Fake news and conspiracy theories are two of the prevailing forms in today's disinformation landscape. Which features do they share? And what specificities do they present? This contribution invites us to read fake news as a contemporary and digital form of gossip, and to see conspiracy theories as real ideologies, in the sense in which Umberto Eco defined ideologies. The most relevant difference between the two forms: the narrative scope.
Fake news e cospirazioni: tra gossip e grandi narrazioni / A.M. Lorusso. - In: RIVISTA ITALIANA DI FILOSOFIA DEL LINGUAGGIO. - ISSN 2036-6728. - ELETTRONICO. - 2021:(2022), pp. 353-365. [10.4396/SFL2021A33]
Fake news e cospirazioni: tra gossip e grandi narrazioni
A. M. Lorusso
2022
Abstract
Fake news and conspiracy theories are two of the prevailing forms in today's disinformation landscape. Which features do they share? And what specificities do they present? This contribution invites us to read fake news as a contemporary and digital form of gossip, and to see conspiracy theories as real ideologies, in the sense in which Umberto Eco defined ideologies. The most relevant difference between the two forms: the narrative scope.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
