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AuthorSadiki, Larbi
Available date2023-12-07T09:08:44Z
Publication Date2018-11-01
Publication NameJournal of Arab and Muslim Media Research
Identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1386/jammr.11.2.113_1
CitationSadiki, L. (2018). Writing democracy: An end of author ‘turn’?: From ‘fake news’ to ‘fake democratization'. Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 11(2), 113-134.
ISSN1751-9411
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URIhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/50267
AbstractThis article problematizes questions of ontology and epistemology in the context of the study of norm-making primarily within academia (with special reference to democratization) and secondarily within media. It showcases this via description of an ongoing QNRF-funded project on democratic learning in seven Muslim countries. Through these examples, it pitches the discussion to elaborate the utility of concepts and ideas drawn from post-structuralism, namely, those having to do with discourse, identity and norms being unstable. It refers to Barthes’s notion of ‘the death of the author’ and Derrida’s ideas about the indeterminacy of linguistic forms, and the chain of signs and signifiers used to record representations and interpretations of shifting realities. This offers a welcome escape from rationalist methods, suggesting that in social constructivism and discourse analysis democratization studies would benefit from a firmer grip on understandings of norm-making via the study of speech acts and discourse. This is presented as a ‘middle ground’ that balances structure and agency with respect to the ‘chain’ of journeys in the travel of democracy.
SponsorThis publication was made possible by Program grant # [NPRP9 309-5-041] from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation).
Languageen
PublisherIntellect Publishers
SubjectAcademia
Democratic learning
Fake democratization
Fake news
Media
Muslim countries
TitleWriting democracy: An end of author ‘turn’?: From ‘fake news’ to ‘fake democratization'
TypeArticle
Pagination113-134
Issue Number2
Volume Number11
ESSN1751-942X
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