Abstract
Using Google and the possibility of obtaining all the answers to the questions we ask raises questions about the difference between query and question. This article attempts to define and explore the differences between these two notions, which seem to be close and yet bear a fundamental difference.
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5 On est allé en 2019 jusqu’à attribuer le développement du mouvement des « gilets jaunes » aux variations de l’algorithme de Facebook !
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Jacques Athanasse Gilbert
Jacques Athanasse Gilbert is professor of comparative literature at the Université de Nantes. He is a member of the (EA) and of CRENAU (UMR), a collaborating member of the Institut d’Études Avancées de Nantes, and co-founder of the journal Études digitales. His research extends from mimesis in Antiquity to contemporary issues of representation; he has been focusing more recently on the immersion devices and techniques of virtual reality and of 360° narrative. At the crossroads of literature, esthetics, and philosophy, his work explores the relationship between narrative and theory.