Fake news: understanding the evolution of mediated deception
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fake news, disinformation, journalismAbstract
Fake news and information manipulation are far from being a novelty. However, the particular techno-social circumstances of our time have increased its visibility and people’s exposure to these manifestations. This article proposes a non-systematic literature review, articulating and problematizing various dimensions that contribute to a deeper understanding of the specificities and complexities of the current context, as well as the conditions that brought us here. Based on a historiographic approach of the upsurge of lies mediated by the press, the article analyses the process that led to the appearance of falsehood as a clear consequence of the rapid evolution of journalism. This path eventually led to the complex context of the network society, with its numerous challenges that journalists and media companies have been unable to fully address. The cognitive processes of people, fully immersed in an unprecedented amount of information, are also addressed as pieces of the multidimensional problematization that is proposed in the article. By analyzing a system that promotes a permanent and relentless informational overdose, this article does not intend to quantify the impacts of disinformation. Rather, it emphasizes the complex interconnections that, over the years, have shaped a problem that, ultimately, is a civilizational challenge.
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