Competing Imaginaries and Partisan Divides in the Data Rhetoric of Advocacy Organizations
Shiva Darian,
Brianna Dym,
Amy Voida
Abstract:Data are wielded to shape public opinion, particularly in electoral contexts where the role and veracity of information is questioned. This post-truth era is characterized by world events in which facts too often are obfuscated and evidential standards are abandoned. To study how data are used to influence pressing and divisive contemporary issues, this paper explores the rhetorical work that quantitative data are doing through the blogging practices of advocacy organizations during the highly-polarized month … Show more
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