Open AccessFake news. Dlaczego im ulegamy. Albo: „Urządzę wam świat tak, jak mi się podoba”
Author(s) -
Gerd Antos
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tekst i dyskurs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1899-0983
DOI - 10.7311/tid.12.2019.11
Subject(s) - deception , rhetorical question , appeal , fake news , social media , phenomenon , media studies , art , advertising , philosophy , psychology , sociology , literature , political science , social psychology , epistemology , law , business
Historically speaking, fake news is not a new phenomenon. Social media, however, increase the media appeal of fake news, on the one hand by reducing facts to fictions and, on the other, by aligning news with opinions. The article highlights some of the interactions of deception and self-delusion, as well as rhetorical enchantment and self-enchantment. This explains why we so easily fall for fake news.