Bunz, M. 2016. How To Speak the Truth on Social media: An Inquiry into Post-Dialectical Information Environments. in: Bruns, A., Enli, G., Skogerbo, E., Larsson, A.O. and Christensen, C. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics New York Routledge. pp. 137-150
| Chapter title | How To Speak the Truth on Social media: An Inquiry into Post-Dialectical Information Environments |
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| Authors | Bunz, M. |
| Editors | Bruns, A. |
| Enli, G. | |
| Skogerbo, E. | |
| Larsson, A.O. | |
| Christensen, C. | |
| Abstract | When the first Independent Media Centers (“Indymedia”) were founded in 1999, their participatory online platforms based on open source technology were meant to be a powerful alternative voice for 'counterpublics'. With the successful rise of social media, however, participatory media became the general mode of communication. With this, the information landscape changed: participatory media suddenly wasn’t a position of essential otherness anymore. This chapter is looking into “How to speak the truth” in a post-dialectical information environment by analysing two media acts in the context of the 2014 riots in #Ferguson, U.S. after the police killing of teenager Michael Brown: the Twitter usage by Democratic alderman @Antonio French, and the rise of the hashtag #iftheygunmedown. |
| Keywords | social media, protest, counterpublic, participation, Foucault, media |
| Book title | The Routledge Companion to Social Media and Politics |
| Page range | 137-150 |
| Year | 2016 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
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| Published | 2016 |
| Place of publication | New York |
| ISBN | 9781138860766 |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138860766 |