(MIS-)UNDERSTANDINGS
A Catalogue of Commonly Misused Expressions
Research, Book
A Catalogue of Commonly Misused Expressions
Research, Book
Democracy depends on the freedom of the public to question what they hear, to interpret political ideas and to form independent opinions. This only continues to work if political language is consciously perceived, criticised and rethought. This project began as a collection within a note on a phone, which gathered misleading expressions such as clickbait headlines, evasive interview answers, wildly gesticulating platitudes, or provocative tweets and evolved into a letter and a book, both drawing attention to a list of commonly misused expressions and existing truisms asking questions about how we want to communicate within our democracy.