Fake news and the mediatized imagination. Cover Image

Fałszywe wiadomości, mediatyzacja wyobraźni.
Fake news and the mediatized imagination.

The experiential reception mode vs information and the world image in the media

Author(s): Małgorzata Lisowska- Magdziarz
Subject(s): Media studies, Theory of Communication
Published by: Wydawnictwo Wydziału Dziennikarstwa, Informacji i Bibliologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: representation; mediatization; imagination; consumerism; pleasure; fake news

Summary/Abstract: The mass media provide the auditoria with the attractive texts aiming mainly or solely at the powerful emotional and sensual stimulation. To the auditoria these texts constitute the source of the narratives, heuristics, and interpretations handy in the description and representation of the world. Such mediatized imagination facilitates spreading stereotypes, hearsay and fake news.

  • Issue Year: 75/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 75-86
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish