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Rodney G Miller "Be Word Wise"

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Get Ahead of Propagandists: Countering Disinformation

Get Ahead of Propagandists: Countering Disinformation

Explores how propaganda works and ways to outwit propagandists. Insights for nations, organizations, or anyone fighting disinformation.

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Cross the Streams!

“Ghostbusters was released at the right time…at the height of the sci-fi blockbuster during the ‘80s.”² Chock-full of ironic dialogue, with…

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Cross the Streams!

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Rodney G Miller "Be Word Wise"

Repetition at Work

Consciously or intuitively, we frequently use repetition to emphasize, connect, contrast, and compare — or for humor and other rhetorical…

Aug 31

Repetition at Work

Aug 31

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Meaning More

From early in life, we are encouraged to be clear when speaking or writing. We put a lot of attention on specifying what we mean. We talk…

Aug 18

Meaning More

Aug 18

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What’s Weird

Propagandists are weird. As far back as July 2021, this blog named the contemporary pseudo-populists in politics as “propagators of weird…

Aug 1

What’s Weird

Aug 1

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Some Dodgy Verbs

Of course, words are not dodgy since they have no meaning other than the significance that authors and readers or listeners give them.

Jul 24

Some Dodgy Verbs

Jul 24

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The NOT-Debate

[NOTE: This post was written and published ahead of the June 27 “debate,” which has stimulated a flurry of editorial and other media…

Jun 27

The NOT-Debate

Jun 27

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What Are We Doing?

On return from travels recently, we’re delighted to find that a lovely, noisy wren has finally moved into the small, ornate birdhouse in…

Jun 21

What Are We Doing?

Jun 21

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Are We Ready?

As Albert Camus astutely observes, “the best case for democracy is what it prevents.”¹ As far back as the 18th century, it was shown…

May 11

Are We Ready?

May 11

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Opportunity

Spring is finally being felt here. Warmer mornings edge aside the crisp night air. Daffodils project the mood of the season. As we move…

May 8

Opportunity

May 8

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To Do Something

Election campaigns bring both challenge and opportunity. As the British Prime Minister Harold Wilson remarked during a crisis with the…

May 7

To Do Something

May 7

Rodney G Miller "Be Word Wise"

Rodney G Miller "Be Word Wise"

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Writes on communication, leadership, media, propaganda, disinformation, and democracy.

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