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The characteristics of the rumour communication in the mass media in the Republic of Macedonia
The characteristics of the rumour communication in the mass media in the Republic of Macedonia

Author(s): Snezhana Venovska‑Antevska
Subject(s): Media studies, South Slavic Languages, Theory of Communication, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: rumour communication; Macedonian language; mass media in the Republic of Macedonia; information “bomb”;

Summary/Abstract: Rumour communication, although always present in different areas of mass media in the Republic of Macedonia, has not yet been researched. Topics devoted to various rumours, unverified information spread, “gossiping” circulation of information of specific purpose were particularly popular in 2015 through a part of this kind of information transmitted in the mass media as information “bomb”. The scientific approach to define such information was especially present in the yellow press and in researches related to “hate speech” as an opportunity for mass dissemination of specific information of specific purpose. Here is an overview and analysis of rumour communication and the ways it is expressed in the mass media in Republic of Macedonia. Special emphasis is given to the linguistic devices used in the dissemination of such kind of information.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 2 (226)
  • Page Range: 304 - 313
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English