Caveat Lector: Fake news as folklore

Russell Frank

doi:10.5406/jamerfolk.128.509.0315

Caveat Lector: Fake news as folklore

Russell Frank

Journalism

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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	https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerfolk.128.509.0315
State	Published - Jun 1 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Cultural Studies
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)

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