Injustice épistémique et démocratie délibérative à l’ère du numérique : l’envers du mouvement #BalanceTaStartUp
This article examines the flip side of the #BalanceTaStartUp online movement, an equivalent of #MeTooAtWork, in order to reflect on updating Habermas’s ideal of deliberative democracy in the digital context, particularly in the face of epistemic injustice. Epistemic injustice arises when people’s kn...
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| description | This article examines the flip side of the #BalanceTaStartUp online movement, an equivalent of #MeTooAtWork, in order to reflect on updating Habermas’s ideal of deliberative democracy in the digital context, particularly in the face of epistemic injustice. Epistemic injustice arises when people’s knowledge is devalued because of prejudices linked to their identity or social status.Through a netnographic study, I explore how the #BalanceTaStartUp movement reveals abusive working conditions in French startups, and how these dynamics undermine the Habermasian ideal of deliberative democracy. I point out that anonymity, while allowing victims to share their experiences, becomes a weapon for online trolls and detractors, seeking to discredit these testimonies. This situation prevents the formation of a constructive and inclusive dialogue, which is crucial if startups are to bring about significant organizational change.Digital platforms, guided by algorithmic and capitalist logics, exacerbate these injustices by favoring sensationalist content over deliberation. Drawing on Fraser’s critique, I call for a reassessment of deliberative democracy to take account of the reality of the digital world, proposing ways forward to counter epistemic injustice and promote diverse voices in online movements such as #BalanceTaStartUp. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b07dae732afb4967a20caa128be29d292025-08-20T03:07:34ZengUniversité du Québec à MontréalCommuniquer2368-95872024-12-013910.4000/13lfbInjustice épistémique et démocratie délibérative à l’ère du numérique : l’envers du mouvement #BalanceTaStartUpColine SénacThis article examines the flip side of the #BalanceTaStartUp online movement, an equivalent of #MeTooAtWork, in order to reflect on updating Habermas’s ideal of deliberative democracy in the digital context, particularly in the face of epistemic injustice. Epistemic injustice arises when people’s knowledge is devalued because of prejudices linked to their identity or social status.Through a netnographic study, I explore how the #BalanceTaStartUp movement reveals abusive working conditions in French startups, and how these dynamics undermine the Habermasian ideal of deliberative democracy. I point out that anonymity, while allowing victims to share their experiences, becomes a weapon for online trolls and detractors, seeking to discredit these testimonies. This situation prevents the formation of a constructive and inclusive dialogue, which is crucial if startups are to bring about significant organizational change.Digital platforms, guided by algorithmic and capitalist logics, exacerbate these injustices by favoring sensationalist content over deliberation. Drawing on Fraser’s critique, I call for a reassessment of deliberative democracy to take account of the reality of the digital world, proposing ways forward to counter epistemic injustice and promote diverse voices in online movements such as #BalanceTaStartUp.https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/11997dialogueonline platformepistemic injusticeHabermasethics |
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| title | Injustice épistémique et démocratie délibérative à l’ère du numérique : l’envers du mouvement #BalanceTaStartUp |
| title_full | Injustice épistémique et démocratie délibérative à l’ère du numérique : l’envers du mouvement #BalanceTaStartUp |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Injustice épistémique et démocratie délibérative à l’ère du numérique : l’envers du mouvement #BalanceTaStartUp |
| title_short | Injustice épistémique et démocratie délibérative à l’ère du numérique : l’envers du mouvement #BalanceTaStartUp |
| title_sort | injustice epistemique et democratie deliberative a l ere du numerique l envers du mouvement balancetastartup |
| topic | dialogue online platform epistemic injustice Habermas ethics |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/11997 |
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