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Fake News: Credibility, Cultivation Syndrome and the New Age Media
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Abstract Fake news and its repercussions are now a global concern, especially in the wake
of the recent incidents that have shook the credibility of media, be it regional,
national or global. Media is now a web of propagandas and there are more views
then news. Three stories (Myanmar coup, Dimapur Lynchin... view more
Fake news and its repercussions are now a global concern, especially in the wake
of the recent incidents that have shook the credibility of media, be it regional,
national or global. Media is now a web of propagandas and there are more views
then news. Three stories (Myanmar coup, Dimapur Lynching, and Grenfell Tower
fire) were taken as case study to understand the morphology of fake news. These
news stories have been representative of the news globally, nationally as well as
regionally but nevertheless bearing a powerful impact in the news scenario. All
the stories have one thing in common primarily designed to suit agenda setting
and framing theory, to suit the agendas of political interest as well as cultivate
ideas in the minds of the people. Deducing from the analysis, the paper suggests
media filtering for restoring credibility, accountability and authenticity of
journalism. The paper also framed onion layer trapping that could be a plausible
source of fake news.... view less
Classification
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Free Keywords
Credibility; concocted news; new age media; framing; perception
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 118-130
Journal
Media Watch, 9 (2018) 1
ISSN
0976-0911
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0