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Featuring a quote from @ashleyhinck.bsky.social!

#TWC32 is our special issue on Fandom and Politics, coedited by Ashley Hinck and Amber Davisson. They emphasize that "this special issue persuasively demonstrate[s] that the intersection of fandom and politics is not an unusual exception". Read the full issue here:

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

New on H-Sci-Med-Tech: Check out @ashleyhinck.bsky.social (@xavier.edu)’s review of Christina S. Beck (Ohio U)’s book _Celebrity in the Time of COVID: Fandom & the Influence of Pandemic Messaging _ pub 2022 @ McFarland #HSTM Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

Does anyone have a favorite OER textbook on PR/advertising/strat comm? I'm teaching a client-based senior seminar and want to help students review/remember what they've already learned in previous classes. I'm looking for something with great examples/sample work.

Looking to read more about teaching and AI. What are the best things you’ve read?

NCA Kid Camp was awesome. I got to nurse my baby between conference sessions thanks to this childcare. Please, please bring this back every year! #NCA2024

Officially in New Orleans for #NCA24!

Over the past year, I’ve really missed the rhetoric, comm, fan studies, internet studies folks from academic Twitter. I am so so so excited to see communities reforming (and transforming) here.

Comm-rads: follow these folks before you head to #NCA2024. Let's post about research, restaurants, and plans for the resistance hatched in NOLA! Lots of new folks have been added to the starter pack so check this list again if it's been a few days. go.bsky.app/HJBVtjK #TeamRhetoric

Excited to have this article officially out! It wrestles with affect, fandom, and solidarity. Big thanks to tons of colleagues for lots of help with revisions. This article went through a lot of drafts over the years. And it’s so much better for it. DM me if you need a link for the free PDF.