Фалшивите новини – функции и интерпретации в българското медийно пространство
Fake News – Functions and Interpretations in the Bulgarian Media Space
Author(s): Angelina IlievaSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Psychology, Semiotics / Semiology, Customs / Folklore, Media studies, Library and Information Science, Classification, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Political Theory, Governance, Communication studies, Sociology, History of ideas, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Pragmatics, Psycholinguistics, Sociolinguistics, Political psychology, Politics and communication, Politics and society, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Theory of Communication, Social psychology and group interaction, Social development, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions, Sociology of Culture, Present Times (2010 - today), Social Norms / Social Control, Sociology of Politics, Politics and Identity, Identity of Collectives, Stylistics
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Keywords: fake news – functions and interpretations; social media; media practices; popular culture; disinformation
Summary/Abstract: The article presents a study of the “fake news” problem from an emic perspective, focusing on media practices. The study aims to place people as conscious and active subjects of cultural production and consumption at the analysis’s centre and present the problem through their actions, reactions and interpretations. Different cases of questionable content circulating through Bulgarian media space are analysed, and their functions and uses are outlined. Two main functions of fake news are specified: 1) as an aspect of popular culture and 2) as a genre of disinformation. The features of users’ reception and interpretation, the subversive impact of fake news in the media ecosystem and its usage in the so-called ‘information wars’ are examined in detail. The conclusions emphasise the role of humour and laughter as mechanisms of counteraction.
Journal: Български фолклор
- Issue Year: XLIX/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 054-077
- Page Count: 24
- Language: Bulgarian
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