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The Gendered Ethos of Pseudoscience: Feminized Discourse on Food Safety in the Blogosphere

Flemming Schneider Rhode Central Michigan University ; Tisha Dejmanee University of Technology Sydney

Abstract

In this paper, we explore the gendered aspects of scientific controversy in the digital age. This project makes use of Leah Ceccarelli’s seminal work on manufactured scientific controversy by considering its implications for the discourse on GMOs and food additives published on digital food and lifestyle blogs. We perform a discourse analysis of several blogs to look at the ways that gendered online discourse and performance influences modern anti-science rhetoric, particularly that which emanates from the sphere colloquially known as crunchy living. We look at the ways the intimate and personal feminine style of digital platforms offer experiential knowledge as a substitute for science. In the current political climate of alternative facts and fake news, this study leads to broader implications about the impact of gendered discourse on the assessment of credibility in online sources.

Journal
Poroi
Published
2022-01-31
DOI
10.17077/2151-2957.31095
Open Access
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Topics
discourse analysis multimodality social media multilingual writers voice and style argument

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