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Kwok, Henry; Singh, Parlo; Heimans, Stephen – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2023
The emergence of 'post-truth' is often associated with the rise of conspiracy theories and the lack of trust in scientific knowledge. This article attempts to theorise the complex division of labour in this regime of 'post-truth', with reference to the COVID-19 pandemic/infodemic. First, we argue that the 'post-truth' condition mirrors what…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Misinformation, Information Dissemination
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Nangyalai Attal; Bjorn Harald Nordtveit – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2024
This paper uses critical discourse analysis and critical literacy to analyze the first in a series of literacy primers developed with US support for children in Afghanistan in the 1980s, called 'Jihad literacy'. The text is analyzed for its ideological content as related to the themes of religion, violence, and martyrdom in the historical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Literacy Education, Textbook Publication