Tommy Bruhn

Tommy Bruhn

Tenure Track Assistant Professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-3131-0856

Primary fields of research

My main research area is the way relationships and communities are rhetorically constituted, managed, and negotiated in everyday interactions. I am particularly interested in issues of pluralism and conviviality, namely, how differences plays in to the rhetorical milieu of peoples' everyday lives. I have taken a particular interest in these subjects:

  • How to account for pluralism in rhetorical theory and criticism.
  • Rhetorical ambiguity in political leadership
  • Community formation in popular & online culture
  • Humor and satire

Current research

I am currently working on:

  • Internordic rhetorical relationships online
  • Perceived polarization in Swedish media discourse
  • Joking vernacular rhetoric on the Swedish NATO application process

Teaching

I am currently teaching Rhetorical Theory and Analysis and Rhetorical Writing, Language and Style , as well as the MA thesis seminar.

I have previously taught courses on practical rhetoric, rhetorical criticism, debate culture and public rhetoric, Public Relations communication, and death studies.

I have supervised at the BA-, MA- and Ph.D level, among other things on these subjects:

  • Populism
  • Digital humanities methodology
  • Digital political campaigning
  • Public health communication
  • Online local community vernacular rhetoric
  • Televised election debate

Selected publications

  1. Published

    Orchestrating Difference: The Address of Composite Audiences as Pluralist Rhetoric

    Bruhn, Tommy, 2022, In: Philosophy and Rhetoric. 55, 2, p. 177-201 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  2. Serious Grappling with Satire: Rhetorical Genre Affordances and Invitations to Participation in Public Controversy

    Bruhn, Tommy & Doona, J., 26 Oct 2021, In: Javnost.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  3. Den anklagade tittaren: Strategiskt publiktilltal i satiriska anklagelser

    Bruhn, Tommy & Doona, J., 1 Sep 2021, In: Rhetorica Scandinavica.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

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