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Fake news and the ritualisation of the self
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Abstract Two hundred years have passed since the question of subjectivity (re-interpreted through Kierkegaard’s existentialism) became central in modern philosophy. Over these two centuries, multiple theories addressed and questioned the borders between authentic subjectivity and an internalized panopticon o... view more
Two hundred years have passed since the question of subjectivity (re-interpreted through Kierkegaard’s existentialism) became central in modern philosophy. Over these two centuries, multiple theories addressed and questioned the borders between authentic subjectivity and an internalized panopticon of the hegemonic views that dominate the subject. Nevertheless, they still have to be definitively defined. As we may try to point Fake News (FN) is an opponent to subjectivity, and yet it comes from the subject. FN is the intentional spreading through new technologies of false information on a global level by subjects that use social media, a process influencing not only the sense of socio-political reality but also the concept of identity. Identities (personal or collective) are in general the combination of the socially determined understanding of "who I am" and the socially and psychologically influenced "mental model" of "what the world - and the self within it - should be", all expressed and produced under the fundamental influence of our idiosyncratic characteristics.... view less
Classification
Philosophy, Ethics, Religion
Impact Research, Recipient Research
Free Keywords
personal identity; socio-political identity; mediated identity; folklore; rituals; situated knowledge; discourse; narrative; existentialism; Kierkegaard
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 109-121
Journal
Society Register, 3 (2019) 2
ISSN
2544-5502
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed