RECENT BOOKS by Rodney G. Miller, author of publications on using words wisely

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122 pages, March 2024

ISBN: 978-1-7374895-3-5 (paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-7374895-7-3 (ebook)

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Selected Blog Posts to Counter Propaganda & Disinformation

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Australians Speak Out

MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW: Reviewer's Choice, "...key lessons about everyday language to reach people ...highly recommended." - Diane Donovan, Senior Reviewer. AUSTRALIAN LAW JOURNAL: "Miller's... keen eye, quick prose, and strong choice of material keep the reader engaged." - Harry Hobbs PhD, Associate Professor, University Technology Sydney Faculty of Law. EDITORIAL REVIEW: "A fascinating, monumental book that should be compulsory for all history and political students and many others." - Roslyn Petelin PhD, Honorary Associate Professor, School of Communication and Arts, The University of Queensland and author, How Writing Works. / ISBN 978-1-7374895-1-1 (hardcover); 978-1-7374895-0-4 (paperback)

Communication Essays

Connecting these seven thought-provoking essays, written over three decades, is a common aim for communication to optimize results - whether to teach oral communication, strengthen democracy, grow organizational trust, build community relations, or sustain fundraising. These concerns endure among the more substantial communication challenges. Each requires mutual understanding and cooperative action. The book incorporates evaluation of the communication strategies, processes, and behaviors of leaders in high-performing organizations in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It focuses understandings from structured study of institutional advancement leaders at some of the world's most successful universities. Collecting papers shared at conferences or seminars of The Royal Society of Queensland, Corporate Communication International, and The Council for Advancement and Support of Education, and in publications of the State University of New York Press. / ISBN 978-1-7374895-4-2 (hardcover); 978-1-7374895-6-6 (ebook)

Bestest Words

Need to tell fact from opinion? And the proven from the plausible? For anyone who cares to crush the manufactured outrage in recent public discourse, Bestest Words pushes back on screams for the camera and other propaganda. These 70 commentaries were written as blog posts from 2020 to 2022, amid worldwide threats to health, safety, and freedoms previously taken for granted. Amid ongoing challenges, the book supports the insight of Albert Camus who recognized a substantial value of democracy to be what it prevents. These commentaries suggest when and how to • Hold public figures and the media accountable. • Stand up to the verbal abuse that Orwell predicted. • Reassert truth and other core values in daily life. A spotlight on using words wisely! / ISBN 978-1-7374895-5-9 (paperback)

Communication and Beyond

Chronicles key pioneering efforts to establish and evolve communication study and teaching in Australia, assessing changing government mandates, research, premier communication courses, faculty personalities, and new career options for graduates. Describes a new dawning in communication education from the the 1970s, delivering new career options, innovative study and teaching, and new experiences putting communication into practice. / ISBN 978-1-7374895-2-8 (hardcover); 979-8-22333658-4-6 (ebook)