Open AccessReview of #FAKENEWS. Noua cursã a înarmãrii [#FAKENEWS. The new arms race] by Alina Bârgăoanu
Author(s) -
Eleegrea-Busuioc
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
romanian journal of communication and public relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.175
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2344-5440
pISSN - 1454-8100
DOI - 10.21018/rjcpr.2019.2.277
Subject(s) - disinformation , fake news , politics , mania , political science , race (biology) , media studies , misinformation , social media , sociology , psychology , social psychology , law , gender studies , mood , bipolar disorder
“Fake news is neither fake, nor news” – Alina Bârgăoanu bluntly states in her latest book focusing on the overhyped phenomena of fake news and disinformation. An awful lot of public discussion and publications, both academic and popular literature, have been generated, during the last five years or so, by the fake news mania worldwide. However, significantly fewer efforts have been made to dissect and clarify the nature and, more importantly, the political, social and even psychological implications of fake news and disinformation exponentially increased spread.