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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137169103321

Titolo

Speaking power to truth : digital discourse and the public intellectual / / edited by Michael Keren and Richard Hawkins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edmonton, Alberta : , : AU Press, , [2015]

©2015

Ottawa, Ontario : , : Canadian Electronic Library, , 2016

ISBN

1-77199-034-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 pages) : illustrations, maps

Collana

Cultural dialectics

Disciplina

305.552

Soggetti

Intellectuals

Intellectual life

Digital media - Social aspects

Communication - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

Casting doubt on the assertion that online discourse, with its proliferation of voices, will somehow yield collective wisdom, Speaking Power to Truth raises concerns that this wealth of digitally enabled commentary is, in fact, too often bereft of the hallmarks of intellectual discourse: an epistemological framework and the provision of evidence to substantiate claims. Instead, the pursuit of truth finds itself in competition with the quest for public reputation, access to influence, and enhanced visibility. But as knowledge is drawn into the orbit of power, and as the line between knowledge a