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Inoculation theory and science communication

Extant work is encouraging, and timely, while consequential scientific issues are ripe for attention from an inoculation perspective. Josh Compton, Sander van der linden, john cook, & melisa…

“Inoculate yourself with the word of God”: Persuasion, inoculation, medical inoculation and religious rhetoric

There is growing interest in inoculation theory as a rhetorical model of analysis. Josh Compton Copeland’s rhetoric provides a unique, informative case to consider issues of persuasion inoculation….

When weather forecasters are wrong

It would also be of interest to explore whether weather forecasters could preempt image attacks, prior to inevitable wrong forecasts. The rhetorical approach of image prepare might be one option….

Osler’s Man’s Redemption of Man: Preemptive protection, attitudinal inoculation, and smallpox inoculation

I offer this case that Osler’s redemption message was not one of education, but instead, of inoculation. Josh Compton One such specific purpose of Man’s Redemption of Man,…

Osler’s Man’s Redemption of Man: Preemptive protection, attitudinal inoculation, and smallpox inoculation

I offer this case that Osler’s redemption message was not one of education, but instead, of inoculation. Josh Compton https://www.unco.edu/sassi/SASSIPROCEEDINGSII.pdf One such specific purpose of Man’s Redemption of…

Food safety and corporate public relations

This analysis points to the importance of timely, detailed responses to health- and food-related scandals, which can be emotionally evocative situations. Josh Compton https://www.prismjournal.org/uploads/1/2/5/6/125661607/v14-no1-a1.pdf In December 2012, the…

Chapter: Inoculation theory

My current take on the analogy debate is this: The inoculation analogy is both limiting and flexible enough. Josh Compton After Michael Pfau and I offered what was,…

Inoculating for small pox inoculation objections in Reverend Cooper’s Letter to a Friend in the Country

Cooper’s unique rhetorical strategy remains useful for considering contemporary debates over medical inoculation. Josh Compton & Brian Kaylor http://www.relcomm.org/journal-of-communication-and-religion.html The early 18th century rhetoric of Boston minister William…

Inoculating against small pox inoculation objections in Reverend Cooper’s Letter to a Friend in the Country

We find particular aptness when considering inoculation as a persuasive strategy in the context of smallpox inoculation rhetoric: Cooper attempts to inoculate (attitudinal) against anti-inoculation (biological) rhetoric. Josh…