Abstract
We are awash in words and images that sound and look like real news, but are not. This article considers certain kinds of fake news as a genre of digital folklore and attempts to sort out the differences among fake news hoaxes, pranks, satires, and parodies. It offers examples of each and tries to show how fake news functions as folk political commentary or folk media criticism.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 315-332 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of American Folklore |
| Volume | 128 |
| Issue number | 509 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 1 2015 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cultural Studies
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)