Brian L. Ott is professor of Communication Studies and Director of the

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(TTUP) at

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. He is an author and communications expert in the field of study of rhetoric and media. Ott earned his bachelor's degree from

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, a master's degree and PhD from

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. He is a contributor for

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, The Hill,

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and other publications.

Selected publications

* ''The Twitter presidency: Donald J. Trump and the politics of White Rage'' with Greg Dickinson.

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, New York, 2019. * ''Critical Media Studies: An Introduction'' with Robert Mack.

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, Malden, 2014. * ''The Routledge Reader in Rhetorical Criticism'' with Greg Dickinson.

, New York, 2013. * ''Places of public memory: The rhetoric of museums and memorials'' with Carole Blair and Greg Dickinson.

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, Tuscaloosa, 2010. * ''It's Not Tv: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era'' with Cara Louise Buckley and Mark Leverette.

, New York, 2010. * ''The small screen: How television equips us to live in the Information Age''.

, Malden, 2007.

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