{"title":"Navigating an Immersive Narratology: Factors to Explain the Reception of Fake News","authors":"Bradley E. Wiggins","doi":"10.4018/IJEP.2017070102","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Indirectresponsetotheriseinfakenewsasasocio-culturalandpoliticalphenomenon,thisarticle presentsananalysisofthefactorsthatmayhelptoexplainthereceptionoffakenews.Inaddition, recentpronouncementsmadebytheTrumpWhiteHouseseemtochallengethenatureofanobjective truth.Animmersivenarratologyemphasizesthatdifferentuniversesofdiscoursecanintermingle andoverlap,with factand fictionbecomingdifficult todistinguish inour increasinglymediated lives.Atenabledefinitionoffakenewsisofferedpriortoexploringhistoricalantecedentsoffake news.Persuasion,construction,immersion,distribution,andpolarizationrepresentthecorefactors thatdemystifythereceptionoffakenewsregardlessastowhetheranindividualbelievesastory.A concludingdiscussionoffersacriticalevaluationofthepotentialoffakenewstoaugmentthenews medialandscapeinthecomingyears. KEywoRdS Alternative Facts, Donald Trump, Fake News, Narratology, Objective Truth, Social Media","PeriodicalId":13695,"journal":{"name":"Int. J. E Politics","volume":"2010 1","pages":"16-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2017-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Int. J. E Politics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4018/IJEP.2017070102","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Indirectresponsetotheriseinfakenewsasasocio-culturalandpoliticalphenomenon,thisarticle presentsananalysisofthefactorsthatmayhelptoexplainthereceptionoffakenews.Inaddition, recentpronouncementsmadebytheTrumpWhiteHouseseemtochallengethenatureofanobjective truth.Animmersivenarratologyemphasizesthatdifferentuniversesofdiscoursecanintermingle andoverlap,with factand fictionbecomingdifficult todistinguish inour increasinglymediated lives.Atenabledefinitionoffakenewsisofferedpriortoexploringhistoricalantecedentsoffake news.Persuasion,construction,immersion,distribution,andpolarizationrepresentthecorefactors thatdemystifythereceptionoffakenewsregardlessastowhetheranindividualbelievesastory.A concludingdiscussionoffersacriticalevaluationofthepotentialoffakenewstoaugmentthenews medialandscapeinthecomingyears. KEywoRdS Alternative Facts, Donald Trump, Fake News, Narratology, Objective Truth, Social Media