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- Title
"Fake Vets" and Viral Lies: Personal Narrative in a Post-Truth Era.
- Authors
WILLSEY, KRISTIANA
- Abstract
"Stolen valor" confrontations calling out "fake vets" have generated a popular genre of viral video, a highly concentrated and visible expression of contemporary anxieties over the commodification of identity online. The boom in first-person stories, particularly traumatic ones, has oversaturated the attention economy of the internet, creating a market for fakes that real veterans can't criticize without challenging the authenticity of their own stories.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FALSE personation; AMERICAN veterans; EYEWITNESS accounts; STREAMING video &; television; MILITARY decorations; ONLINE identities; TRUTHFULNESS &; falsehood
- Publication
Journal of American Folklore, 2018, Vol 131, Issue 522, p500
- ISSN
0021-8715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5406/jamerfolk.131.522.0500