TY - JOUR
T1 - Caveat Lector
T2 - Fake news as folklore
AU - Frank, Russell
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
PY - 2015/6/1
Y1 - 2015/6/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.5406/jamerfolk.128.509.0315
DO - 10.5406/jamerfolk.128.509.0315
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84940922889
VL - 128
SP - 315
EP - 332
JO - Journal of American Folklore
JF - Journal of American Folklore
SN - 0021-8715
IS - 509
ER -