Between Populism and Popular Citizenship in Science Conflicts

Roslyng, Mette Marie

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“…Instead, Ylä-Anttila (2018: 357) finds that these right-wing populists “claim to hold knowledge, truth, and evidence in high esteem.” They rely upon alternative sources of scientific knowledge and authority, though these cannot readily or consistently be described as “misinformation” (Ylä-Anttila, 2018: 361; cf. Roslyng, 2022: 210). He labels them instead as forms of “counterknowledge,” which stand apart from mainstream experts as sources of truth claims.…”

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“…In discussing science in relation to populism, Mette Marie Roslyng (2022: 212) notes that “debates about truth versus falsity are replaced by political struggles over who gets to define hegemonic science and knowledge.” In this context, “alternative knowledge can be seen as knowledge that challenges a hegemonic reading of science through the articulation of (populist) logics of antagonism” (Roslyng, 2022: 212). This alternative is not defined as necessarily “anti- or pseudo-scientific but rather counter-hegemonic in relation to established perceptions,” allowing Roslyng (2022: 221) to use this populist frame to make sense of the Danish Vegan Party’s use of scientific claims to challenge dominant perceptions of the central role of meat and dairy in healthy diets. Such political struggles do not have a consistent valence.…”

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Power and Truth in Science-Related Populism: Rethinking the Role of Knowledge and Expertise in Climate Politics

Meyer

2023

Political Studies

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Populism is often characterized as a rejection of scientific expertise and a key obstacle to societies’ ability to address the climate crisis today. I challenge this account, arguing for a more inclusive conception of populism and a more critical account of expertise. Consistent with this, I delineate a range of responses to the challenges of climate politics in populist times. In doing so, I have two primary aims: first, to highlight limitations of “anti-populist” responses among proponents of climate change action, and, second, to lean into populist criticisms of elite expertise, by delineating how some challenges to dominant forms of science and elite power are themselves expert knowledge and integral to promising movements that address climate change. This can allow expertise to be distinguished from elitism and to be recognized in caring relations to the subjects of knowledge. Here, expertise is not manifest as separation from the common world, but as immersion in it.

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Power and Truth in Science-Related Populism: Rethinking the Role of Knowledge and Expertise in Climate Politics

Meyer

2023

Political Studies

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“…In the context of Covid-19 outbreak, information has become a valuable asset to face the crisis situation. Therefore, the main function of media is to raise public awareness about risks that are often invisible or remote to most of the population (Roslyng;Eskjaer, 2017). Emerging research studies have showed the various motivations of the publics for crisis information seeking (Austin et al, 2012;Lu;Jin, 2020), emphasizing the needs for additional information, receiving timely and unfiltered information, learning about the magnitude of a crisis, checking on family/friends, mobilizing, connecting with a community, and fostering emotional support during crises (Fraustino;Liu;Jin, 2017), and providing an unfiltered, up-to-date line of communication (Procopio;Procopio, 2007;Tai;Sun, 2007).…”

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Covid-19 Crisis Communication Management in Morocco

Aboulghazi

2022

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The present research paper examines how Moroccan political public authorities’ communication strategies influence Moroccan male and female publics’ feedback, and the perception of government’s crisis response strategies in light of a new atmosphere, a new condition at the pandemic time of the coronavirus Covid-19. By collecting data from 132 Moroccan internet users via online survey, which was conducted between May and June, 2020, after the declaration of the state of emergency, the present study gathered concrete information and viewpoints regarding Moroccan male and female internet users’ feedback about political leaders’ communication strategies; trust in different sources and media channels, and perception of the Moroccan political leaders’ crisis communication management. The findings of the study have revealed that younger male and female publics, who got news from social media, had negative views of authority messages, and expressed more negative opinions of the government’s crisis response and communication strategies as weeks went by. Therefore, trust in public authorities’ decreased as the crisis evolves. Other age group, 60 years or older of the respondents get information about the crisis from institutional political sources and mainstream news media, which have been more aligned with authorities’ information at the start of the health crisis. In addition, women have used multiple media platforms, but they have less direct access to information than do men. While some progress has been made in women’s political use of information and news consumption during the outbreak on social media, on the overall, the participation of women in both feedback and news consumption is still very limited in Morocco.

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Between Populism and Popular Citizenship in Science Conflicts

Cited by 2 publications

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Power and Truth in Science-Related Populism: Rethinking the Role of Knowledge and Expertise in Climate Politics

Power and Truth in Science-Related Populism: Rethinking the Role of Knowledge and Expertise in Climate Politics

Covid-19 Crisis Communication Management in Morocco

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