Contagion and Conviction
Rumor and Gossip in American Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6188216 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pierre-Héli Monot (0000-0002-4584-2944, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), Florian Zappe (University of Göttingen) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-17 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of American Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1991-9336 • E-ISSN: 1991-9336 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejas.16356 |
| OpenAlex | W3119359263 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
In recent years, scholarly and political discourses have increasingly tended to rhetorically conflate the circulation of information and the circulation of viral pathogens. Rumor and gossip are routinely taken to be “contagious” (Franks and Attia) and the massive circulation of information in the public sphere is said to be akin to “viral events” (Nahon and Hemsley). Trapped within the precarious logic of absolute metaphors (cf. Blumenberg 14), scholarly and political discourses have, in turn
Circulation (fluid dynamics · Conflation · Conviction · Epistemology · Gossip · Hacker · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Rumor · Sociology · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |