Silencing dissent in an online discussion forum of a higher education institution

In an online forum at a higher education institution in South Africa, interventions from management in order to moderate discussions, result in antagonism and the smothering of dissident discourse. Critical poststructuralist theory, the model of communicative democratic discourse as held by Iris Mar...

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Main Authors: Louise Postma, A Seugnet Blignaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2013-12-01
Series:The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa
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Online Access:http://www.td-sa.net/index.php/td/article/view/207