Rodney G. Miller 

Selected Publications at ResearchGate.net

Interest in public discourse to strengthen democracy by countering disinformation, misinformation, pseudo-populism, and propaganda. New understandings of communication, to foster accountable public discourse and make democracy thrive. 

Integrating rhetorical, stylistic, and linguistic understandings to assess organizational and societal leadership - drawing on Rhetorical Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Semiotics, Pragmatics, Textual Criticism, Democracy and Political Communication Studies, Propaganda, Satire and Humor Research, or Communication and Media Studies. 

Recent books include Get Ahead of Propagandists: Countering Disinformation, Bestest Words, Communication Essays, and Australians Speak Out: Persuasive Language Styles.

Popular BLOG on accountable communication at: https://communicator.rodney-miller.com 

Available via journal publisher: my BOOK REVIEW of A New Semiotics, by David Sless and Ruth Shrensky (2023), Routledge; in Media International Australia.

Get Ahead of Propagandists: Countering Disinformation

Crush fake information eating away our freedoms! A call to action that distills useful insights from countering or investigating propaganda and disinformation.

Priorities to outwit propagandists, suggesting ways to detect, deflect, and dismantle manufactured outrage and other verbal abuse. Explores ways to:

1) Hold propagandists to account.

2) Block and counter propaganda and disinformation.

3) Strengthen media capabilities and freedoms.

4) Extend systematic education to counter propaganda and disinformation.

5) Push to criminalize seriously harmful lies of propagandists.

6) Foster collaborative groups to sustain these efforts.

[click on cover image to "Read sample" at amazon.com]

Seventy brief explorations of the media, language, books, politics, sport, and daily occurrences to suggest when and how to: Hold public figures and the media accountable; Stand up to the verbal abuse that Orwell predicted; Reassert truth and other core values in daily life. 

Collects seven essays written through three decades to address more substantial challenges that endure for developing systematic, personal communicaiton - to  teach oral communication, strengthen democracy, grow organizational trust, build community relations, and sustain fundraising results. Sample chapter 5, "Benchmarking Advancement" at SSRN (Social Science Research Network).

Assesses the rhetorical stylistic choices of public figures in a representative democracy, with reference to over twenty notable Australians from the 1890s to modern times. Includes full texts of noteworthy speeches and writing. Identifies eighteen ways that public figures choose language to find common ground with an audience. Sample chapter 1: Introduction/"How to Use This Book" at ResearchGate and chapter 15: "Reform Advocacy of Michael Kirby" at the Publications tab on the website of The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG.