Tommy Bruhn
Tenure Track Assistant Professor
Department of Communication
Karen Blixens Plads 8
2300 København S
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
- 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
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
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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The uses of the term polarisation in Swedish newspapers, 2010–2021
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