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Fake News Makes the News

Definitions and Framing of Fake News in Mainstream Media

Bibliographic Data

ID12909676
AuthorsSandrine Boudana (0000-0002-8968-2292, Tel Aviv University, corresponding author), Elad Segev (0000-0002-3969-8253, Tel Aviv University)
Year2024
Volume20
Issue2
Pages679-698
Publication date2024-07-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1751-2786 • E-ISSN: 1751-2794
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17512786.2024.2379898
OpenAlexW4400889735
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited37

This paper explores how news media define and frame fake news, thus orienting public perceptions of fake news in terms of problem, causality, responsibilities, and solutions. It first maps the news discourse on fake news through semantic network analysis of 1,646 articles published in 2017–2018 (when the term reached its peak) and 2021–2022. It then analyzes the definitions and frames of fake news in a sample of 122 articles representative of the clusters identified in the previous step of our analysis

Advertising · Business · Fake news · Framing (construction · Internet privacy · Mainstream · Media relations · Media studies · News media · News values · Newspaper · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Computer Science · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · History · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Social Media and Politics

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