business & Society, Organizational Culture, Poetry, Media Ecology, Autoethnography, Emotional Labour, Metrics, Culture, Surveillance Studies, Control, Resistance (Social), Work and Labour, Work and Organizational Psychology, Electronics and communication, Surveillance, Surveillance and Control, Empathy, Information and Communication Technologies, Call Center, Ethnographic & autoethnographic research, Taylorism, Call Centers, and Science and Technology Studies
In this essay, I explore how gun-rights discourse draws on what Richard B. Gregg called the “ego-function” of protest rhetoric. I examine this stance through the lens of the “open carry” movement. I argue that open carry advocates have... more
In this essay, I explore how gun-rights discourse draws on what Richard B. Gregg called the “ego-function” of protest rhetoric. I examine this stance through the lens of the “open carry” movement. I argue that open carry advocates have painted themselves into a rhetorical corner by portraying their cause as that of the oppressed patriot standing up to a tyrannical government, which limits the potential strategies
available to them and guides them toward the rhetoric of attack. I also explore the racial dimensions of the open carry movement, which are often overlooked in Second Amendment discourse.
available to them and guides them toward the rhetoric of attack. I also explore the racial dimensions of the open carry movement, which are often overlooked in Second Amendment discourse.
Research Interests: History, Social Movements, Constitutional Law, Communication, Rhetoric, and 44 moreSelf and Identity, Violence, Popular Culture, Social Contract Theory, Race and Racism, Social Movement, Political Science, Identity (Culture), Race and Ethnicity, Politics, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Discrimination, Culture, Political communication, Social Movements (Political Science), Political Rhetoric, Racism, African American Studies, Citizenship and Identity, Critical Race Theory and Whiteness theory, Citizenship, Identity And Social Movements, Social movements and revolution, Social movement organizations, Rhetorical Theory, Social contract, Racial and ethnic discrimination, History of Race and Ethnicity, Cultural power and resistance, Citizenship, Advocacy and Activism, Lobbying, Race, Second amendment, Crime, Violent Crime, Reducing Firearms Violence, Firearms, Ballistics and Firearms, Individual rights and group rights, Advocacy and Lobbying, Armed Violence, Victim Blaming, Firearm Policy, and Social Movements/Civil Society
Although autoethnography has been used in other fields, rhetorical scholars have been slow to embrace this methodology. However, a handful of examples of rhetorical criticism demonstrate how embracing the personal experiences of the... more
Although autoethnography has been used in other fields, rhetorical scholars have been slow to embrace this methodology. However, a handful of examples of rhetorical criticism demonstrate how embracing the personal experiences of the critic and writing about those experiences can provide the reader with a great-er understanding of rhetorical processes. This essay proposes some potential ways to connect rhetorical criticism and autoethnography by focusing on the role of emotion in rhetorical discourse and the role of the critic. The essay concludes with some broad guidelines for writing rhetorical autoethnography.
Research Interests: Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Emotion, Communication, Rhetoric, Self and Identity, and 31 moreEthnography, Narrative, Qualitative methodology, Qualitative Methods, Rhetorical Analysis, Textual Criticism, Identity (Culture), Autoethnography, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Culture, Rhetorical Criticism, Qualitative Research, Language and Identity, Narrative and Identity, Culture and Communication, Rhetorical Theory, Qualitative Research Methods, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Narrative Inquiry, Identity, Autoethnographic methods, Rhetorical Studies, Qualitative Methodologies, Ethnographic & autoethnographic research, Qualitative Analysis, Autoethnography Research Methods, Writing autoethnographies, Rhetorical Legitimacy, Personal Narratives, Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, and Writing Qualitative Research
In an increasingly visual society, beauty may seem only skin deep. This chapter considers the ethics of cosmetic surgery through the lens of posthumanism, a stance that suggests that defects of the body can be overcome through technology.... more
In an increasingly visual society, beauty may seem only skin deep. This chapter considers the ethics of cosmetic surgery through the lens of posthumanism, a stance that suggests that defects of the body can be overcome through technology. Cosmetic surgery, with its reliance on prostheses and promise of reshaping
the body, is, at its heart, a posthuman enterprise. Although many have engaged in cosmetic surgery, actress Heidi Montag became an exemplar of reshaping the body by undergoing ten different plastic surgery procedures in one day. Using Montag as foil, this chapter examines four ethical dimensions of cosmetic surgery: the ethics of the medical professionals who perform and advertise these procedures, the ethics of the individual making the decision, the ethics of the media structures that promote a homogenous
ideal of beauty, and the ethics of those who tacitly approve of such procedures.
the body, is, at its heart, a posthuman enterprise. Although many have engaged in cosmetic surgery, actress Heidi Montag became an exemplar of reshaping the body by undergoing ten different plastic surgery procedures in one day. Using Montag as foil, this chapter examines four ethical dimensions of cosmetic surgery: the ethics of the medical professionals who perform and advertise these procedures, the ethics of the individual making the decision, the ethics of the media structures that promote a homogenous
ideal of beauty, and the ethics of those who tacitly approve of such procedures.
Research Interests: Marketing, Health Sciences, Medical Sciences, Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and 90 moreGender Studies, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Ethics, Visual Studies, Technology, Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Bioethics, Mental Health, Posthumanism, Sexual Behaviour, Visual Culture, Advertising, Advertising And Social Culture, Anthropology of the Body, Visual Semiotics, Sexuality, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Gender, Beauty Industry, Celebrity Culture, Medical tourism (Sociology), Gender, Sexual Selection, The Body, Body, Media Literacy, Medical Ethics, Advertising and Media, Critical Posthumanism, Medical Tourism, Visual Communication, Transhumanism, Body Modification Studies, Body Image, Media, Sociology of the Body, Health, Phenomenology of the body, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Advertising and Gender, Posthumanist Ethics, Sexual Health, Constructions of femininity, Sexuality And Culture, Body and Personal Identity, Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), Femininity, Medicine, Skin and the Body, Marketing & Advertising, Transhumanism/Posthumanism, Representations of femininity/masculinity, Sex and Sexuality, Sexuality Studies, Identity, Mass media, Women and Gender Studies, Human Sexuality, Internalization of Socio-Cultural Standards of Beauty, Body dysmorphic disorder, Body dysmorphic disorder and plastic surgery, Advertisement, Female Sexuality, Cosmetic surgery, Beauty, Stardom and Celebrity, Medical Technology, Celebrity, Body Modification, Celebrity Studies, Celebrity Worshipping, Breast Augmentation, Medical and health tourism, Plastic Surgery, Cosmetic Surgery, Liposuction, Breast Augmentation Surgery, Marketing, Management, Medical Tourism, Feminine Studies, Advertising and Marketing Communications, Female body, Beauty Ideal, Posthumans, Posthumanism and Transhumanism, Femininities and Sexualities, Ethics In Medical Practise, Medical Ethics Generally, and Celebrity and Star Studies
Research Interests: Information Systems, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Computer Science, Computer Architecture, Information Technology, and 38 moreLaw, Ethics, Communication, Technology, Rhetoric, Science Communication, Computer Engineering, Globalization, International Business, Pragmatics, Semantics, International Law, Rhetorical Analysis, Digital Rhetorics, Computer Networks, Political Science, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Political communication, Information Policy, Information Communication Technology, Technical Communication, Rhetorical Criticism, Technical Writing, Rhetorical Theory, General Semantics, Network Management, Databases, Scientific Writing, Communication Studies, Software, Information and Communication Policy, Legislation, Legal Communication, Social Communication, Network Neutrality, Slogans, Public Policy, and Science and Technology Studies
The belief that the United States is a unique nation with a particular destiny has long been a staple of American rhetoric and this conception of American exceptionalism is often couched in religious discourse. Such discourses often... more
The belief that the United States is a unique nation with a particular destiny has long been a staple of American rhetoric and this conception of American exceptionalism is often couched in religious discourse. Such discourses often highlight the American people or system of government, but the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly referred to as Mormons) provides a departure from these notions by rooting American exceptionalism in the land itself. This chapter explores how this emphasis on the American continent as a chosen land guides their views on the government, the Constitution, and the role of the church in both religious and political matters.
Research Interests: Religion, New Religious Movements, History, American History, Sociology, and 60 moreSociology of Religion, Geography, American Studies, American Politics, Communication, Rhetoric, Theology, Religion in America, Government, Popular Culture, U.S. history, Religion and Politics, Law and Religion, Identity (Culture), Political Culture, Politics, American Religion, American Culture, Rhetoric and Public Culture, New Religions, Culture, Freedom of Religion, Religion & the Public Sphere, Study of Religions, Political History, Culture Studies, Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Theology and Culture, Public Sphere, Politics and Religion, Religion in North America, Religion and communication, Culture and Communication, Mormonism, American Government, Mormon History, Public sphere (Communication), Religious History, Religious Persecution, Religion and Popular Culture, Sociology of religion (Religion), American Religious History, Religious Studies, Communication Studies, Kingdom of God, Joseph Smith, Mormon studies, American Exceptionalism, Sociology and Anthropology of Religion, Mormonism impact on Culture, Book of Mormon, North American Religions, Mormon Theology;, Mormons in Politics, Mormonism (58), LDS Church history and doctrines, Religious Freedom, Garden of Eden, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and Persecution of Mormons
This essay examines gender, sexuality, and society through the lens of apocryphal sexual acts, specifically the Donkey Punch, the Cleveland Steamer, and the Houdini. Although these acts are so disgusting, degrading, dangerous, or even... more
This essay examines gender, sexuality, and society through the lens of apocryphal sexual acts, specifically the Donkey Punch, the Cleveland Steamer, and the Houdini. Although these acts are so disgusting, degrading, dangerous, or even deadly that they seem to exist in name only, such imagined acts serve a normative function, providing limits on not only sexuality, but also on the kinds of individuals worthy of such acts.
Research Interests: Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Mythology And Folklore, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, and 94 moreSociology Of Deviance, Psychology, Social Psychology, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Folklore, Philosophy, Communication, Media Studies, Rhetoric, Cultural Sociology, Sex and Gender, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Language and Social Interaction, Violence, Sexual Abuse, Pragmatics, Semantics, Humor psychology, Humor (Psychology), Power (social), Language and Gender, Narrative, Popular Culture, Masculinity Studies, Humor, Sexual Behaviour, Sexology, Rhetorical Analysis, Feminist Philosophy, Sex, Sexuality, Sexual Violence, Rape, Masculine Sexuality, Gender and Sexuality, Language and Power, Language and Ideology, Anthropology and Sexuality, Storytelling, Men's Sexuality, Gender, Culture, Culture Studies, Masculinity, Folk legends, Rhetorical Criticism, Feminism, Communication Theory, Language and Identity, Masculinities, Media, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Genders and Sexualities, Psychology of humiliation, Language, Culture and Communication, Language and Sexuality, Rhetorical Theory, Pragmatics, Philosophy of Language and communication, Sexuality And Culture, Humiliation, Philosophy of Humor, General Semantics, Pornography, Humor Studies, Feminism(s), Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Rape and Sexual Assault Law, Women and Culture, Sex and Sexuality, Sexuality Studies, Rape Culture, Pornography Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Communication Studies, Human Sexuality, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Disgust, Society, Deviance, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Hegemonic Masculinity, Pornification Culture, Sexualisation Culture, of Children and Young People, Porn Chic, Pornography, Gender and Language, Sexual Offences and Rape, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Deviant Behaviour, Urban Legend, Excrement, Urban Legends, Sexual deviance, and Communication and media Studies
This article considers the ethics of sexual telepresence by tracing the history of mechanical and digital sex and exploring the possibilities facilitated by current and emerging technology. My aim is to consider how people have used... more
This article considers the ethics of sexual telepresence by tracing the history of mechanical and digital sex and exploring the possibilities facilitated by current and emerging technology. My aim is to consider how people have used technology to engage in new forms of sexual expression in order to more clearly delineate exactly what constitutes cheating and the ethical lines surrounding such behaviours. As with non-digital forms of intimacy, it seems clear that there is a range of behaviours that invite different people to draw the lines in different places, ranging from flirtation to erotic talk, to physical contact. But the goal of this article is not merely to consider where the lines may lie, but rather to examine how the medium in which the interaction takes place invites individuals to make particular moral judgments concerning what lines should exist at all concerning both physical and emotional intimacy.
Research Interests: Sociology, Cultural Studies, Future Studies, Media Sociology, Psychology, and 79 moreHuman Computer Interaction, Anthropology, Philosophy, Ethics, Communication, Media Studies, Interpersonal Communication, New Media, Sex and Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Digital Media, Trust, Sexual Behaviour, Media Ecology, Sex, Personal Relationships, Sexuality, Computer Ethics, Humanoid Robotics, Gender and Sexuality, Marriage & Family Therapy, Embodiment, Computer-Mediated Communication, Family, Digital Culture, Culture, The Body, Body, Social Media, Future Media, Love, Deception / Lying (Deception Lying), Sexual Ethics, Computer Mediated Communication, Human-Robot Interaction, Eroticism, Marriage and Divorce, Media, Phenomenology of the body, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Romantic Relationships, Telepresence, Philosophy of Love, Infidelity, Language and Sexuality, Philosophy of Sex, Relationships, Sexuality And Culture, Intimacy, Sexualities and Communication, Interpersonal Relationships, Digital Theory and Culture, Interpersonal Romantic Relationships, Culture, gender and sexuality, Sex and Sexuality, Sexuality Studies, New Media Studies, Online, Communication Studies, Deception, Human Sexuality, Marriage, New Media and Digital Culture, Online Media, Online Cheating, Sexual Behavior, Marriage and Family, New Media Ecologies, Betrayal, Romantic love, Digital Cultures, Cheating, Philosophy of Love and Sex, Cybersex, Sociology of intimacy (love, sexuality, family), Digital Culture and Computer Based Communication, Media and Culture, Sexual Desire, and Digital Media Cultures
As medical technology continues to progress, we are able to correct deficiencies in the body through means such as cochlear implants and prosthetic limbs. This has led some scholars to argue that we are creating technologized, cyborg... more
As medical technology continues to progress, we are able to correct deficiencies in the body through means such as cochlear implants and prosthetic limbs. This has led some scholars to argue that we are creating technologized, cyborg bodies. However, these technologies have also enabled us to correct perceived cultural flaws in the body. This article explores the nature of the body through the lens of posthumanism, examining ways that individuals attempt to reshape their bodies through cosmetic surgery and other forms of body modification. Specifically, this article examines the practice of hymen restoration, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge’s artistic endeavours in cosmetic surgery and Stelarc’s cybernetic experimentations. These cases yield three potential visions of the body: the body must be restored; bodies must be unified; and the body must evolve. Such visions have consequences; the ways in which the body is rhetorically constructed influence how people choose to alter their own bodies. By considering the body itself as medium and as an interface with other technologies, we can better theorize what it truly means to be human.
Research Interests: Creative Writing, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Future Studies, Medical Sociology, and 199 morePsychology, Information Technology, Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Music, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Technology, Art History, Technology, Media Studies, New Media, Media and Cultural Studies, Performing Arts, Rhetoric, Sex and Gender, Cyborg Theory, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Art, Bioethics, Technoculture, Information Society, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ethnography, Performance Studies, Privacy, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Contemporary Art, Posthumanism, Sexual Behaviour, Gesture, New Media Arts, Religion and Sexuality, Multimedia, Poetry, Anthropology of the Body, Media Ecology, Visual Rhetoric, Cultural Rhetorics, Feminist Philosophy, Cybernetics, Cultural Theory, Computer Networks, Sex, Sexuality, Sexual Violence, Rhetoric of Technology, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Gender, Bodies and Culture, Embodiment, Video Games, Philosophy of Art, Performance Art, Narrative and Design, Rhetoric of Science, Anthropology and Sexuality, Performativity, Trauma Studies, History of Sexuality, New Media Performance and Installation, Bakhtin, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Gender, Sexual Selection, Complex Systems, The Body, The Grotesque Body, Body, Sound, Futurism, Machinima, Pop Culture, Science Fiction, Consciousness, Performance, Science, Technology and Society, Medical Ethics, Reading, Future Media, Critical Posthumanism, Feminism, Sexual Ethics, Pleasure, Transhumanism, Theories of Gender and Transgender, Body Modification Studies, Desire, Body Image, New Media Art & Emerging Practices, Technology and Society, Technology And Culture, Media, Sociology of the Body, Philosophy of Design, Freedom Of Expression, Phenomenology of the body, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Genders and Sexualities, Genders and Sexualities, Posthumanist Ethics, Virginity, Sexual Health, Affect Theory, Futures Studies, History Of Body, Time And Space, Science and Technology, New Media Art, Constructions of femininity, Sexual Identity, Cyber Aesthetics, Body in Performance, Cyborg Feminism, Conceptual Art, Dialogism, Future of artificial intelligence, Performance Practice, Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality And Culture, Art and technology, Aesthetics of (new) media, Virtual Worlds, Performance Theory, Body-Mind Technics, Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), Medicine, Visual Arts, Databases, Cosmetic Surgery as Art, Skin and the Body, Cybercultures, Philosophy of Body, History of Medicine and the Body, Body Art, Gender Identity, Cyberspace, Psychical Research, Anthropology of the future, Transhumanism/Posthumanism, Cyborg Anthropology, Body Image (Psychology), Futures Studies and Foresight, Gendered Bodies, Sex and Sexuality, Sexuality Studies, New Media Studies, Philosophy of Cybernetics, Everyday Life, The Media's Effects on Body Image, Corporeality, Visual Art, Software, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Human Sexuality, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, Singularity, Stelarc, Radical Body Modification, Cosmetic surgery, Facial Plastic Surgery, Bodies, Body Modification, Telepathy, Sexual Behavior, Creative Practice, Body Modifications, Cyborg, Visuality, Enactive cognition, Cyborgs, Androgyny, Cosmetic Genital Surgery, Game Spaces, Cosmetic and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Medical Tourism, Cosmetic Surgery Studies, Cyborg Studies, Arousal, Cyborg Anthropology /Cyborg theory / Cyborg ethnography /Actor network theory / Anthropology, Gender, Science and Technology, Cyborgism, Cosmetic Surgery, Body Modifications, Tattooing and body modification, Ethics of Technology, Evolution Theory, Spatial Story Telling, Body Modification (tattoos and Body Piercings), Mediation Theory, Microethology, Foundations of Thought and Evolutionary Theory of Thought, Model Free Methods In AI, Philosphy of Technology, Technological Futurism, and Science and Technology Studies
The United States has long grappled with the question of how to maintain an appropriate combination of religion and politics in the public sphere. The current electoral cycle is no different, as Presidential candidates attempt to... more
The United States has long grappled with the question of how to maintain an appropriate combination of religion and politics in the public sphere. The current electoral cycle is no different, as Presidential candidates attempt to negotiate both the political and religious landscapes. This essay introduces a special forum on rhetoric and religion in contemporary politics and touches on some recent instances of how religious differences have played out in the current political environment. Some of the issues discussed include the separation of church and state, Mitt Romney’s membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), Rick Santorum’s conception of the “war on religion,” and the controversy over contraceptives at religious institutions and Rush Limbaugh’s attacks on a Georgetown law student.
Research Interests: Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Religion, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Political Sociology, and 86 moreSociology of Religion, Law, Constitutional Law, American Politics, Communication, Philosophy Of Religion, Media Studies, Rhetoric, Health Communication, Presidency (American Politics), Political Parties, Political Theory, History of Religion, Public Health Law, Public Address, Popular Culture, Religion and Politics, Religion and Sexuality, Contraception, Law and Society, Rhetorical Analysis, Cultural Rhetorics, Political Science, Law and Religion, Mass Communication, Gender and Sexuality, Bodies and Culture, Identity (Culture), Political Culture, Politics, Identity politics, U.S. Presidency, Law and Politics, Religious Pluralism, Radio, American Religion, American Culture, Cultural Politics, Public Health Policy, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Culture, Political communication, Religion & the Public Sphere, Political History, Culture Studies, Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Religion, Media, and Culture, Rhetorical Criticism, Cultural Identity, Political Rhetoric, Identity Politics (Political Science), Feminism, Public Sphere, Culture and Politics, Women and Politics, Politics and Religion, Rhetoric of religion, Media, Public Health, Gender and religion (Women s Studies), Culture and Communication, Rhetoric and discourse in every day life, Mormonism, Rhetorical Theory, Elections, Public sphere (Communication), Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Debate, Catholicism, Mass media, Religious Studies, Mass Communication and New Media, Communication Studies, Political, Religion and State, Mormon studies, First Amendment, Journalism And Mass communication, Presidential rhetoric, Conservative Politics, Media and Culture, Contraceptive Use, Anthropology of Religion, Public Communication. Political Communication, and Contraception Use
Protest rhetoric has always provided a prime example of how communication can work to change the human condition, but strategies of protest have evolved as the United States has transformed into an information economy. Although protest... more
Protest rhetoric has always provided a prime example of how communication can work to change the human condition, but strategies of protest have evolved as the United States has transformed into an information economy. Although protest remains “on the streets,” it has also moved into the digital realm. This essay builds on the work of Franklyn Haiman by considering the ethical and rhetorical dimensions of hacktivism (politically motivated computer hacking). After briefly tracing the historical development of hacktivism, I discuss several recent politically motivated website defacements and denial of service attacks, concluding that Haiman’s argument that the rhetoric of the streets should be held to different rhetorical and ethical standards still holds true in the online world.
Research Interests: Information Systems, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Sociology, Cultural Studies, Political Sociology, and 159 moreSocial Change, Social Movements, Computer Science, Information Science, Human Computer Interaction, Information Technology, Law, American Politics, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Ethics, Philosophy of Technology, Communication, Applied Ethics, Technology, Media Studies, New Media, Rhetoric, Journalism, Information Security, Information Theory, Political Theory, Internet Studies, Technoculture, Information Society, Ethnography, Social Philosophy, Human Rights, Popular Culture, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Information & Communication Technology, Visual Culture, Online Communities, Virtual Communities, Network Security, Law and Society, Rhetorical Analysis, Media Rhetoric, Digital rhetoric, Visual Rhetoric, Digital Rhetorics, Cultural Rhetorics, Development communication, Computer Networks, Social Movement, Political Science, First Amendment Law (USA), Information Ethics, Mass Communication, Rhetoric of Technology, Video Games, Identity (Culture), Computer-Mediated Communication, Social Movements (History), Political Culture, Political Violence and Terrorism, Politics, Identity politics, Web Technologies, Law and Politics, Media Education, Philosophy Of Law, Cultural Politics, Digital Culture, Digital Culture, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Culture, Political communication, Information Communication Technology, Political History, Media Literacy, Media Activism, Social Activism, Science, Technology and Society, Communication Ethics, Rhetorical Criticism, Protest, Cultural Identity, Social Movements (Political Science), Political Rhetoric, Ethical Theory, Hacktivism, Computer Mediated Communication, Communication Theory, Cyber Terrorism, Visual Communication, Political Communication (Communication), Technology and Society, Visual Communication for Activism, Computer Security, Media, Transnational Social Movements, New Communication Technologies, Sociology of Technology, Citizenship, Identity And Social Movements, Cultural Studies (Communication), Internet & Society, Cryptography, Social movements and revolution, Culture and Communication, Rhetorical Theory, Electronics and communication, Internet Communication, Databases, The Internet, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Digital Theory and Culture, Activism, Civil disobedience, New Media Studies, Everyday Life, Turkish politics, Advocacy and Activism, Hacker, Media regulation, Hacking, New social movements, Mass Communication and New Media, Computer Hacking, Communication Studies, Software, Media Research, Ethical Hacking, New Media and Digital Culture, Movimientos sociales, Digital Activism, Protest Movements, Hackers, Gender and Communication, Social protests, ICTs, New Media and Political Activism, New media, Social Network Sites and Youth Practices, Youth Online sociability and Identity, Media and Digital Literacies, Participation and Civic Engagement, and Tensions between Public and Private, Online activism, Social Communication, Protest and resistance, World Wide Web, Ethical Hacker, Digital Cultures, Social Protest, Hacking Technology, Digital Cuture, Hacker Ethics, Social Network, Media Impact and Effects and Usages, New media and communication systems, Digital Culture and Computer Based Communication, Revolts and protests, Alternate Media, Sociology of Mass Communication, Public Communication. Political Communication, Theories of Mass Communication, Impact of New Media, National and Social Movements, Microethology, Activism and Social Movements, Crime and the Media, Social Movements/Civil Society, and Science and Technology Studies
Research Interests: Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Gender Studies, Communication, Media Studies, Media and Cultural Studies, and 27 moreRhetoric, Sex and Gender, Language and Gender, Rhetorical Analysis, Visual Rhetoric, Mass Communication, Gender and Sexuality, Media effects, Politics, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Political communication, Media Literacy, Political Rhetoric, Communication Theory, Visual Communication, Media, Rhetorical Theory, Mass media, Women and Gender Studies, Mass Communication and New Media, Communication Studies, Mass Communications, Mass Comunication, Journalism And Mass communication, Media Efffects on Society, and Theories of Mass Communication
Research Interests: Information Systems, Social Movements, Information Science, Information Technology, Technology, and 27 moreInformation Security, Cybercrimes, Social Movement, Mass Communication, Computer-Mediated Communication, Gender, Media Activism, Protest, Social Movements (Political Science), Hacktivism, Cyber Terrorism, Cyber Warfare, Computer Security, Cyber crime, Cybercultures, Cyberspace, Hacker, Cybersecurity, Hacking, Computer Hacking, Protest Movements, Hackers, Cyber Security, Digital Cuture, Hacker Ethics, Social Network, Hacker Culture, Hacktivist Acts, and Hacktivists
Research Interests: Information Technology, Gender Studies, Technology, Cyborg Theory, Film Studies, and 20 morePopular Culture, Posthumanism, Cybernetics, Gender, Science Fiction, Critical Posthumanism, Science Fiction Film, Transhumanism, Cyborg Feminism, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Cyberfeminism, Cybercultures, Transhumanism/Posthumanism, Donna Haraway, Cyborg, Cyborgs, Cyborg Studies, Cyborgs and Science Fiction, Posthumans, and Posthumanism and Transhumanism
Research Interests: Information Technology, Gender Studies, Technology, Media Studies, New Media, and 26 moreVirtual Reality (Computer Graphics), Posthumanism, Sex, Sexuality, Gender and Sexuality, Computer-Mediated Communication, History of Sexuality, Gender, Information Communication Technology, Critical Posthumanism, Media, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Posthumanist Ethics, Sexuality And Culture, Virtual Worlds, Virtuality, Cybercultures, Transhumanism/Posthumanism, Sex and Sexuality, Sexuality Studies, Virtual Reality, Human Sexuality, Cybersex, Cybersex and Prostitution, Posthumanities, and Posthumanism and Transhumanism
An essay is presented on rhetorical strategies used to create relationships between people. It offers the views of a cultural outsider observing waitresses at a Southern United States Waffle House restaurant, where staff often use the... more
An essay is presented on rhetorical strategies used to create relationships between people. It offers the views of a cultural outsider observing waitresses at a Southern United States Waffle House restaurant, where staff often use the epithet "honey" when speaking to customers. The author describes a shift in power where the restaurant staff are in control rather than the customer and the psychological implications, sexual aspects, and relationship defining results of his being called "honey" by the waitstaff.
Research Interests: Organizational Behavior, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Cultural History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, and 114 moreSociology of Culture, Cultural Geography, American Studies, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy Of Language, Communication, Rhetoric, Social Anthropology, Organizational Communication, Cultural Sociology, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Languages and Linguistics, Sociology of Work, Language and Social Interaction, Social Identity, Cultural Heritage, Pragmatics, Semantics, Place and Identity, Hospitality Studies, Language and Gender, Popular Culture, Organizational Culture, Sociology of Food and Eating, Southern Studies (U.S. South), Cultural Semiotics, Cultural Rhetorics, Hospitality Management, English language, Anthropology of Food, Cultural Theory, Semantics/Pragmatics, Sexuality, Social Interaction, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Gender, Bodies and Culture, Identity (Culture), Class, Sociology of Identity, Language and Power, Language and Ideology, Emotional Labour, Rhetoric and Embodiment, Human Resource Management, American Culture, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Food, Gender, Culture, Gender, Culture, Food, Resistance (Social), American South, Culture Studies, Gender and Work, Pop Culture, Women, Cultural Identity, Gender Discourse, Feminism, Communication Theory, Cultural Memory, Language and Culture, Language and Identity, Consumer Culture, Philosophy of Culture, Narrative and Identity, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Work and Labour, Personal Identity, American Popular Culture, Language, Culture and Communication, Work and Organizational Psychology, Constructions of femininity, Pragmatics, Philosophy of Language and communication, General Semantics, Cultural Anthropology, Femininity, Women and Work, Speech Act Theory, Cultural power and resistance, Sociology of Gender, Intersectionality, Representations of femininity/masculinity, Femininities, Speech acts, Restaurant, Identity, Communication Studies, Race, Femininities and Masculinities, Language politics, Gender Issues, Labor, Pragmatics, Speech Acts, Non-verbal Communication, Qualitative Methodologies, Sociology and Anthropology, Hospitality and Tourism, SERVICE QUALITY IN RESTAURANTS, Service industry, Feminine Studies, Consumption Culture, Critical Discourse Analysis, Socio Linguistics, Speech Acts, Southern culture, Life Histories Methodology, Employment Equity Policies, Women and Food/eating, and Femininities and Sexualities
The author argues that first-generation college students (FGS) have compounded challenges when they pursue graduate education. As a first-generation college student, he was not able to gather advice from family or his job supervisor, who... more
The author argues that first-generation college students (FGS) have compounded challenges when they pursue graduate education. As a first-generation college student, he was not able to gather advice from family or his job supervisor, who had no experience with graduate school. Drawing from his experience and the existing FGS-related research, the author details practical advice for making a successful transition from college to graduate school. He concludes with a list of essential questions that prospective graduate students should ask themselves and their mentors when considering graduate study.
Research Interests: Sociology, Philosophy, Communication, Teaching and Learning, Education, and 49 moreSelf and Identity, Sociology of Education, Sex and Gender, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Adult Education, Teacher Education, Equality Studies, Philosophy of Education, Higher Education, Graduate Education, Organizational Culture, Mentoring, Mentoring in HE, Learning and Teaching, Educational Inequalities (class; race; gender etc), Identity (Culture), Class, Sociology of Identity, Culture, Working Class Consciousness, Stratification and Power, Culture Studies, Social Stratification, Equality and Diversity, Cultural Identity, Education Policy, Equality, College Access, Personal Identity, Class (Sociology), Social Inequality (Anthropology), Higher Education Policy, College student development, Social Class, Social Inequalities, Race, Class, and Gender, Social Inequality, Race, Sociology of Education, Social Stratification and Inequality, Graduate Students, Mentoring of First Generation College Students by Faculty, Retention of first generation college students, University, College teaching, Inequality, Post Graduate, Graduate Student, First Generation College Students, and Graduate Studies
This essay considers adolescent sexting from a media ecology standpoint, suggesting that in addition to the technologizing of sexuality one must also begin to consider the sexualizing of technological systems.
Research Interests: Sociology, Cultural Studies, Criminology, Media Sociology, Sociology of Culture, and 259 morePsychology, Social Psychology, Information Technology, Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Music, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy, Ontology, Ethics, Communication, Technology, Visual Anthropology, Media Studies, Interpersonal Communication, New Media, Media and Cultural Studies, Social Anthropology, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Sex and Gender, Journalism, Cultural Policy, Women's Studies, Information Literacy, Information Theory, Youth Studies, Internet Studies, Media Anthropology, Technoculture, ICT Policy, Information Society, Death Studies, Participatory Media, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Ethnography, Digital Literacy, Social Networking, Child protection, Child and adolescent mental health, Language and Gender, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Digital Media, Digital Media, Mobile Media, Information & Communication Technology, Media History, Sexual Behaviour, Gesture, Visual Culture, Multimedia, Adolescent Literacy, Poetry, Social Representations, Anthropology of the Body, Law and Society, Media Ecology, Media Ecology, Digital Rhetorics, Development communication, Global media, Cultural Theory, Mobile Technology, Sex, Sexuality, Sexual Violence, Adolescent Emotional Health and Behavior, Gender and Sexuality, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Gender, Bodies and Culture, Embodiment, Video Games, Legal Theory, Identity (Culture), Media effects, Politics, Narrative and Design, Web Technologies, Media Education, History of Sexuality, Philosophy Of Law, Digital Culture, Bakhtin, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Internet Law, Culture, The Body, Body, Information Communication Technology, Youth Culture, Media Policy, Sound, Machinima, Media Literacy, Culture Studies, Pop Culture, Suicide, Performance, Social Media, Reading, Cultural Identity, Future Media, Interactive and Digital Media, Love, ICT, Philosophy of Sexuality, Sexual Ethics, Communication Theory, Pleasure, Critical Media Studies, Nonverbal Communication, Language and Culture, Electronic Media, Interactive Media, Media Theory, Desire, Technology and Society, Technology And Culture, Technology And Culture, Information Technology Law, Risk Taking, Facebook, Media, Digital Media And New Literacies, Phenomenology of the body, Gender and Sexuality Studies, New Communication Technologies, Media Law, Adolescent Health, Adolescent Health, People and Technology, Sociology of Technology, Anthropology of Media, Cultural Studies (Communication), Internet & Society, Online Journalism, Youth Subcultures, Sociology of the Media, Online social networks, Self-Disclosure, Mobile Communication, Culture and Communication, Information and Communication technology, Print media, Sexual Identity, Children and Media, Nonverbal Behavior, Internet Culture, Dialogism, Cyber crime, Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality And Culture, Art and technology, Virtual Worlds, Digital Identity, Psychological Effects of the Media, Adolescent Risk Seeking Behavior, At Risk Adolescents, Delinquency, Adolescent, Adolescent Delinquency, Adolescent Risk Taking, Cultural Anthropology, Adolescence (Psychology), Media Convergence, Internet Communication, Pornography, 21st Century Studies, Sex Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Cybercultures, The Internet, Body Language, Social Networking Sites and Teenagers, Gendered Bodies, Sex and Sexuality, Emerging Technologies, New Media Studies, Pornography Studies, Sexual and Reproductive Health (Adolescent Development), Google, Instant Messaging, Everyday Life, Online Communication, Online, Youtube, Identity, Content Area Literacy, Mass media, Youth, Mass Communication and New Media, Computer and Information Technology, Media Research, Digital Natives, Online Media, Society, Crime, Pornification Culture, Sexualisation Culture, of Children and Young People, Porn Chic, Pornography, Adolescence, Cyber Law, Child Pornography, Sexting, Digital Marketing, New media, Social Network Sites and Youth Practices, Youth Online sociability and Identity, Media and Digital Literacies, Participation and Civic Engagement, and Tensions between Public and Private, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Deviant Behaviour, Social Communication, Sexual Offending, Sexual Abuse, Risk Assessment, Child Pornography, Adolescents, World Wide Web, Attraction, Cyber Laws and Cyber Crime, Cyborgs, Sexual Arousal, Media and identity, Adolescent health, sexual communication,sexual risk-taking behaviors, Game Spaces, Philosophy of Love and Sex, Cybersex, Media Impact and Effects and Usages, Condom use, Digital Era, Arousal, Digital Story Telling, Iphones, Nonverbal Communication and emotions, Media theory and Research, Self Representation, Media and Culture, Social Media and Collaborative Technologies, Spatial Story Telling, Mobile and Location-Based Media, Paywalls, Virtual Revolution, Alternate Media, Sexting, Consent, Media Studies, Communications and New Media, Sexual Desire, Sexual Offences, Megan's Law, Impact of New Media, Sexting and Young People, Microethology, Friendship Quality, Gender and Feminist Issues, Science Education and Literacy, Computer Based Communication, Philosophy of Sex and Gender, Sexuality and Identity, Media Communication Technologies, Investigacion Sexualidad Adolescentes, and Public Policy
The current political landscape seems rife with partisanship and toxic rhetoric. Although this is certainly nothing new, there has been an increase in rhetoric that suggests that citizens take up arms against the government. In the wake... more
The current political landscape seems rife with partisanship and toxic rhetoric. Although this is certainly nothing new, there has been an increase in rhetoric that suggests that citizens take up arms against the government. In the wake of the shooting at a political rally held by Representative Gabrielle Giffords, the media began asking whether violent rhetoric could lead to violent acts and politicians began to call for greater civility in political discourse. This essay examines the rhetoric of Sarah Palin and Sharron Angle to explore the rhetorical implications of a worldview that deeply distrusts the government and considers armed insurrection as an appropriate corrective to a government run amok
Research Interests: Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Political Sociology, Social Movements, Social Theory, and 123 moreLaw, Constitutional Law, American Politics, Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Communication, Intercultural Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Critical Discourse Studies, Rhetoric, Self and Identity, Composition and Rhetoric, Political Behavior, Political Participation, Peace and Conflict Studies, Political Parties, Sociology of Violence, Political Theory, Violence, Social Identity, Social Philosophy, Political Psychology, Government, Political Anthropology, Law and Society, Political Campaigns, Conflict, Media Rhetoric, Cultural Rhetorics, Social Movement, Political Science, Revolutions, Revolutions, Mass Communication, Identity (Culture), Sociology of Identity, Discourse, Language and Ideology, Political Culture, Violence (Anthropology), Political Violence and Terrorism, Politics, Ideology, Identity politics, Political Extremism/Radicalism/Populism, Nationalism, Conservative Revolution, Law and Politics, Cultural Politics, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Political communication, Political History, History of Political Violence, Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Rhetorical Criticism, Cultural Identity, Deliberative Democracy, Deliberative Democracy, Violence/Power, Social Movements (Political Science), Political Violence, Political Rhetoric, Identity Politics (Political Science), National Identity, Media and Democracy, Public Sphere, History of Violence, Communication Theory, History of Political Thought, Political Communication (Communication), Language and Identity, Media, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Citizenship, Identity And Social Movements, Social movements and revolution, Democracy, Democracy, Language, Culture and Communication, Rhetoric and discourse in every day life, Social Change, revolution, and evolution, Narrative Theory, Argumentation, Critical Thinking, DIscourse, Rhetorical Theory, Extremist Groups, Governance and Civil Society, Social and Political Philosophy, Public sphere (Communication), War and violence, Gun Control, Tea Party, Extreme Right, Civil Society, Peacebuilding, Communication Studies, Political Identity, Second amendment, Public Sphere, Civil Society, Deliberation and Journalism Studies, Extremism, Language politics, Mobs, Riots, and Revolutionary Crowds, Political Sciences, Revolution, Right-Wing Extremism, Global communication, Violencia Política, Social Conflict, Firearms, Extreme Right Politics, Extreme and Far Right, Conservative Politics, Guns, The Tea Party Movement, Revolts and protests, Countering Violent Extremism, Firearm Policy, Public Communication. Political Communication, Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, Phenomenology/Hermeneutics, Interpersonal Dialogue, Theories of Interpretation, and Linguistic Anthropolgy
Rhetorical scholarship, if it is to remain relevant, must be actively applied to current events. This essay proposes an alternate mode of scholarship, one that takes advantage of the online medium and integrates the speed of journalism... more
Rhetorical scholarship, if it is to remain relevant, must be actively applied to current events. This essay proposes an alternate mode of scholarship, one that takes advantage of the online medium and integrates the speed of journalism with the rigors of scholarly analysis. Such a mode of scholarship dissemination is not meant to replace the current journal system; rather it serves a different end—that of providing scholarship to the public as a whole. I argue that scholarly analysis of current events will enrich the dialogue that is already taking place in the public sphere and help citizens to more fully take part in democratic practice.
Research Interests: Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), History, Communication, Education, Technology, and 41 moreMedia Studies, Interpersonal Communication, New Media, Rhetoric, Composition and Rhetoric, Publishing, Democratic Education, Electronic publishing, Open Access Publishing, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Media Rhetoric, Digital Rhetorics, Cultural Rhetorics, Scholarly Communication, Electronic Journal, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Culture, Political communication, Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Rhetorical Criticism, Deliberative Democracy, Political Rhetoric, Public Sphere, Media, Scholarly Activity, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Culture and Communication, Rhetoric and discourse in every day life, Rhetorical Theory, Digital Publishing, Public sphere (Communication), Online Academic Publishing, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Civil Society, Current Events Analysis, Communication Studies, Public Sphere, Civil Society, Deliberation and Journalism Studies, Public Intellectuals, and Scholarly Publishing
This essay examines the diminutizing of college students through language and explores implications for pedagogical practice.
Research Interests: Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Cultural Studies, Feminist Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Gender Studies, and 138 morePhilosophy, Philosophy Of Language, Communication, Teaching and Learning, Education, Interpersonal Communication, Critical Discourse Studies, Humanities, Rhetoric, Cultural Sociology, Sex and Gender, Language Education, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Languages and Linguistics, Adult Education, Teacher Education, Equality Studies, Pragmatics, Gender History, Semantics, Literature, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Education, Higher Education, Power (social), Language and Gender, Popular Culture, Queer Theory, Critical Pedagogy, Learning and Teaching, Teaching Thinking Skills, Educational Inequalities (class; race; gender etc), Cultural Rhetorics, English language, Feminist Philosophy, Cultural Theory, Critical Thinking, Scholarly Communication, Sexuality, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Gender, Bodies and Culture, Identity (Culture), Class, Language and Power, Rhetoric and Embodiment, Human Resource Management, American Culture, Cultural Politics, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Culture, Gender Equality, Women's Right to Equality, Culture Studies, Gender and Work, Women, Social Media, Pedagogy, Equality and Diversity, Cultural Identity, Gender Discourse, Gender Theory, Feminism, Gender Communication, Communication Theory, Equality, Language and Culture, Teaching Methodology, Communication in the Public Interest, Language and Identity, Teacher Training, Media, Gender and Philosophy, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Higher Education Teacher Development, Learning And Teaching In Higher Education, Equity and Social Justice in Higher Education, Language, Inclusive Education, Culture and Communication, Girlhood Studies, Constructions of femininity, Gender and education, Teachers Practices, Higher Education Studies, General Semantics, Critical and Cultural Theory, Effective Teaching, Teaching Skills, Social Inequality (Anthropology), Feminist Pedagogy (Women s Studies), Femininity, Women and Work, Cybercultures, Feminism(s), Language Pedagogy, Language and Cultural, Social Inequalities, Teacher Development, Teacher professional development, Poststructuralist Theory, Intersectionality, Representations of femininity/masculinity, Film, Women and Culture, Social Pedagogy, Femininities, Teaching, Teacher, Youth, Social Inequality, Educación, Communication Studies, Race, Gender Inequalities, Language politics, Gender Issues, Gender and Communication, Inequality, Qualitative Methodologies, Gender inequality, Gender equality policy, Teaching practice, Cultural Industry, Semantics/general Linguistics, Media and identity, Teacher Reflection, Feminine Studies, Self Representation, Life Histories Methodology, Employment Equity Policies, Gender and Equity In Education, and Teaching and Learning In Adult and Higher Education
Research Interests: Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Cultural Studies, Social Movements, Communication, Media Studies, and 56 moreInterpersonal Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Humanities, Rhetoric, Self and Identity, Human-Animal Relations, Social Identity, Popular Culture, Visual Culture, Animal Ethics, Critical Animal Studies, Media Rhetoric, Visual Rhetoric, Social Movement, Identity (Culture), Social Movements (History), Identity politics, Rhetoric and Embodiment, Cultural Politics, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Culture, The Body, The Abject Body, Body, Political communication, Culture Studies, Rhetorical Criticism, Protest, Cultural Identity, Social Movements (Political Science), Political Rhetoric, Communication Theory, Visual Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Animal Welfare, Language and Identity, Animal Rights/Liberation, Media, Sociology of the Body, Visual And Material Rhetoric, Phenomenology of the body, Citizenship, Identity And Social Movements, Social movements and revolution, Social movement organizations, Body in Performance, Nudity (Culture), Body Language, Animal Rights, Communication Studies, Sexual objectification, Dehumanization and Objectification, Protest Movements, Protest and resistance, and Revolts and protests
Vestiges of orality still exist and can be found if one looks carefully enough. This essay describes my experiences of taking students in an introductory public speaking class to watch the “Willard Preacher,” who is an unofficial fixture... more
Vestiges of orality still exist and can be found if one looks carefully enough. This essay describes my experiences of taking students in an introductory public speaking class to watch the “Willard Preacher,” who is an unofficial fixture at our university. The Willard Preacher exhibits several of the characteristics of oral cultures described by Walter Ong. Observing the Willard Preacher provides students a concrete example of how oral style works in a natural setting and demonstrates some of the core differences between a speech that is written and one that has been crafted for oral delivery.
Research Interests: Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Religion, Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Religion, and 65 moreAnthropology, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy Of Language, Communication, Education, Interpersonal Communication, Rhetoric, Cultural Sociology, Languages and Linguistics, Performance Studies, Linguistic Anthropology, Orality-Literacy Studies, Media Ecology, Cultural Rhetorics, Migration, Preaching, Language and Power, American Religion, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Culture, Media Art, Popular Culture and Religious Studies, Oral Traditions, Religion & the Public Sphere, Culture Studies, Civil Society and the Public Sphere, Pedagogy, Free Speech, Public Sphere, Communication Theory, Public Speaking, Language and Identity, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Language, Culture and Communication, Oral Tradition, Oral Traditions (Culture), Rhetorical Theory, Walter Ong, Ethnicity, Public sphere (Communication), Orality, Teaching, Refugees, Religious Studies, Communication Studies, Minorities, Oral literature, Language politics, Philosophy and Religious Studies, State, Style, Media Ecology;communication Theory, Orality and Literacy, Worship & Preaching, Public Sphere and Public Space, Displacement, Media Culture, Borders and Borderlands, Anthropology of Religion, Refugee memory, and Design and Media
Research Interests: Gender Studies, Communication, Teaching and Learning, Education, Self and Identity, and 19 morePopular Culture, Learning and Teaching, Identity (Culture), Class, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Culture, Culture Studies, Cultural Identity, Dress and the Body, Sociology of the Body, Dress and identity, Clothing Culture, Identity, Social Behavior Through Clothing, Clothing, Gender Performance, Clothes, and Fashion
Scholars have long noted the role of the media in the sexualization of children and adolescents. However, with the advent of new media technologies such as the internet and cellular phones, children and adolescents are no longer merely... more
Scholars have long noted the role of the media in the sexualization of children and adolescents. However, with the advent of new media technologies such as the internet and cellular phones, children and adolescents are no longer merely consumers of this sexual ideology, but also creators of digital content that performs this ideology. Such content can range from the relatively tame “girls making out” images found on sites such as collegehumor.com to sexually explicit photographs transmitted through cellular phones within a circle of friends that draws the attention of law enforcement. In this essay, I discuss the practice of adolescent sexting (the practice of sending sexually explicit text messages) by reviewing some of the more prominent cases covered in the media; next, I explore the legal aspects surrounding the practice of sexting; finally, I consider the ethical issues surrounding sexting, exploring the issue of harm to both the individual and society by rooting the practice within a culture that celebrates, yet remains suspicious of, adolescent sexuality.
Research Interests: Sociology, Cultural Studies, Criminology, Psychology, Law, and 110 moreLaw, Criminal Law, Criminal Justice, Gender Studies, Philosophy, Ethics, Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Media Studies, Interpersonal Communication, New Media, Media and Cultural Studies, Sex and Gender, Women's Studies, Youth Studies, Sexual Abuse, Internet Studies, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Child and adolescent mental health, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Mobile Media, Sexual Behaviour, Visual Culture, Anthropology of the Body, Race, Sex and Gender, Mobile Technology, Sex, Child Development, Information Ethics, Sexuality, Computer Ethics, Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Delinquency, Gender and Sexuality, Class, Law and Politics, Digital Culture, Gender, Internet Law, Culture, The Body, Body, Youth Culture, Cell Phones, Communication Ethics, Social Media, Morality (Social Psychology), Sexual Ethics, Pleasure, Nonverbal Communication, Desire, Sociology of Ethics and Morality, Media, Sociology of the Body, Phenomenology of the body, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Adolescent Health, Internet & Society, Sexual Health, Mobile social networking, Mobile Phones, Mobile Communication, Children and Youth, Body in Performance, Internet Culture, Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality And Culture, Adolescent Risk Taking, Internet Communication, Pornography, Mobile Computing, Sex Offenders, Sexual Offenders, Cybercultures, The Internet, Youth Justice, Body Language, Sex and Sexuality, New Media Studies, Pornography Studies, Sexual and Reproductive Health (Adolescent Development), Anthropology of ethics and morality, Youth, Mass Communication and New Media, Race, Mobile Communications, Crime, Child Sexual Abuse, Pornification Culture, Sexualisation Culture, of Children and Young People, Porn Chic, Pornography, Internet and computer crimes, Child Pornography, Sexting, Porn Studies, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Abuse, Risk Assessment, Child Pornography, Courtship, Texting, Sexual exploitation, Sex Crimes, Sexual Arousal, Media and identity, Philosophy of Love and Sex, Juvenile Sex Offenders, Arousal, Self Representation, Internet sexual offending, Sexting, Consent, Media Studies, Sexual Desire, and Sexting and Young People
The question of how and why people adopt technologies is an area that has received great scrutiny, but less attention is given to those who willingly choose to avoid particular technologies. This article considers current models of... more
The question of how and why people adopt technologies is an area that has received great scrutiny, but less attention is given to those who willingly choose to avoid particular technologies. This article considers current models of technology adoption and explores how technology influences us as a society and individually, paying special attention to how large-scale shifts in technological change come to bear on individuals who choose not to adopt specific technologies. By combining scholarship in the information sciences with observations from media ecology theorists, this article proposes a more nuanced view of technology adoption and resistance.
Research Interests: Information Systems, Management, History of Science and Technology, Sociology, Cultural Studies, and 189 moreMedia Sociology, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Computer Science, Information Science, Human Computer Interaction, Information Technology, Music, Gender Studies, Economics, Anthropology, Philosophy of Technology, Computers and Philosophy, Communication, Digital Divide, Technology, Media Studies, New Media, Media and Cultural Studies, Design, Journalism, Educational Technology, Digital Media, Device, and Software Interface Design, Social Networks, Social Sciences, Information Literacy, Computer Engineering, Usability, Media Anthropology, Technoculture, Data Mining, Information Society, Death Studies, Participatory Media, Young people's use of Technology, Ethnography, Digital Literacy, Wireless Communications, Social Networking, Accessibility, Digital Media, Mobile Media, User Experience (UX), Information & Communication Technology, Media History, Use of Technology, Gesture, Multimedia, Virtual Communities, History of Technology, Poetry, Technology (Gerontology), Social Representations, Media Ecology, Development communication, Mobile Technology, Computer Networks, Metadata, Mass Communication, Embodiment, Video Games, Media Design, Computer-Mediated Communication, Politics, Narrative and Design, Terminology, Web Technologies, Media Education, Science, Digital Culture, Bakhtin, Technology Management, Information Communication Technology, Social Study of Information & Communication Technology, Applied Linguistics, Media Policy, Sound, Machinima, Media Literacy, Network Society, Digital Media & Learning, Technology Acceptance, Interaction, Performance, Science, Technology and Society, Social Media, Reading, Cultural Identity, Future Media, Interactive and Digital Media, Computer Mediated Communication, Communication Theory, Critical Media Studies, Interactive Media, Media Theory, Science and Technology Policy, Technology and Society, Technology And Culture, Social Network Analysis (SNA), Information Economy/Society, Facebook, Media, Usability and user experience, Neo Luddism, New Communication Technologies, Technological Innovation, Linguistics, People and Technology, Anthropology of Media, Online Journalism, Semantic Web, Science and Technology, Mobile Phones, Mobile Communication, Culture and Communication, Print media, Dialogism, Art and technology, Virtual Worlds, Adoption and Diffusion of innovations, Electronics and communication, HCI, Consumer Technology Adoption, Media Convergence, New Media and Education, Mobile Computing, Databases, Mobile HCI, Cybercultures, The Social Study of Information and Communication Technology, Social Study of Information and Communication Technology, Cross-Cultural Communication, Emerging Technologies, New Media Studies, Google, Everyday Life, Youtube, Mass media, Youth, Technological change, IxD, Mass Communication and New Media, Communication Studies, Software, Media Research, Digital, Computers, Experience, Online Media, Technology acceptance model(TAM), Mobile Communications, Society, Technology Adoption and Diffusion, Wireless Computing, Bridging Digital Divide, User interfaces, Interactivity, Digital Marketing, User, Learning and Information Society, Ui, Social Communication, Service, Cyborgs, Norman, Definition, Interface, UXD, Media and identity, Game Spaces, Media Impact and Effects and Usages, Digital Story Telling, Iphones, Media theory and Research, Self Representation, Spatial Story Telling, Mobile and Location-Based Media, Paywalls, Virtual Revolution, Alternate Media, Cultural usability, Microethology, Sociology of Information and Communication Technologies, Kinds of Accessibility/Usability emotional, Media Communication Technologies, Empathic, User-Centered, and Science and Technology Studies
Research Interests: History, Intellectual History, Cultural History, Sociology, Philosophy, and 48 moreCommunication, Teaching and Learning, Education, Humanities, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Adult Education, Teacher Education, Science Education, Philosophy of Education, Higher Education, Graduate Education, Organizational Culture, Critical Pedagogy, Learning and Teaching, Teaching Thinking Skills, Scholarly Communication, Culture, Pedagogy, Education Policy, Alternative Pedagogy, Teaching Methodology, Teacher Training, Philosophy of Time, Social History, Interdisciplinary Higher Education, Learning And Teaching In Higher Education, Culture and Communication, Culturally relevant pedagogy, Teaching History, General Semantics, Effective Teaching, Writing in the Disciplines, Curriculum and Instruction, Teaching, Learning, Educación, Pedagogía, Reflective Teaching, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Curriculum Theory and Development, Pedagogia, Teaching practice, Teacher Reflection, English As a Second Language (ESL), Time binding, Teaching and Learning In Adult and Higher Education, Social Justice Issues In Adult and Higher Education, and Critical Education and Student Affairs Issues In Higher Education
Research Interests: Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Cultural History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Feminist Sociology, and 177 moreSociology of Culture, Psychology, Social Psychology, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy, Philosophy Of Language, Communication, Education, Interpersonal Communication, Rhetoric, Social Anthropology, Cultural Sociology, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Languages and Linguistics, Pop Culture and philosophy, Cruising Sex, Social Identity, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Pragmatics, Performance Studies, Semantics, Literature, Language and Gender, Popular Culture, Masculinity Studies, Queer Theory, Sexual Behaviour, Visual Culture, Anthropology of the Body, Race, Sex and Gender, Cultural Rhetorics, Feminist Philosophy, Cultural Theory, Reproduction, Sex, Sexuality, Masculine Sexuality, Material Rhetoric, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Gender, Bodies and Culture, Identity (Culture), Class, Shame Theory, Anthropology and Sexuality, Performativity, Rhetoric and Embodiment, History of Sexuality, Men's Sexuality, American Culture, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Sexual Selection, Sexual Systems, Culture, The Body, The Abject Body, Body, Gender Equality, Youth Culture, Culture Studies, Pop Culture, Masculinity, Women, Performance, Cultural Identity, Gender Discourse, Feminism, Sexual Ethics, Gender Roles, Gender Communication, Communication Theory, Pleasure, Visual Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Language and Culture, Violence Against Women, Desire, Body Image, Language and Identity, Masculinities, Dress and the Body, Media, Urban Culture, Sociology of the Body, Visual And Material Rhetoric, Phenomenology of the body, Narrative and Identity, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Genders and Sexualities, Sexual Health, American Popular Culture, Culture and Communication, Constructions of femininity, Rhetoric and discourse in every day life, Body in Performance, Language and Sexuality, Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality And Culture, Guilt/shame (Psychology), Guilt/shame (Psychology), Relationship Studies, General Semantics, Cultural Anthropology, Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), Femininity, Sexualities and Communication, Gender & Sexuality, Abortion, Culture, gender and sexuality, Poststructuralist Theory, Boredom, Representations of femininity/masculinity, Film, Shame, Body Language, Constructions of masculinity, Sex and Sexuality, Sexuality Studies, Femininities, Sexual and Reproductive Health (Adolescent Development), Social Construction of Sex and Gender, Guilt, shame, fear based cultures, Sexual Harassment, Communication Studies, Race, Human Sexuality, Maternity, The female body as text, Female Sexuality, Gender Issues, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Gender and Communication, Sex Education, Queer, Twentieth-Century Australian History, Honor-Shame culture, Sexual and reproductive health and rights, College Students, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Deviant Behaviour, Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, Social Communication, The Human experience of shame, Guilt, Shame, and Trauma, Shame, Blushing, Social Image, Cultural Industry, Guilt, Sexual Arousal, The Psychology of Human Sexuality, College, Stigma And Shame, Arousal, Feminine Studies, Hatred, Media and Culture, Slutwalk, Shame Research, Sexual Desire, Public Communication. Political Communication, Shame Theory, Guilt, Shame and Guilt, Deviant Corporeality, Sex and Gender based Analysis, Human Sexuality Female, Femininities and Sexualities, Sexuality and Identity, Rhetoric and Feelings: Disgust, Lesbian and Gay History, Citrizenship, and Sexualtiy Gender and National Identity
Research Interests: Information Systems, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Sociology, Cultural Studies, Criminology, and 138 moreMedia Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Computer Science, Information Science, Information Technology, Law, Constitutional Law, Music, Economics, Philosophy, Communication, Technology, Media Studies, New Media, Media and Cultural Studies, Humanities, Rhetoric, Cultural Sociology, Intellectual Property, Web 2.0, Music Technology, Social Networks, Information Security, Information Theory, Information Management, Popular Music, Internet Studies, Information Society, Social Networking, International Law, Innovation statistics, Corporate Communication, Privacy, Narrative, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Information & Communication Technology, Network Security, Law and Society, Computer Networks, Rhetoric of Technology, Legal Theory, Biotechnology, Rhetoric of Science, Web Technologies, Law and Politics, Music and Politics, Music and Media, Philosophy Of Law, Cultural Politics, Digital Culture, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Internet Law, Culture, Information Communication Technology, Law and Economics, Social Study of Information & Communication Technology, Copyright, Internet Governance, Science, Technology and Society, Digital Preservation, Social Media, Copyright (Law), Sociology of Music, Interactive and Digital Media, Corporate Image, Political Rhetoric, Communication Theory, Intellectual Property Law, Behavioral Economics, Facebook, Media, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Media Law, Rule of Law, Public Health, Internet & Society, Cryptography, Online Journalism, Music Industry, Peer-to-Peer, Young People and The Internet, Anonymity, Culture and Communication, Information and Communication technology, Digital Copyright, Rhetoric and discourse in every day life, Narrative Theory, Internet Culture, Legal Reasoning, Legal Philosophy, E-Government, Intellectual Property Rights, Electronics and communication, P2p(peer-2-Peer) Networks, Networking, Internet Communication, Databases, The Internet, Copyright Policy, Google, Youtube, Copyright and intellectual property, Web 3.0, Digitization and the Music Industry, Mass Communication and New Media, Communication Studies, Software, The Futur of Copyright at the Digital Era, Communication and Media Law, Online Media, Piracy, Digital Piracy/ Filesharing, Legal Rhetoric, Copyright Law, Copyright, Media Law, Privacy Law, Patent Law, Digital Marketing, Phonographic Industry, Copyrights And New Scenarios for Digital Music Sells., World Wide Web, Cultural Industry, Copyright infringement, Copyright enforcement, Music Industry Piracy, Music Copyright Law, Pharmaceutical Law, Digital Era, Digital Story Telling, Iphones, Intellectual Property Law and the Music Industry, Paywalls, Virtual Revolution, Library and Archival Science, Music and Cultural Industry, Wireless Communication Security, Security in wireless ad hoc, mesh, sensor networks, and Science and Technology Studies
Although much has been written in our journals concerning the teaching of rhetorical criticism, less attention has been given to the teaching of rhetorical theory. This essay provides a practical approach to teaching a course in... more
Although much has been written in our journals concerning the teaching of rhetorical criticism, less attention has been given to the teaching of rhetorical theory. This essay provides a practical approach to teaching a course in rhetorical theory and suggests assessment strategies that encourage students to find the relevance of rhetorical theory in their own lives. Student responses to these strategies as implemented in the author’s rhetorical theory class are also included.
Research Interests: Philology, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Philosophy, Communication, Teaching and Learning, and 41 moreEducation, Humanities, Rhetoric, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Adult Education, Reflective Practice, Teacher Education, Philosophy of Education, Higher Education, Critical Pedagogy, Learning and Teaching, Medieval Rhetoric, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Classical rhetoric, Reflective practice in education, Pedagogy, Political Rhetoric, Communication Theory, Teaching Methodology, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Speech Communication, Classical philology, Ancient Philosophy, Rhetoric and discourse in every day life, Rhetorical History, Rhetorical Theory, Ancient Greek Rhetoric, Effective Teaching, History of Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics, Teaching, English Education, Communication Studies, Reflective Teaching, English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Communication Education, Education and communication, The History of Rhetoric, English As a Second Language (ESL), and Ancient Rhetoric and Poetics
Although the Ancients placed great emphasis on delivery, modern rhetorical scholars often overlook the oral dimensions of speech. Speech is powerful because of its ability to elicit a somatic response. Scholars in other disciplines are... more
Although the Ancients placed great emphasis on delivery, modern rhetorical scholars often overlook the oral dimensions of speech. Speech is powerful because of its ability to elicit a somatic response. Scholars in other disciplines are examining how speech affects the body, but contemporary rhetorical scholarship often overlooks their findings. This essay reviews scholarship both inside and outside of communication studies that demonstrates the interplay between rhetoric and orality, paying particular attention to how scientific scholarship can inform our conception of ethos and pathos. By drawing together scientific and rhetorical scholarship, scholars in all disciplines can gain a greater understanding of how speech affects the mind, body, and soul.
Research Interests: Philology, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Ancient History, Neuroscience, Psychology, and 139 moreCognitive Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuropsychology, Emotion, Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy Of Language, Aesthetics, Classics, Communication, Perception, Interpersonal Communication, Humanities, Rhetoric, Languages and Linguistics, Affect & Arousal, Plato, Aristotle, Speech Prosody, Pragmatics, Sociology of Emotion, Auditory Perception, Romance philology, Rhetorical Analysis, Orality-Literacy Studies, Cognition, Embodied Cognition, Audiovisual Speech Perception, Embodiment, Speech Sciences, Speech perception, Embodied Mind and Cognition, Language and Power, Authenticity, Rhetoric of Science, Prosody And Poetics, Rhetoric and Embodiment, Poetics, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Classical rhetoric, The Body, Body, Applied Linguistics, Speech Production, Speech Acoustics, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Pedagogy, Political Rhetoric, Deception / Lying (Deception Lying), EEG, Auditory Neuroscience, Communication Theory, Interpersonal Perception, Voice Emotion Recognition, Public Speaking, Nonverbal Communication, Speech Recognition, Speech & Hearing Sciences, Cognitive Linguistics, Cicero, Neurolinguistics, Phenomenology of the body, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Emotion, Prosody-Semantics/Pragmatics, Linguistics, Speech Communication, Classical philology, Ancient Philosophy, Listening Comprehension (Psychology of Language), Language, Culture and Communication, Rhetoric and discourse in every day life, Emotion Experience, Emotion perception, Rhetorical Theory, Affect/Emotion, Cognitive Neuroscience, Ancient Greek Rhetoric, Speech and Language, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), Kinesthetic Empathy, Orality, History of Rhetoric, Prosody and Discourse, Sophists, Emotion Theory, Isocrates, Rhetorical Theory and Criticism, Aristotle's Rhetoric and Poetics, Credibility (Psychology), Body Language, Speech Processing, Emotion and Voice, Politics of the Body, Cognition and Emotion, Speech acts, Prosody, Brain and Cognition, Speech, Cognitive Poetics, Affect, Emotion and Feeling, Plato and Aristotle, Speech Rhythm, Affect, Communication Studies, Deception, Ancient Greek Philosophy / Aristotle, Communication and Culture, Ethos, Greek Philology, Classical Greek Philosophy, Prosody and Tones of Languages, Roman Philosophy, Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, Language and Emotion, Prosody and Language Rhythm, Gorgias, Emotion Recognition, Mind, Lying, Deception, Truthfulness, Social Communication, Orality and Literacy, Cues to deception, Gorgias, On Not Being, sophists, intentionality, Parmenides, Greek Rhetoric, Cicero's philosophical works, Pathos, Speech Communications, Ciceronian Philosophy and the Late Roman Republic, Ciceronian Eloquence, Cicero and Roman Rhetoric, Ancient Rhetoric and Poetics, Brain and Education, Orality and Science, and Emotion Face Processing
Objectives: To help students: (1) think critically about how they perform gender through clothing choices; (2) recognize how different cultures define masculinity and femininity. Courses: Communication Theory, Gender and Communication,... more
Objectives: To help students: (1) think critically about how they perform gender through clothing choices; (2) recognize how different cultures define masculinity and femininity.
Courses: Communication Theory, Gender and Communication, Popular Communication, Rhetorical Theory, Visual Rhetoric
Courses: Communication Theory, Gender and Communication, Popular Communication, Rhetorical Theory, Visual Rhetoric
Research Interests: Semiotics, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Visual Sociology, Gender Studies, and 129 moreAnthropology, Communication, Visual Studies, Teaching and Learning, Education, Visual Anthropology, Intercultural Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Media and Cultural Studies, Rhetoric, Cultural Sociology, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Fashion design, Women's Studies, Fashion Theory, Dress Studies, Sociology of Dress, Adult Education, Social Identity, Performance Studies, Material Culture Studies, Higher Education, Fashion/Design Signalling Systems--how status, power, wealth, taste, sophistication, uniqueness, imagination, worldliness, etherality get signaled, Popular Culture, Masculinity Studies, Visual Culture, Critical Pedagogy, Learning and Teaching, Anthropology of the Body, Race, Sex and Gender, Cultural Semiotics, Visual Rhetoric, Cultural Theory, Visual Semiotics, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Gender, Bodies and Culture, Men's Fashion, Identity (Culture), Class, Sociology of Identity, Race and Ethnicity, Identity politics, Performativity, American Culture, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Culture, The Body, Body, Culture Studies, Pop Culture, Masculinity, Women, Performance, Pedagogy, Cultural Identity, Gender Roles, Communication Theory, Visual Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Body Image, Teaching Methodology, Language and Identity, Masculinities, Dress and the Body, Sociology of the Body, Visual And Material Rhetoric, Phenomenology of the body, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Personal Identity, Studies On Men And Masculinity, American Popular Culture, Semiotics Of Culture, Scholarship of Learning and Teaching, Philosophy Of Fashion, Culture and Communication, Constructions of femininity, Sexual Identity, Body in Performance, Nonverbal Behavior, Gender and education, Dress and identity, Gender and Race, Feminist Pedagogy (Women s Studies), Consumption and Material Culture, Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), Femininity, Gender Identity, Material Culture, Social Semiotics, Body Language, Constructions of masculinity, Social Pedagogy, Masculinity and Gender Studies, Femininities, Clothing Culture, Identity, Communication Studies, Race, Gender stereotypes, Social Behavior Through Clothing, Comunicación y cultura, Gender Issues, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Clothing, Fashion,textile and clothing, Cultura Popular, Color Psychology and Use of Colour, Social Communication, Gender and Women's Studies, Semiotica, History of clothing and fashion, Cultural Industry, Media and identity, Clothing and apparels, Critical studies on men and masculinities, Dress, Nonverbal Communication, Pragmatics, Masculinidades, Media and Culture, Fashion, Visual Social Semiotics, Fashion Industry, Femininities and Sexualities, Visual Anthropology and Sociology, and gender and identity studies
Research concerning computer hackers generally focuses on how to stop them; far less attention is given to the texts they create. Phrack, an online hacker journal that has run almost continuously since 1985, is an important touchstone in... more
Research concerning computer hackers generally focuses on how to stop them; far less attention is given to the texts they create. Phrack, an online hacker journal that has run almost continuously since 1985, is an important touchstone in hacker literature, widely read by both hackers and telephone and network security professionals. But beyond its instantiation as a compendium of illicit technical knowledge, Phrack was, above all, a rhetorical publication. The files in each issue of Phrack created a shared rhetorical vision concerning the place of the hacker underground within society and in relation to law enforcement officials, as well as what it means to be a hacker. This essay examines two important events in the evolution of the hacker movement through the lens of Phrack—Operation Sundevil and the arrest of Kevin Mitnick. How these events were framed in Phrack both shaped and reflected emerging shifts in hacker collective identity.
Research Interests: Creative Writing, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), History, History of Science and Technology, Cultural History, and 196 moreSociology, Cultural Studies, Media Sociology, Social Movements, Social Movements, Social Movements, Sociology of Culture, Social Psychology, Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Information Technology, Law, Criminal Justice, Music, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy of Technology, Communication, Technology, Media Studies, New Media, Rhetoric, Social Anthropology, Cultural Sociology, Self and Identity, Journalism, Political Participation, Social Networks, Internet Studies, Research Methodology, Social Identity, Information Society, Death Studies, Cybercrimes, Social Networking, Human Rights, Privacy, Narrative, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Information & Communication Technology, Organizational Culture, Sociology of Crime and Deviance, Media History, Political Ecology, Qualitative methodology, Gesture, Online Communities, Subcultures, Multimedia, Virtual Communities, History of Technology, Poetry, Social Representations, Network Security, Law and Society, Digital rhetoric, Digital Rhetorics, Computer Networks, Social Movement, Mass Communication, Rhetoric of Technology, Anarchism, Embodiment, Electronic Journal, Identity (Culture), Sociology of Identity, Computer-Mediated Communication, Political Culture, Identity (Anthropology), Narrative and Design, Social Capital, Development anthropology, Identity politics, Web Technologies, Collaborative Virtual Environments, Digital Culture, Bakhtin, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Culture, Culture, Political communication, Information Communication Technology, Copyright, Political History, Youth Culture, Sound, Machinima, Culture Studies, Network Society, Pop Culture, Performance, Science, Technology and Society, Social Media, Reading, Rhetorical Criticism, Cultural Identity, Feminism, Hacktivism, Communication Theory, Social and Collective Memory, Cyberculture, Language and Culture, Quantitative methodology, Political Communication (Communication), Technology and Society, Language and Identity, Technology And Culture, Facebook, Computer Security, Collective Memory, Media, Freedom Of Expression, Narrative and Identity, New Communication Technologies, Deviance in Cybercommunities, Sociology of Technology, Cultural Studies (Communication), Internet & Society, Personal Identity, Online Journalism, Online social networks, Culture and Communication, Participatory Democracy, Print media, Internet Culture, Dialogism, Cyber crime, Art and technology, Virtual Worlds, Digital Identity, Identity and Identification, Intellectual Property Rights, History of Mass Media, Civic Engagement, Identity construction and cultural production, Electronics and communication, Media Convergence, Internet Communication, Food Sovereignty, Visual Arts, Databases, Online Communities of Practice, Identity theory, Cybercultures, Authorship, Cyberspace, The Internet, Social and Cultural Capital, Sexuality Studies, Law Enforcement, Google, Youtube, Collective Identity, Identity, Mass media, Youth, Technological change, Hacking, Mass Communication and New Media, Computer Hacking, Communication Studies, Sociologia, Political Identity, Software, video games, serious games, MMO, Digital Natives, Online Media, Computer Network, Crime, Hackers, Sociología, Cybercrime, Digital Marketing, World Wide Web, Cyborgs, Hackerspaces, Digital Video, Media and identity, Game Spaces, Radical Political Economy, Anarchist Economics, Digital Cuture, Hacker Ethics, Social Network, Digital Story Telling, Iphones, Self Representation, Spatial Story Telling, Paywalls, Virtual Revolution, Public Communication. Political Communication, Social Media Effects, Youth Social Interaction, Social Steganography, Anti Capitalist Social Movements, Media Communication Technologies, and Science and Technology Studies
Considerable scholarly discussion has been given to the idea that we are moving toward a state of “posthumanism.” This essay examines some possible implications of a posthuman existence, specifically as it relates to that most basic of... more
Considerable scholarly discussion has been given to the idea that we are moving toward a state of “posthumanism.” This essay examines some possible implications of a posthuman existence, specifically as it relates to that most basic of human needs—sexuality. I explore the spiritual aspects of sexuality to see what is lost and what is gained in technologically mediated forms of sexuality. To that end, I consider the interplay between sexual behavior and our conceptions of the sacred, how technologies are changing our views of—and realities concerning—our bodies, and the potential for a sacred posthuman sexuality.
Research Interests: Creative Writing, Religion, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Media Sociology, and 170 morePsychology, Human Computer Interaction, Information Technology, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy, Ontology, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Technology, Communication, Philosophy Of Religion, Technology, Media Studies, New Media, Media and Cultural Studies, Humanities, Sex and Gender, Language and Social Interaction, Theology, Bioethics, Internet Studies, Technoculture, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Virtual Environments, Ethnography, Philosophical Theology, Privacy, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Posthumanism, Sexual Behaviour, Visual Culture, Religion and Sexuality, Poetry, Anthropology of the Body, Spirituality, Race, Sex and Gender, Media Ecology, Computer Networks, Evolution of Sexual Reproduction, Sex, Sexuality, Social Interaction, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Gender, Theory of Religion, Video Games, Identity (Culture), Class, Virtualization, Computer-Mediated Communication, Cyber-Physical Systems, Web Technologies, Digital Culture, Gender, Sexual Systems, Culture, The Body, Body, Science and Religion, Sociology Of Technology (Science And Technology Studies), Culture Studies, Interaction, Science, Technology and Society, Social Media, Critical Posthumanism, Interactive and Digital Media, Love, Feminism, Computer Mediated Communication, Pleasure, Cyberculture, Transhumanism, Human-Robot Interaction, Sacred (Religion), Body (Religion), Desire, Technology and Society, Technology And Culture, Facebook, Media, Sociology of the Body, Philosophy of Design, Freedom Of Expression, Phenomenology of the body, Gender and Sexuality Studies, New Communication Technologies, Posthumanist Ethics, Internet & Society, Online Journalism, Telepresence, Science and Technology, Gender and religion (Women s Studies), Culture and Communication, Philosophy of Love, Infidelity, Internet Culture, Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality And Culture, Virtual Worlds, Digital Identity, Relationship Studies, HCI, Internet Communication, Intimacy, Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), 21st Century Studies, Visual Arts, Databases, Mobile HCI, Skin and the Body, Cybercultures, Philosophy of Body, Cyberspace, Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC), The Internet, Gender sexuality,pleasure and desire, Gender sexuality,pleasure and desire, Transhumanism/Posthumanism, Sex and Sexuality, Sexuality Studies, Emerging Technologies, New Media Studies, Google, Everyday Life, Youtube, Gender in Mediated Contexts, Youth, Religious Studies, Communication Studies, Race, Software, Humanity, Digital Natives, Online Media, Intimate Relationships, Change, Digital Marketing, Technological Advancements and Its Impact on Humanity, Sexual Behavior, World Wide Web, Romantic love, Attraction, Digital Cultures, Cyborgs, Sexual Arousal, Media and identity, Philosophy of Love and Sex, Cybersex, Sociology, humanity, theology and history, Internet and Social Media, Condom use, Arousal, Digital Story Telling, Iphones, Effects of Technological Advancements and Its Impact on Humanity, Self Representation, Ethics of Technology, Teledildonics, Mediated Communication, Media and Culture, Paywalls, Virtual Revolution, Sexual Desire, Mediation Theory, Microethology, Computer Based Communication, Philosphy of Technology, and Science and Technology Studies
Research Interests: Semiotics, Rhetoric (Languages and Linguistics), Sociology, Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, and 223 moreVisual Sociology, Psychology, Gender Studies, Gender Studies, Anthropology, Philosophy, Philosophy, Philosophy Of Language, Applied Philosophy, Communication, Visual Studies, Visual Anthropology, Interpersonal Communication, Humanities, Rhetoric, Cultural Sociology, Self and Identity, Self and Identity, Sex and Gender, Sex and Gender, Women's Studies, Feminist Theory, Fashion Theory, Youth Studies, Domestic Violence, Affect & Arousal, Cruising Sex, Social Identity, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Psychotherapy, Gender History, Literature, Social Philosophy, Language and Gender, Language and Gender, Popular Culture, Mating Systems, Queer Theory, Sexual Behaviour, Visual Culture, Visual Culture, Subjectivities, Anthropology of the Body, Race, Sex and Gender, Cultural Semiotics, Visual Rhetoric, Visual Narrative, Visual attention, Feminist Philosophy, Eating Disorders, Cultural Theory, Behavior, Evolution of Sexual Reproduction, Visual Semiotics, Visual Semiotics, Reproduction, Sex, Sexuality, Sexuality, Masculine Sexuality, Material Rhetoric, Gender and Sexuality, Gender and Sexuality, Anthropology of Gender, Bodies and Culture, Identity (Culture), Identity (Culture), Class, Sociology of Identity, Sociology of Identity, Shame Theory, Visual perception, Anthropology and Sexuality, Anthropology of Reproduction, Cultural Politics, Rhetoric and Social Theory, Rhetoric and Public Culture, Gender, Sexual Selection, Sexual Systems, Behavior (Behaviour), Culture, The Body, The Body, Body, Gender Equality, Gender Equality, Youth Culture, Roland Barthes, Pop Culture, Women, Social Media, Semiotic Anthropology, Gender Discourse, Love, Feminism, Sexual Ethics, Pleasure, Visual Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Qualitative Research, Desire, Body Image, Charles S. Peirce, Language and Identity, Dress and the Body, Social Constructionism, Media, Sociology of the Body, Visual And Material Rhetoric, Social construction, Phenomenology of the body, Phenomenology of the body, Narrative and Identity, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Philosophy and Rhetoric, Genders and Sexualities, Genders and Sexualities, Sexual Health, Youth Subcultures, Semiotics And Language, History Of Body, Time And Space, Semiotics Of Culture, Social Constructionism/ Constructivism, Philosophy Of Fashion, Culture and Communication, Philosophy of Love, Constructions of femininity, Sexual Identity, Rhetoric and discourse in every day life, Body in Performance, Body in Performance, Nonverbal Behavior, Grooming and beauty practices, Philosophy of Sex, Sexuality And Culture, Guilt/shame (Psychology), Peirce Pragmaticist Semiotics, Relationship Studies, Phenomenology of the Body (Philosophy), Representations of femininity, Femininity, Language and Desire, Skin and the Body, Sexualities and Communication, Visual and Cultural Studies, Cybercultures, Philosophy of Body, Charles Sanders Peirce, Charles S Peirce, Sociology of Gender, Gender sexuality,pleasure and desire, Evolution and Human Behavior, Social Semiotics, Television, Poststructuralist Theory, Film, Shame, Body Language, Gendered Bodies, Sex and Sexuality, Gendered Rhetoric, Counseling, Peircean Semiotics, Social Construction of Sex and Gender, Clothing Culture, Identity, Youth, Indexicality, Race, Human Sexuality, Visual Analysis, Social Behavior Through Clothing, Beauty, Gender Issues, Gender and Communication, Arte, Bodies, Clothing, Clothing, Fashion,textile and clothing, Dieting, Shame/Guilt, Visual Semiology, Gender and Sexualities, Reproduction and human fertility, Semiology, Honor-Shame culture, Evolution of Human Mating Behavior, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Deviant Behaviour, Imagen, Semiótica, comunicación y cultura, Critical Social Research, Fotografia, Attraction, Nonverbal Behaviour, History of clothing and fashion, Visual Comunication, Semiotic Analysis, Human Mating, Sexual Arousal, Media and identity, Clothing and apparels, Clothes, Documental, Condom use, Arousal, Nonverbal Communication and emotions, Semiotika Roland Barthes, Human reproduction, Nonverbal Communication, Pragmatics, Communications: Nonverbal, interpersonal and cultural, Philosophy of the Body, Self Representation, Fashion, Sexual Desire, Women and Food/eating, Femininities and Sexualities, Gender and Sexualities Studies, Sexuality (Desire, Visual Anthropology and Sociology, and Semiotica Visual
Research Interests: Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, Communication Engineering, Sociology, Computer Science, and 175 moreComputer Architecture, Computer Security And Reliability, Information Science, Human Computer Interaction, Information Technology, Criminal Justice, Military Science, Military Intelligence, Strategy (Military Science), Anthropology, International Relations, Communication, Visual propaganda, Multiculturalism, Technology, Media Studies, New Media, Peace and Conflict Studies, Informatics, Information Security, Computer Engineering, Globalization, Terrorism, Violence, International Terrorism, Internet Studies, Technoculture, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Information Society, Ethnography, Wireless Communications, War Theory, International Law, Human Rights, Intelligence, Privacy, Digital Media, Information & Communication Technology, Use of Technology, International organizations, Propaganda, Network Security, International Security, Conflict, War Studies, Propaganda & Indoctrination Studies, Mobile Technology, Data Analysis, Computer Networks, Security, Political Science, Mass Communication, Electronics, Information Warfare, Video Games, Homeland Security, Computer-Mediated Communication, Security Studies, Critical Security Studies, Political Violence and Terrorism, Nationalism, Web Technologies, Propaganda Systems In Media, Digital Culture, Culture, Political communication, Information Communication Technology, Applied Cryptography, Access Control, Organized Crime, Networks, Network Society, Science, Technology and Society, Protest, Internet Security, Diplomacy, ICT, Hacktivism, Computer Mediated Communication, Cyber Conflict, Cyber Terrorism, Cyber Warfare, Distributed Denial of Service Attack, Technology and Society, Technology And Culture, Computer Security, Media, Disaster Management, Internet & Society, Cryptography, Anonymity, Mobile Communication, Network Security (Networks), Communication Networks, Internet Culture, Peace & Conflict Studies, Cyber crime, Electronics and communication, Information Security and Privacy, Internet Communication, Ethnicity, War and violence, Counter terrorism, Cloud Computing, Databases, Media technology, Minority Rights, The Internet, Steganography, Political propaganda and Literature, New Media Studies, Military, Everyday Life, Network, War, Peace, Peacebuilding, Information, Hacking, Computer Virus, Computer Hacking, Networks Security, Communication Studies, Software, Smart spaces, Defence and Security, National Security, Computer Network, Cyber Physical Systems, Complex Event Processing, Crime, Defense Technologies, Hackers, Image Processing and steganography, COMMAND CONTROL COMMUNICATION INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM, Computer Viruses, Conflict and security, Rules of War, Information and Communication Technologies, Freedom, Internet and web security, All areas of Informatics, Educational technologies, Cyber Security & Forensics, Cyber Audit, ICT, Cyber Security, Defense and National Security, Semantic Computing, Protest and resistance, Image Steganography, World Wide Web, Cyber Laws and Cyber Crime, Information Security Management, Digital Cuture, Hacker Ethics, Social Network, Steganography and Cryptography, Information Technology and Security, Defense and Strategic Studies, Netwar, Cyber War, Conflict and Conflict Resolution, Information Technology, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, P2P/Overlay Networks, VoIP/SIP/IMS, Distributed Information Systems, RFID and Sensor Networks, Microethology, Sociology of Information and Communication Technologies, Wireless Communication Security, Security in wireless ad hoc, mesh, sensor networks, Research in Technology, Technology and it's Advancements, Cyber Crime and Technological Advancements, Improvements to Globalization with IT Security and Reformation, Governance and Risk Management, Insurgency and counterinsurgency, and Science and Technology Studies
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Lunceford, Brett. Review of Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music, by S. Alexander Reed. Popular Music and Society, 38, no. 1 (2015): 104-106.
Research Interests: History, Music, Music History, Popular Music Studies, Popular Music, and 12 morePopular Culture, Culture, Sociology of Music, Electronic Music, History of Popular Music, History Of Electroacoustic Music, Electronic Dance Music Culture (EDMC), Music analysis, History of music, Industrial Music, Popular Music and Culture, and Musical Analysis
Lunceford, Brett. Review of Brand New You: Makeover Television and the American Dream by Katherine Sender. American Communication Journal, 18, no. 1 (2016): 66-67.
Research Interests: Gender Studies, Media Studies, Sex and Gender, Television Studies, Anthropology of the Body, and 16 moreGender and Sexuality, Beauty Industry, Gender, Reality television, Television And Social Change, Body Image, Media, Television, Reality TV, Women and Gender Studies, Cosmetic surgery, Beauty, Makeover Television, Beauty and Health, American Dream, and Makeover Culture
Lunceford, Brett. Review of Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking by E. Gabriella Coleman. Explorations in Media Ecology, 14, 3+4 (2015): 336-338.
Research Interests: Social Movements, Computer Science, Information Science, Information Technology, Technology, and 15 moreMedia Studies, New Media, Digital Media, Computer Networks, Social Movement, Copyright, Social Activism, Protest, Hacktivism, Computer Security, Hacking, Computer Hacking, Ethical Hacking, Digital Activism, and Hackers
Lunceford, Brett. Review of Sex and the Cthulhu Mythos by Bobby Derie. Popular Culture Studies Journal, 3, no. 1&2 (2015): 555-559.
Research Interests: American Literature, Sex and Gender, Literature, Popular Culture, Literary Criticism, and 15 moreSexuality, Gender and Sexuality, Gender, Fantasy Literature, Science Fiction and Fantasy, H.P. Lovecraft, Horror Literature, Fantastic Literature, English Literature, Graphic Novels, Comics Studies, Manga Studies, Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, Women's Studies, Gender Studies, Visual Culture, Horror, Cthulhu, Weird Fiction, Lovecraftian Horror, Lovecraft Studies, and Cthulhu Mythos
Lunceford, Brett. Review of Pornland: How the Porn Industry has Hijacked Our Sexuality by Gail Dines. American Communication Journal, 17, no. 1 (2015): 46-48.