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- Title
Falske nyheders magt: Hvorfor tror vi på dem, hvorfor spreder vi dem?
- Authors
Petersen, Michael Bang
- Abstract
Fake news about political leaders, groups and events have attained power and shaped key political events such as the Brexit-referendum in Great Britain and the American presidential election in 2016. A central feature of the power of fake news is that we ourselves are responsible for it by sharing the fake news stories on social media. In other words, if we are to understand the power of fake news, we need to understand why people are psychologically motivated to spreading them. In this article, I argue that we can analyze fake news as an instance of a broader psychological phenomenon, namely rumors. I introduce to central perspectives on rumors within psychological and anthropological research and argue that the power of fake news rests on psychological systems for mobilizing one's group for conflict against other groups. This insight has important consequences for how to combat the spread of fake news.
- Publication
Økonomi & Politik, 2018, Vol 91, Issue 1, p86
- ISSN
0030-1906
- Publication type
Article