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Persuasion strategies in vintage Rally Day postcards: Postal religious communication

Postcards can yield insight into persuasion strategy, religious events, and social situations. Rally Day postcards reveal how churches at the start of the 20th century characterized a pivotal…

Inoculation theory and sport communication

Inoculation theory is a classic theory of resistance to influence-an explanation for how positions can be made more resistant to future change through preexposure to weakened forms of…

Inoculation theory and conspiracy, radicalization, and violent extremism

Inoculation theory and education, teaching, and learning

Being the voice: A conversation with Josh and Trumie

My nonspeaking son is a great speech teacher. JOSH COMPTON Being the Voice: A Conversation with Josh and Trumie. Windsor School. October 17, 2022.

Reframing public speaking with a stutter

I was once asked how I succeeded in my career as a as a speech professor in spite of my stutter. And now I can say quite confidently…

Inoculation theory of resistance to influence

Inoculation theory of resistance to influence. Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK, August 31, 2022.

Inoculation theory and climate communication

Inoculation is a powerful approach to communicating climate–preempting rather than reacting to misinformation. JOSH COMPTON Inoculation theory and climate communication. Dartmouth Symposium on Climate, Energy and Society. Irving…

January One World‽

January One World‽. A curated gallery of early 20th century postcards. [personal collection] J. Compton, 2021 This curated gallery of early 20th century New Year postcards offers a…

Inoculating resolve: Can inoculation messages protect commitments to New Year resolutions?

We resolve to keep looking—aware of the future challenges, but now, also aware of how we might respond to those challenges, which is certainly apt for applied inoculation…