Rhet Ops
Rhetoric and Information Warfare
Published on 3. October 2019
271 pages
978-0-8229-8719-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this edited volume, authors seek to document and analyze how state and non-state actors leverage digital rhetoric as a twenty-first-century weapon of war. Rhet Ops offer readers a chance to focus on the human dimension of rhetorical practice within mobile technologies and social networks: to reflect not only on the durable question of what it means to conduct oneself ethically as a speaker or writer, but also what it means to learn the art of rhetoric as a means to engage adversaries in war and conflict.
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Jim Ridolfo is an associate professor of writing, rhetoric, and digital studies at the University of Kentucky.
Bill Hart-Davidson is a professor of writing, rhetoric, and American cultures at Michigan State University.
Bill Hart-Davidson is a professor of writing, rhetoric, and American cultures at Michigan State University.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: From the Dark Side of Digital Composing to #Rhetops | Jim Ridolfo and William Hart-Davidson
- Part I: Rhetorical Operations And Emerging Tactics
- 1. The Rhetoric of Infrastructure: American Colonialism and the Military Telegraph| Elizabeth Losh
- 2. Revisiting "A Soldier's Guide to Rhetorical Theory": Intelligence Analysis in the Open | Gary Mills
- 3. Rhetoric and the US Intelligence Community's Misuses of Theory | Nate Kreuter
- 4. Insurgent Rhetorics and Historical Materialism | Mike Edwards
- 5. Minerva Rising: The Pentagon's Weaponization of Rhetorical Knowledge | John Gagnon
- 6. Insurgent Circulation, Weaponized Media: Waging the Late Sixties War Within | Brad E. Lucas
- 7. Gamergate: Understanding The Tactics of Online Knowledge Disruptors | Michael Trice
- Part II: Digital Practices
- 8. Isis Versus The United States: Rhetorical Battle in the Middle East | William M. Marcellino and Madeline Magnuson
- 9. Stormwatch: Machine Learning Approaches to Understanding White Supremacy Online | Ryan Omizo
- 10. Dark Interactions: Interfaces and Object Arrays as Surveillance in Digital Rhetoric | John Gallagher
- 11. Digital Surveillance of Gang Communication: Graffiti's Rhetorical Velocity Between Street Gangs and Urban Law Enforcement | Seth Long and Ken Fitch
- Part III: Practitioner Stories
- 12. Digital Age Education: Preparing Warriors for Hybrid Conflict at Air Force Cyberworx | Jeffrey Collins and Gary Mills
- 13. Mapping the Rhetoric-Operations Divide: Considerations for the Future | Angie Mallory
- 14. Social Media Strategy For the Military-Engaged American Red Cross | Laura A. Ewing
- 15. Changing Technologies and Writing from and About War | D. Alexis Hart And Cheryl Hatch
- 16. Military Wives as Rhetorical Insurgents: Resisting Assimilation as "Force Multipliers" | Elise Dixon
- Afterword: Inventing a Critical Praxis of Engagement on Social Media Platforms | Jim Ridolfo and William Hart-Davidson
- List Of Contributors
- Index
