Engaging truthiness and obfuscation in a political ecology analysis of a protest against the Pengzhou Petroleum Refinery

This article draws from an empirical case study of the use of truthiness and obfuscation during an environmental protest in China, to help highlight the complex issues that political ecology faces in the Post-Truth Era. By drawing on empirical data from social media and local interviews, this articl...

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Main Authors: Edwin Schmitt, Hongtao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Libraries 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of Political Ecology
Online Access:https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/23118