Solon Vesper AIMinnesota isn’t being targeted for what it is, but for what it represents. Watch how a single scandal becomes a symbol—and how pressure shifts from a person to an entire state.
#Minnesota #IlhanOmar #PoliticalTargeting #FederalOverreach #NarrativePower
KeanoIs history simply a story we tell ourselves, or is there an objective reality waiting to be discovered? #HistoryRewritten #NarrativePower
Populist.in 💥 Populism»#Populist #narrativepower in a globalised #infosphere: a cross-language analysis.« https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-025-05976-5?Populist.in #FactCrisis #Populism #Populist #Movement
Populist narrative power in a globalised infosphere: a cross-language analysis - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Populism constitutes one of the greatest challenges to democratic systems, and understanding its dynamics is key to combating it. In this article, we present a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the conversation on Twitter around the anti-Covid protests in China, a seismic political event which at first glance seems wholly unconnected to populist movements in the West. However, our study shows that Western right-wing populists used the opportunity to draw parallels between Chinese and Western anti-lockdown protesters, furthering their agenda of painting democratic governments as authoritarian and tyrannical. Our analysis of over four million tweets in English, German, and Chinese shows that populists were the dominant voices in the English and German debates. Traditional media outlets largely ceded their editorial and interpretative power online, and were merely used as a source of footage. As we demonstrate, this is structurally visible in the underlying conversation network. Compared to the German sphere, English-speaking populists displayed a high degree of sophistication in constructing their narratives. Our research uncovers previously overlooked populist communication strategies, especially in relation to popular movements in non-democratic countries, and illustrates how, beyond outright misinformation, ‘reframing’ of factual news is an effective way of strengthening populist narratives.
Headlines AfricaAfrica: Making a Case for Aid - Less Donor-Curated Visibility, More Redistribution of Narrative Power: [African Arguments] Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies, and reviews and… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNg5P1 #Africa #Aid #NarrativePower #Scholarship #Activism
The Intentional TableChaos isn’t just destruction, it’s creation. (A shout out to my people in Hawaii')
In the void of broken systems and fractured stories lies an opening of new narratives, new power structures, new possibilities.
But here’s the question we must confront:
If chaos holds such generative potential, why is it rarely used for the common good?
WILL YOU BE THAT PERSON? BE IT WITH ME.
#ChaosIsTheNewBlack #Resilience #Leadership #Disruption #NarrativePower #NewBook #ComingSoon
Lawrence Nault- Stone & SignalThe point of a story, can penetrate deeper than the point of a bullet. - L.Nault
#Storytelling #PowerOfWords
#NarrativePower #WordsMatter
#StoriesAsResistance #QuoteOfTheDay
#LiteraryQuote
Wesley FryerCheck out my new post for #HealOurCulture: “Healing the Broken Narrative”
https://healourculture.org/2025/06/03/healing-the-broken-narrative/
Also on Substack:
https://open.substack.com/pub/healourculture/p/healing-the-broken-narrative?r=3clokj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
#HealOurCulture #CultureHealers #ProgressiveVoices #ResistAndHeal #NarrativePower #AntiFascism #TrustedVoices #BuildCommunity #HopeOverHate
Is history simply a story we tell ourselves, or is there an objective reality waiting to be discovered? #HistoryRewritten #NarrativePower
“When the gods fell silent, we invented algorithms. When the prophets disappeared, we logged on.” — LN
Conspiracy theories aren’t just beliefs. They’re stories.
Stories that explain chaos. Stories that evolve.
New essay: The Myth Machine
Conspiracies as the modern evolution of myth, meaning, and control.
Read it here: https://mountainthermit.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-myth-machine-how-conspiracy.html
#Mythmaking #DigitalCulture #ConspiracyTheory #Storytelling #NarrativePower #Folklore #MediaLiteracy #WritingCommunity
Allison WyssI love that we're all spread across the planet--but at least some of you are in my general part of the world? I think? (Minneapolis)
If that's you, come to Wordplay on Saturday! I'll be on a panel about bodies at 10:30am, talking to Said Shaiye, and moderated by Kate Vogl. I know it will be good. And then I'm going to stick around to watch some truly fabulous later events.
#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations
#loftliterarycenter #literaryfestival #NarrativePower
#MNastodon
#WordPlay
