Challenges to knowledge-making: the intricate interrelation of knowledge and resistance (original) (raw)

Journal of Political Power, 2020

Abstract

Editorial written by the PoReSo group (The research group Power, Resistance and Social Change): This special issue addresses the connections and crossroads between knowledge and resistance. In the current political landscape, such a research endeavour is both topical and needed. Social media platforms, like Facebook, and the development of new technologies have made it possible to spread disinformation through political channels, which has laid the foundation for new ways of governing. For example, The Washington Post fact-checker team counted 492 false or misleading claims made by the US president Donald Trump or his team during his first 100 days in power.1 In Vietnam and Ethiopia, citizens were enlisted or hired to use their personal Facebook pages to post pro-government messages and influence social media conversations in the favour of the respective ruling party. The Guatemalan government, on the other hand, used hacked or stolen social media accounts to silence voices of dissent.

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