I wrote about a tree that probably wasn’t.

My latest article, “Image Repair of Fake News: The Washington Elm in Cambridge, Massachusetts,” dives into how legends get defended long after they’re disproved.

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Excited to be here, and so is my assistant!

On this day four years ago…
#2020SnowStorm

At this year’s NCA in New Orleans, I’m taking a short break from #InoculationTheory and presenting “Postal Sport Communication: Vintage Golf Postcards,” a rhetorical analysis of how early 20th-century postcards intersected with sport, tourism, and visual communication. #NCA2024 #SportComm #NCA24

At #NCA2024, I am presenting my study on the vintage postcard Life at Camp Dix, N.J. Inoculation, which takes a look at how vaccination was portrayed during a critical moment in public health history.

A thread:

#HealthComm #InoculationTheory

Looking forward to presenting at #NCA24 in New Orleans this week. I’ll be discussing the use of inoculation theory in early 20th-century vaccination rhetoric, focusing on the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s Health Heroes series.

#InoculationTheory #NCA24 #NCA2024

I’ll be presenting “SHOTS” at #NCA24 in New Orleans this week, a look at W. Morgan’s WWII-era postcard as a unique example of 1940s health communication. A thread 🧵
#HealthComm #VisualRhetoric #Vaccination #InoculationTheory

I’m looking forward to teaching my new course, Rhetorics of Stuttering, at Dartmouth next term!

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Today I shared “Inoculation Theory and Sport Communication” as part of a panel sponsored by the Sport Communication Division of NCA at #NCA2023. Check out this link to see some ways folks have applied #InoculationTheory to #SportCommunication!

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Grateful for the opportunity this morning to share some of my research on persuasion, postcards, and religious communication at the Religious Communication Association’s conference at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, DC. #RCA2023

Last weekend, my son, Trumie, and I completed the Flutie 5K Your Way to support autism awareness and acceptance. We chose to do our 5k up Mount Ascutney in Vermont. So much fun! #autismawareness #autismacceptance #Flutie5K

I'll be talking #InoculationTheory and #SportCommunication at the National Communication Association's annual conference next month. More info here: sites.dartmouth.edu/jcompton/202...