Bradford Vivian Boeken

In Campus Misinformation, Bradford Vivian shows how misinformation about colleges and universities has proliferated in recent years, with potentially dangerous results. Popular but highly misleading narratives about the state of free speech and intellectual diversity on college campuses impede constructive deliberation about higher education while promoting suspect ideas about First Amendment freedoms and democratic participation. A powerful demonstration of how disingenuous information can become accepted as fact, this book should matter to anyone concerned about the state of higher education and our democracy alike.

Focusing on the relationship between rhetoric and subjectivity, the book introduces a novel methodology to analyze how rhetorical practices shape social, political, and ethical dynamics. It explores the connections between the self and others, individual and collective identities, and moral frameworks across time. By building on key twentieth-century studies, the author provides valuable insights for philosophy, cultural studies, and critical theory, emphasizing the importance of the conditions that influence individual expression and discourse.