Navigating an Immersive Narratology: Factors to Explain the Reception of Fake News
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Indirectresponsetotheriseinfakenewsasasocio-culturalandpoliticalphenomenon,thisarticle presentsananalysisofthefactorsthatmayhelptoexplainthereceptionoffakenews.Inaddition, recentpronouncementsmadebytheTrumpWhiteHouseseemtochallengethenatureofanobjective truth.Animmersivenarratologyemphasizesthatdifferentuniversesofdiscoursecanintermingle andoverlap,with factand fictionbecomingdifficult todistinguish inour increasinglymediated lives.Atenabledefinitionoffakenewsisofferedpriortoexploringhistoricalantecedentsoffake news.Persuasion,construction,immersion,distribution,andpolarizationrepresentthecorefactors thatdemystifythereceptionoffakenewsregardlessastowhetheranindividualbelievesastory.A concludingdiscussionoffersacriticalevaluationofthepotentialoffakenewstoaugmentthenews medialandscapeinthecomingyears. KEywoRdS Alternative Facts, Donald Trump, Fake News, Narratology, Objective Truth, Social Media
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- IJEP
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017