Josh Compton
@joshcompton.bsky.social
I'm Prof of Speech @Dartmouth and a stutterer. How does that work? Very well, actually! I've also been researching inoculation theory for 20+ years in politics, health, sport, satire, education, science, and more. #OCD https://sites.dartmouth.edu/jcompton/
Four baselines for academic conference attendance: 1) keep to your allocated speaking time. 2) everyone is clever; stand out by being warm & kind. 3) be interested in everyone equally - from postgrad to Prof to conference administrator to catering & hotel staff. 4) in Q&A, ask an actual question.
My award-winning comic BRAINS is available on my shop! You can snag a copy for $15. It's 40 pages of colorfully illustrated visual meditations on the brain, cognition, thinking, perceiving and BEING human in the face of all this so-called AI garbage. Brains... I just think they're neat!
BRAINS
BRAINS is a 40 page full-color comic exploration of thinking and perceiving through the eyes of Frogby, a little frog who is playing the part of a blood cell with a crush on the brain in this comic ab...
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Inoculation theory has traveled a long way, but its map still has room to grow. I suggest agromedicine as a place where threat, weakened challenge, and refutation might help—from Lyme disease misinformation to tractor-ride myths. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Inoculation Theory and Agromedicine
Published in Journal of Agromedicine (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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"Drowning is almost always a deceptively quiet event. The waving, splashing, and yelling that dramatic conditioning (television) prepares us to look for, is rarely seen in real life."
Trish Greenhalgh@trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 2mo agoEvery summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
Yesterday at ECA in Pittsburgh I talked about an illustrated children’s book on Edward Jenner (in a session sponsored by the Applied Communication Interest Group). It lets you see inoculation work happening—doubts raised and answered through both images and story. sites.dartmouth.edu/jcompton/202...
Inoculation (theory) illustrated: Visualizing vaccination, countering doubt, and the emergence of inoculation logic – Josh Compton
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Yesterday at ECA in Pittsburgh, I talked about a 1960s measles postcard (in a session sponsored by the Health Communication Interest Group)—seven sentences, all text—that quietly does what we’d now call inoculation: raise a doubt, resolve it, and keep going. sites.dartmouth.edu/jcompton/202...
Congrats to speech professor @joshcompton.bsky.social, co-editor of “The Handbook of Inoculation Theory and Practice,” the first handbook devoted entirely to inoculation theory, bringing together more than 40 leading scholars to examine the theory’s past, present, and future.
The Handbook of Inoculation Theory and Practice
<p><b>Provides an in-depth </b><b>account</b><b> of inoculation theory across multiple disciplines and applied contexts worldwide</b></p> <p>Inoculation theory has become one of the most influen...
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Out now with Wiley: The Handbook of Inoculation Theory and Practice, edited by Bobi Ivanov, Kimberly Parker, and me—the first handbook devoted entirely to inoculation theory. Grateful for my co-editors and contributors. #InoculationTheory www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Ha...
The Handbook of Inoculation Theory and Practice
<p><b>Provides an in-depth </b><b>account</b><b> of inoculation theory across multiple disciplines and applied contexts worldwide</b></p> <p>Inoculation theory has become one of the most influen...
wiley.com
My NCA paper looked at the NFL Referees Association’s response to bias accusations before Super Bowl LVIII. The press release didn’t just defend—it pre-framed. A clear example of image prepare, using image repair strategies proactively. sites.dartmouth.edu/jcompton/202...
At the National Communication Association's 111th Annual Convention in Denver, I explored what Thomas Francis Jr.’s 1960 idea of original antigenic sin can teach us about limits in inoculation theory. Sometimes we’re not unprepared—we’re mis-prepared. sites.dartmouth.edu/jcompton/202...
I wrote about a tree that probably wasn’t. My latest article, “Image Repair of Fake News: The Washington Elm in Cambridge, Massachusetts,” dives into how legends get defended long after they’re disproved. sites.dartmouth.edu/jcompton/202...
Today we release BAD VAXX-a new game that PREBUNKS misinfo about vaccines. Step into the shoes of "Ann McDotal" who loves to float scary anecdotes & "Dr Forge" the pseudosciensist. We find the game boosts people's ability to better *discern* information manipulation! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Psychological inoculation improves resilience to and reduces willingness to share vaccine misinformation
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Dream course, dream students. Thank you @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social! #Stuttering #Stammering #CovertStuttering
Dartmouth Arts and Sciences@dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · last yr.This winter, students in professor @joshcompton.bsky.social’s first-of-its-kind “Rhetorics of Stuttering” course explored the relationship between voice, identity, and communication—gaining insight into empathetic listening and inclusive dialogue.
SAVE THIS PDF 🚨 While it's still available, save a PDF of the CDC's adult vaccine schedule: www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp... It also has ALL the specifications and different types of contingencies (pregnancy, immunocompromised, etc.)!
I just want to take a moment to promote the #altgov accounts by sharing their starter pack. Follow them all go.bsky.app/FLUwv5d
“For Compton, fluency is overrated—and not a requisite for dialogue…A bad argument smoothly made is dangerous…Truth can be stuttered." The truth is stuttered when it’s your authentic voice and self #SLP #Stutter #Stuttering #StutteringPride #BskySLPs
Josh Compton@joshcompton.bsky.social · 2y agoThe truth can be stuttered. #Stutter #Stammer #CovertStutter faculty.dartmouth.edu/artsandscien...
At this year’s NCA in New Orleans, I’m taking a short break from #InoculationTheory and presenting “Postal Sport Communication: Vintage Golf Postcards,” a rhetorical analysis of how early 20th-century postcards intersected with sport, tourism, and visual communication. #NCA2024 #SportComm #NCA24
At #NCA2024, I am presenting my study on the vintage postcard Life at Camp Dix, N.J. Inoculation, which takes a look at how vaccination was portrayed during a critical moment in public health history. A thread: #HealthComm #InoculationTheory
Looking forward to presenting at #NCA24 in New Orleans this week. I’ll be discussing the use of inoculation theory in early 20th-century vaccination rhetoric, focusing on the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s Health Heroes series. #InoculationTheory #NCA24 #NCA2024
I’ll be presenting “SHOTS” at #NCA24 in New Orleans this week, a look at W. Morgan’s WWII-era postcard as a unique example of 1940s health communication. A thread 🧵 #HealthComm #VisualRhetoric #Vaccination #InoculationTheory
Hey everybody! With NCA 2024 coming up this week, we thought that we would do a trial run using BlueSky to connect with folks this year. We'll also be using this page to share info about our panels and business meetings, and to signal boost announcements and other posts from around NCA!
Here‘s the start of a list of some researchers on Bluesky who are working with (or who have worked with) inoculation theory, a theory of resistance to influence built on a biological inoculation/vaccine analogy, with applications in mis/disinformation, politics, health… go.bsky.app/7E6pFc4
You know how Kentuckians last week rejected measure to allow public funds to be used for private schools? I had missed that the measure lost *in all 120 counties*. (nytimes.com/interactive/...)
"Inoculation to [Moral Disengagement Tactics] appears effective in reducing dishonesty among those high in narcissism." #InoculationTheory journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Inoculating Against Moral Disengagement Creates Ethical Adherence for Narcissism - Daniel N. Jones, Rafik Beekun, Julie Aitken Schermer, Kristi Baerg MacDonald, Josh Compton, 2024
Increasing honesty is critical in modern society. Moral Disengagement Tactics (MDTs) enable individuals to engage in unethical behavior while avoiding self-crit...
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