Realizing Civic Possibility Through Nimble Rhetorics in Networked Worlds

Guest lecture by Jeremy Johnson, University of the Pacific

This talk explores the civic possibilities of nimble mêtic rhetorics in fostering robust, democratic digital spaces. Tracing the contours of algorithmic power and disinformation, the talk offers rhetorical and argumentative strategies (including stasis shifting and imitatio) to undercut false, harmful, and abusive communication in digital networks.

Jeremy Johnson is a postdoctoral researcher with the Public Interest Technologies University Network and the Algorithmic Fairness and Opacity Group in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. His research considers the roles of rhetoric and argumentation in shaping civic communication in digital systems.