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Humanity is struggling with ever larger amounts of data, which is not only annoying but also an existential problem in the information society. Remarkably, the law has so far hardly addressed this problem of excessive information. This essay compiles the legal regulations that exist at certain points. Legal approaches to solving the abundance of information are formulated, but warned of the associated restriction of freedom.

Privacy. --- Right to information. --- Social psychology --- Secrecy --- Solitude

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Dialectical approaches traditionally conceptualize argumentation as a discussion in which two parties debate on "two sides of an issue" (pro and con). However, many political issues engender multiple positions. This is clear in multi-party online deliberations in which often an array of competing positions is debated in one and the same discussion. A proponent of a given position thus addresses a number of possible opponents, who in turn may hold incompatible opinions. The goal of this chapter is to shed extra light on such "polylogical" clash of opinions in online deliberation, by examining t

Persuasion (Rhetoric) --- Discourse analysis --- Mass media --- Communication in politics --- Discourse grammar --- Text grammar --- Semantics --- Semiotics --- Rhetoric --- Forensics (Public speaking) --- Oratory --- Political aspects. --- Mass media Political aspects --- Political aspects

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This open access book addresses communicative aspects of the current COVID-19 pandemic as well as the epidemic of misinformation from the perspective of argumentation theory. Argumentation theory is uniquely placed to understand and account for the challenges of public reason as expressed through argumentative discourse. The book thus focuses on the extent to which the forms, norms and functions of public argumentation have changed in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This question is investigated along the three main research lines of the COST Action project CA 17132: European network for Argumentation and Public PoLicY analysis (APPLY): descriptive, normative, and prescriptive. The volume offers a broad range of contributions which treat argumentative phenomena that are directly related to the changes in public discourse in the wake of the outburst of COVID-19. The volume additionally places particular emphasis on expert argumentation, given (i) the importance expert discourse has had over the last two years, and (ii) the challenges that expert argumentation has faced in the public sphere as a result of scientific uncertainty and widespread misinformation. Contributions are divided into three groups, which (i) examine various features and aspects of public and institutional discourse about the COVID-19 pandemic, (ii) scrutinize the way health policies have been discussed, debated, attacked and defended in the public sphere, and (iii) consider a range of proposals meant to improve the quality of public discourse, and public deliberation in particular, in such a way that concrete proposals for argumentative literacy will be brought to light. Overall, this volume constitutes a timely inquiry into all things argumentative in pandemic discourse. This volume is of interest to a broad readership including philosophers, linguists, communication and legal scholars, and members of the wider public who seek to better understand the discourse surrounding communicative phenomena in times of crisis.

Philosophy of language --- linguistics --- Society & social sciences --- Media studies --- Argument Propagation --- Fake News Propagation --- Argumentation Covid --- Misinformation Pandemic --- Conspiracy Theory Covid --- Argumentative Literacy --- Public Debate --- Trust/Mistrust in Science --- Public Health Discourse --- Political Interference and Argumentative Styles --- Metalinguistic Arguments on What Counts As “Covid-19 Death” --- Evaluative Component in Pragmatic Argumentation --- public Discourse First Wave Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic in Italy --- Controversies and Dispute in France During the Covid-19 Crisis --- Analysing the Public Debate About Lockdown --- Responding to the COVID Conspiracy Theories --- Why Narratives are More Powerful Arguments than Fact-Checking --- Expanded Understanding of the Role of Analogy --- Argumentative Dark Side of Pandemic Discourse --- Open Access --- Language and languages—Philosophy. --- Linguistics—Methodology. --- Social sciences. --- Communication. --- Philosophy of Language. --- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics. --- Society. --- Media and Communication. --- Communication, Primitive --- Mass communication --- Sociology --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization

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L'économie se fonde de plus en plus l'immatériel, et l'innovation est au cœur de toutes les préoccupations. Chacun s'accorde pour dire que l'effort de recherche est une solution sans alternative pour la France et pour l'Europe confrontées à la concurrence et au dynamisme économique des pays émergents qui les dépossèdent de plus en plus de l'aspect manufacturier de la production. La recherche est créatrice des emplois de demain, entend-t-on dire souvent, et elle débouche sur des produits nouveaux, des médicaments plus efficaces, des services plus performants,... qui augmentent le bien-être social. Or, la valorisation de la recherche passe par le droit et ses outils (contrats, structures, collaborations,...). Le droit intervient aussi dans la définition du statut du chercheur, dans la garantie de la liberté de la recherche et dans la détermination de ses limites. Il fournit les éléments qui permettent de répartir les résultats entre employeurs et salariés. C'est aussi le droit qui propose, notamment au nom du principe de précaution, les moyens pour encadrer les pratiques des laboratoires. Car si les avancées de a recherche ouvrent souvent des perspectives merveilleuses, elles suscitent aussi beaucoup d'inquiétudes (OGM, nanotechnologies, manipulations génétiques sur l'humain,...). Cet ouvrage, qui reprend les travaux du colloque organisé par l'IFR juridique de l'Université de Toulouse 1 Capitole, aborde l'ensemble de ces questions

Research --- Law and legislation --- Science --- Science research --- Scientific research --- Information services --- Learning and scholarship --- Methodology --- Research teams --- risque --- liberté --- valorisation --- éthique --- recherche