Speaking Power to Truth : Digital Discourse and the Public Intellectual

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 epistemo...

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Superior document:Cultural Dialectics
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Place / Publishing House:Edmonton, Alberta : : Athabasca University Press,, 2015.
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Cultural Dialectics
Physical Description:1 online resource (170 p.)
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Other title:Cultural Dialectics
Speaking Power to Truth
Summary: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
ISBN:177199035X
Hierarchical level:Monograph