Speaking Power to Truth [[electronic resource] ] : Digital Discourse and the Public Intellectual

• Autore: Keren Michael
• Pubblicazione: Edmonton, : Athabasca University Press, 2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (170 p.)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HawkinsRichard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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
• Altri titoli varianti: Cultural Dialectics; Speaking Power to Truth
• Titolo autorizzato: Speaking Power to Truth
• ISBN: 1-77199-035-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557481403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cultural Dialectics