In our time, it has become easy to contribute to the general pool of knowledge: Tell somebody about events that have just happened and
think yourself useful, publish a video of a crime and make history, put up
a rumour and ruin someone’s career. My question is: Can we talk about
counter-knowledge when it comes to news-contributors who are not journalists but have mobile phones from which they can send messages and photos? I will first outline why the idea of counter-knowledge is attractive, then sketch it as defined by French philosopher Michel Foucault. My third point is about ways of writing which produce counter-knowledge, before finally asking if sending an image can have the same effect.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa.de:bsz:15-qucosa-160979 |
| Date | 16 February 2015 |
| Creators | Schneider, Ulrich Johannes |
| Contributors | Passagen-Verl., |
| Publisher | Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:bookPart |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | Engagement and exposure / Kristóf Nyíri (ed.). Wien 2009, S. 103 - 108 ISBN 978-3-85165-906-1 |
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