Instructor: Dr. Jason B. Munsell is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Communication and Emerging Media Department at USCA. He is a former president of the Southern States Communication Association as well as the Carolinas Communication Association. He is currently the Executive Director of the Carolinas Communication Association and an Endowed Chair in Humanities. He has a PhD in Speech Communication from LSU. Description: This course will cover some popular contemporary conspiracy theories and explain how they function from a theoretical point of view using the concept of paranoid rhetoric. Then the course will cover practical ways to be skeptical about conspiracy theories and engage in basic media literacy.