Introduction: Post-truth and the Mediation of Reality

Overell, Rosemary; Nicholls, Brett

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“…p. 269, italics in the original): ‘Althusser, after all, attends to the Imaginary element of ideology. That is, that ideology works very well indeed, provided the Symbolic structures to which it appeals are underpinned by an Imaginary relation that is, well, relatable , for the subject’ (Overell, 2019: 116, capital letters and italics in the original). In order to be effective, propaganda needs to include more positive feelings to reassure the audience: for Žižek (1994), ‘ideology is not confusing but reassuring’ (p. 7), and as Auerbach and Castronovo (2013) explain, drawing on Žižek (1994), ‘ideology works by affect, fulfilling a comforting function to protect us from the overwhelming chaos of undifferentiated signification’ (p. 10).…”

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“…The population did not feel concerned by this discourse. Overell (2019) explains this relatedness to the collective imaginary by referring to Althusser (2012 (1971); who contends that ‘the individual is interpellated as a (free) subject in order that he shall submit freely to the commandments of the Subject, i.e. in order that he shall (freely) accept his subjection ’.…”

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Post-truth, conspiracy, and fake news in the uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco

Mifdal

2023

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the truth about the virus and its implications were at issue and were the object of a heated debate, nationally and globally. Because of the novelty of that experience, convergent truths emerged in Morocco, exacerbating the uncertainty that was already prevailing. This article examines these convergent truths, their epistemological bases, claims, and resources. This analysis shows the existence of different powers and strategies to which different truths are linked. The creative truth upheld by the existing dominant power, drawing, for legitimacy, on empirical scientific knowledge and claiming control over the situation. The esoteric truth based on conspiracy theories, political conflict, or the religious doctrine of fatalism and popular culture was supported and diffused through social media and gained traction among the public, already distrustful of the dominant narrative and of the scientific expertise. While other forms of truths existed in this post-truth era, this article focuses on these two kinds of truth, and examines how both were constitutive of two antagonistic discourses that used different kinds of propaganda including even fake news or alternative facts to provide (false or emotional) grounds for their claims. The scrutiny of the interactions between these discourses through media texts showed that while the government used propagandistic (pseudo)scientific messages to control the population and reinforce its authority, with little regard for people’s doubts, worries, and fears, the social media users formed different clusters of like-minded people and resisted the dominant narrative taking advantage of the growing distrust of the government among the population and the communication blunders of some public policy officials.

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Post-truth, conspiracy, and fake news in the uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco

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2023

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“…Second, “ludic authoritarianism” enables understanding how game workers produce authoritarian technological imaginations by remaining indifferent to their creative productions’ political outcomes because they fetishize freedom in their racialized and gendered design choices. Third, theorizing DWYL as fantasy shows that authoritarianism is not simply a deviant form of politics found in non-Western contexts but a diffuse culture intrinsic to neoliberalism (Bloom 2016a) and media performance logics (Ouelette 2020). Especially in the context of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter, the ensuing layoffs, his jokes following the takeover, and his broader views on democracy, ethnographically and theoretically linking love with authoritarianism in the creative workplace undermines the conventional logic that associates technology and love with progress and democracy.…”

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The Fantasy of Do What You Love and Ludic Authoritarianism in the Videogame Industry

Bulut

2023

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Like other creative workers, videogame developers believe doing what you love (DWYL) brings success and happiness. Drawing on three years of ethnography in a U.S. based studio, I theorize DWYL as a social fantasy, which glues developers to work despite cruelties. Because developers’ attachment to work is not an individual matter of the heart but a powerful relation that is mutually cultivated, desired, and even joyfully dictated, I conceptualize these cruelties through “ludic authoritarianism”, redefined as a diffuse form of workplace regime. In this regime, both the management and developers invest in the DWYL fantasy that normalizes overwork, creates success mythologies, institutes vague performance metrics, and cultivates discriminatory production cultures. Moving beyond “love at work brings exploitation” narratives, I show how authoritarianism is not a deviant political form in non-Western contexts but a diffuse and playful culture across elite workplaces in the Global North.

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Introduction: Post-truth and the Mediation of Reality

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Post-truth, conspiracy, and fake news in the uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco

Post-truth, conspiracy, and fake news in the uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic in Morocco

The Fantasy of Do What You Love and Ludic Authoritarianism in the Videogame Industry

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