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Governance by campaign: the co-constitution of food issues, publics and expertise through new information and communication technologies

Schneider, Tanja; Eli, Karin; McLennan, Amy; Dolan, Catherine; Lezaun, Javier; Ulijaszek, Stanley

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Authors

Tanja Schneider

Karin Eli

Amy McLennan

Javier Lezaun

Stanley Ulijaszek



Abstract

This paper considers food as a site of public engagement with science and technology. Specifically, we focus on how public engagement with food is envisioned and operationalised by one non-profit organisation, foodwatch. Founded in Germany in 2002, foodwatch extensively uses new information and communication technologies to inform consumers about problematic food industry practices. In this paper, we present our analysis of 50 foodwatch e-newsletters published over a period of one year (2013). We define foodwatch’s approach as ‘governance by campaign’ – an approach marked by simultaneously constituting: (a) key food governance issues, (b) affective publics that address these topics of governance through ICT-enabled media and (c) independent food and food-related expertise. We conclude our paper with a discussion of foodwatch’s mode of ‘governance by campaign’ and the democratic limits and potentials of a governance mode that is based on invited participation.

Citation

Schneider, T., Eli, K., McLennan, A., Dolan, C., Lezaun, J., & Ulijaszek, S. (2017). Governance by campaign: the co-constitution of food issues, publics and expertise through new information and communication technologies. Information, Communication and Society, 22(2), 172 -192. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2017.1363264

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 28, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 23, 2017
Publication Date Aug 23, 2017
Deposit Date Sep 10, 2017
Publicly Available Date Sep 10, 2017
Journal Information, Communication and Society
Print ISSN 1369-118X
Electronic ISSN 1468-4462
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 22
Issue 2
Pages 172 -192
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2017.1363264
Keywords Politics of food, public participation, interactions experts/public, non-profit organisation, collective action / connective action

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