NousSavons

En mission pour dire la vérité

Bibliographic Data

ID14783262
AuthorsAxel Boursier (0000-0001-6892-1867, Cergy Paris Université, Cergy, France, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume48
Issue3
Pages552-580
Publication date2023-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cjc-2022-0067
OpenAlexW4297415311
LanguageEN
References cited17

Background: In July 2021, in France, the hashtag “#NousSavons” (“#WeKnow”) emerged, aimed at rallying COVID skeptics on Twitter. Creating a genuine online community, this hashtag mobilized its members by having them question dominant forms of knowledge. This article examines the architecture of the discourses developed by the members of the #NousSavons community. Analysis: The analysis considers two of this community’s initiatives that supported a conspiracy-based perception of COVID-19: establishing the legitimacy of their perception of the crisis and publicizing this perception. Conclusions and implications: This article shows the diversity of evidence put forward by the community as well as the latter’s singular positioning with regard to the truth. It also analyzes the refinement of the communication practices that were implemented in order to convince members of the public sphere of the legitimacy of their viewpoint

Business · Diversity (politics · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Media studies · Order (exchange · Perception · Political science · Public relations · Public sphere · Skepticism · Sociology · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Law · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Philosophy · Semiotics and Representation Studies

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