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- Title
LAŽNE VIJESTI: KAKO IH ODREDITI?
- Authors
Blečić, Martina
- Abstract
In the last years, fake news has been a widely discussed phenomenon in the general public, as well as in various academic disciplines and in the media. Theories about what has caused this phenomenon differ, and in the paper I present only two possible candidates: according to the first, we are faced with a moral collapse in which fake news represent only the tip of the iceberg of a general tolerance for lies. According to the second, which I endorse in this paper, fake news is only the consequence of contemporary means of media reproduction. As an example of a fake news website, I present the case of InfoWars. Still, fake news is not necessarily linked to a specific media platform, it can be stories that are spread through otherwise legitimate media. An example of that is the impact that the deceptive claims made by Nigel Farage had on the outcome of the Brexit campaign. After these few examples, I move on to some theoretical approaches and explore the possibility that the term "fake news" is inadequate. I reject this position and present three definitions of fake news from the analytical philosophical tradition. These definitions point out a crucial characteristic of fake news - its deceptive closeness to traditional informative formats. I believe that this kind of definition is not specific enough because a definition of fake news cannot ignore the importance of indirect messages, as well as the role of social networks in its creation, propagation, and understanding. Thus I propose a definition that includes those elements and presents fake news as a subtype of propaganda.
- Publication
Knowledge: International Journal, 2020, Vol 38, Issue 5, p1073
- ISSN
2545-4439
- Publication type
Article