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OGC TOK: Knowledge & Politics

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Knowledge Questions about Politics

Ethics

Q1: Do political leaders and officials have different ethical obligations and responsibilities compared to members of the general public?
Q2: When the moral codes of individual nations conflict, can political organizations, such as the United Nations (UN), provide universal criteria that transcend them?
Q3: On what grounds might an individual believe that they know what is right for others?

Want more Knowledge and Politics questions? See HERE, via IBO

Key Concepts

Power

What is the nature of political power?
- How to Understand, video via TED-Ed
- Politics, via Crash Course

Representation

Whose voices get heard in politics?
How is that decided?
On what grounds might an individual believe that they know what is right for others?
- Women in Politics, Infographic, via CNN
- Why Representation matters, article via Teen Vogue
- Why Australia lags in the rest of the world in political diversity, via Sydney Morning Herald

Liberal / Conservative

What role does knowledge play in the formation of political affinities, or voting decisions?
- Left vs. Right, infographic via Information is Beautiful

Key Vocabulary & Terminology

agenda	political actors, influence of technology	data analysis: political policies	social media on political discussions
sound bites	persuasion	propaganda	impact of filters, manipulation and propaganda
subverted knowledge and political gain	political rhetoric VS propaganda	role of think tanks	pressure groups
political activists	funded research	fact checkers

Details via the IBO