Speaking Power to Truth Digital Discourse and the Public Intellectual |
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| Editor:
| Keren, Michael
Hawkins, Richard |
| Series title: | Cultural Dialectics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-77199-034-9 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2015 |
| Publisher: | Athabasca University Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $24.99 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.