Dr. Jeffrey Layne Blevins

How Minnesota shooting conspiracy theories hijacked social media Before a suspect was ever named in the shootings, conspiracy theorists and opportunists jumped at the chance to blame their political opponents.

Conspiracy theories = disinformation campaigns www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

Special Issue of Democratic Communiqué: Discourse about labor and unionization on digital media platforms in the new era of Musk and Trump 2.0.

Deadline for full consideration is June 30, 2025

Critical Communication: A Memoir This memoir, completed just before Vincent Mosco’s sudden death in February 2024, chronicles the last half century of research, activism and teaching in critical communication, technology and society ...

Honored beyond measure to be acknowledged by the late, great Vincent Mosco in his memoir (published posthumously. I’ll endeavor to live up to in in my continuing scholarship www.fulcrum.org/concern/mono...

For those with an interest in the history of critical communication research, The University of Westminster Press has just published Vincent Mosco's memoir (available through open access here: bit.ly/3CFBgJy)

If it were possible for him to run in 2028, these guys would definitely endorse him again, spare me

Exactly

The First Amendment and Video-Recording Police: Balancing Public Rights and Public Safety The video taken by an onlooker of George Floyd’s death at the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in 2020 went viral on social media and was likely instrumental in Chauvin’s conviction...

Happy to see this article finally published www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Appreciate you and Liz!

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Just signed my latest book contract - looking forward to working with Routledge again!

​​Rebooting the disinformation machine for Trump 2.0 By Jeffrey Layne Blevins >> It looks like America is going back after all. Since the Democratic convention in August, Vice President Kamala Harris often declared, “we are not going back,” as a refe...

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‘Racism is embedded in our society’: how attacks on immigrants in Ohio highlight US disinformation crispy

It’s August 5, 1989 on a street in the Bed-Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. Happy #DoTheRightThing Day to all who celebrate.

What in the “flat Earth” is going on here? Misinfo is a slippery slope to falsely discrediting science, research, gov’t and news media. @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

… #infowar #medialiteracy www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

The growing problem of #pinkslime journalism www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...

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ICYMI: my conversation about fake news with Arirang News last night (in the U.S.) and this morning (in Korea). UC Journalism University of Cincinnati

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Much thx to @adamserwer.bsky.social for talking with my politics & media and political reporting students today. Great advice about avoiding historical amnesia @ false binaries in political commentary and analysis. Hat tip to @swin24.bsky.social for facilitating this conversation!

Happy #VeteransDay to all my brothers and sisters who have served, especially if your working in the journalism biz these days.

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The last few days be like…

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Much thanks to actor and financial journalist @benmckenzie.bsky.social for speaking with my U. of Cincinnati political science and journalism students today about his new book, “Easy money…” and crypto currency. Thank you @swin24.bsky.social for facilitating this!