Here Is Where* Fake News Can Hide Cover Image

EТО КЪДЕ* МОГАТ ДА СЕ СКРИЯТ ФАЛШИВИТЕ НОВИНИ
Here Is Where* Fake News Can Hide

Author(s): Ruslana Margova
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, South Slavic Languages
Published by: Факултет по славянски филологии, Софийски университет »Св. Кл. Охридски«
Keywords: social media; headlines; fake news; clickbait; lie; truth

Summary/Abstract: The text addresses a new phenomenon in Bulgarian online media. Influenced by the well-known strategy in the American tradition You’ll never believe what happened, here it are manifested some Bulgarian variants of this strategy. The present study examines the possible motives for this phenomenon and provides guidelines for future linguistic study. The text draws attention to the link between the new type of headlines and fake news and the probability such articles to present some fake news.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 107-115
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bulgarian