Category: Upcoming presentations

Regarding Early 20th Century Vaccination Rhetoric: Inoculation Strategy in the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s (1926) Health Heroes

The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s Health Heroes series was a marketing effort comprised of published narratives in booklet form. One such publication, Health Heroes: Edward Jenner, told the story of Jenner’s…

The Other Side of Life at Camp Dix: Postcards, Inoculation, and Inoculation Theory

In addition to documenting travel adventures and extending holiday greetings to friends and family, postcards can also function as health communication. This investigation turns to a unique type…

Regarding Postal Sport Communication: Vintage Golf Postcards

Vintage golf postcards are an underexplored resource for an increased understanding of visual-historical sport communication. This rhetorical analysis of a collection of vintage golf postcards reveals insight into…