Fake Political News on Facebook

Abstract

Nowadays, Facebook is one of the most popular information sources not only for the young people in Bulgaria. According to the Media Literacy Index for 2021 by the European Policies Initiative (EuPI), Bulgaria ranks last in the European Union in terms of resistance to the spread of fake news. Surprisingly, even Bulgarian politicians quote in various media fake news from Facebook. The aim of this article is to describe some of the most significant features of the fake political news on Facebook. The article investigates fake news published during the presidential election campaign in Bulgaria in 2021. The applied method of research is critical discourse analysis.