This is a moment of rhetorical disruption; along with the texts and the books are being perceived as harmful, library workers are now being portrayed as threats to society, being called “groomers” who seek to “indoctrinate” children. To effectively combat these threats, library advocates and organizations must embrace a political communication strategy that actively disrupts these openly anti-democratic censorship movements. If libraries, and our communities, are to prevail in the defense of intellectual freedom, free expression, and cultural representation, censorship simply cannot become ordinary. This webinar examines the ways in which rhetoric of censorship operates, the ways it risks becoming normalized, and the ways in which libraries, librarians, and their supporters can work to counteract and delegitimize this rhetoric.
About Allison Jennings-Roche
When
July 18, 2023 at 12:00pm - 1pm
This is a moment of rhetorical disruption; along with the texts and the books are being perceived as harmful, library workers are now being portrayed as threats to society, being called “groomers” who seek to “indoctrinate” children. To effectively combat these threats, library advocates and organizations must embrace a political communication strategy that actively disrupts these openly anti-democratic censorship movements. If libraries, and our communities, are to prevail in the defense of intellectual freedom, free expression, and cultural representation, censorship simply cannot become ordinary. This webinar examines the ways in which rhetoric of censorship operates, the ways it risks becoming normalized, and the ways in which libraries, librarians, and their supporters can work to counteract and delegitimize this rhetoric.
About Allison Jennings-Roche
When
July 18, 2023 at 12:00pm - 1pm
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