Contents
Preface
Introduction: From the Dark Side of Digital Composing to #Rhetops / Jim Ridolfo and William Hart-Davidson
Part I: Rhetorical Operations and Emerging Tactics
1. The Rhetoric of Infrastructure: American Colonialism and the Military Telegraph / Elizabeth Losh
2. Revisiting "A Soldier's Guide To Rhetorical Theory": Intelligence Analysis In The Open / Gary Mills
3. Rhetoric and the US Intelligence Community's Misuses of Theory / Nate Kreuter
4. Insurgent Rhetorics and Historical Materialism / Mike Edwards
5. Minerva Rising: The Pentagon's Weaponization of Rhetorical Knowledge / John Gagnon
6. Insurgent Circulation, Weaponized Media: Waging the Late Sixties War Within / Brad E. Lucas
7. Gamergate: Understanding the Tactics of Online Knowledge Disruptors / Michael Trice
Part II: Digital Practices
8. ISIS Versus the United States: Rhetorical Battle in the Middle East / William M. Marcellino and Madeline Magnuson
9. Stormwatch: Machine Learning Approaches to Understanding White Supremacy Online / Ryan Omizo
10. Dark Interactions: Interfaces and Object Arrays as Surveillance in Digital Rhetoric / John Gallagher
11. Digital Surveillance of Gang Communication: Graffiti's Rhetorical Velocity Between Street Gangs and Urban Law Enforcement / Seth Long and Ken Fitch
Part III: Practitioner Stories
12. Digital Age Education: Preparing Warriors for Hybrid Conflict at Air Force Cyberworx / Jeffrey Collins and Gary Mills
13. Mapping the Rhetoric-Operations Divide: Considerations for the Future / Angie Mallory
14. Social Media Strategy for the Military-Engaged American Red Cross / Laura A. Ewing
15. Changing Technologies and Writing From and About War / D. Alexis Hart and Cheryl Hatch
16. Military Wives as Rhetorical Insurgents: Resisting Assimilation as "Force Multipliers" / Elise Dixon
Afterword: Inventing a Critical Praxisof Engagement on Social Media Platforms / Jim Ridolfo and William Hart-Davidson
List Of Contributors
Index