Live From New York, It’s the Fake News! and the (Non)Politics of Parody

2013 ◽  
pp. 181-193
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Fake News

Garden-Variety Formalist

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60
Author(s):  
Colin Lang
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Social Constructivism ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Bret Easton Ellis ◽  
Literary Achievement ◽  
Alternative Facts ◽  
Media Spectacle ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Complex Relationships

Recently, the effort to counter Fake News faced a counter attack: academic »postmodernism « and »social constructivism« it was said—because they say that facts are soaked in prior interpretations—are either purveyors of Fake News or set the cultural context in which it flourishes. They do so by undermining confidence in inquiry governed by simple facts. That is erroneous, argues William E. Connolly, because postmodernism never said that facts or objectivity are ghostly, subjective or »fake«. However, that what was objective at one time may become less so at a later date through the combination of a paradigm shift in theory, new powers of perception, new tests with refined instruments, and changes in natural processes such as species evolution. But the emergence of new theories and tests does not reduce objectivity to subjective opinion. Facts are real. Objectivity is important. But as you move up the scale of complexity with respect to facts and objectivity, it becomes clear that what was objective at one time may become subjective at another. Not because of Fake News or postmodernism. But because the complex relationships between theory, evidence and conduct periodically open up new thresholds. Colin Lang in turn rhetorically asks if »fake news« or »alternative facts« are a new carnival and Trump its dog and pony show? The idea of »fake news« and »alternative facts« as a carnival could not only help to see the constructedness of the media spectacle, but also provides a new perspective on Trump as an actor who is playing a particular role in this carnival, and that role is not one that any of us would describe as presidential. Many in the popular press have assumed it is just what it looks like, an infantilized narcissist, a parody of some Regan-era New York real estate tycoon straight out of a Bret Easton Ellis novel. The problem is that this description is all too obvious, and misses something fundamental about alternative facts, and the part that Trump is playing. A central assumption is, then, that the creation of alternative facts is one symptom of a more structural, paradigmatic shift in the persona of a president, one which has few correlates in the annals of political history. The closest analogy for his kind of performance is actually hinted at in the title of Trump’s greatest literary achievement: The Art of the Deal. Trump is playing the part of an artist, pilfering from the tactics of the avant-garde and putting them to very different ends.

scholarly journals Impacto del discurso político en la difusión de bulos sobre Covid-19. Influencia de la desinformación en públicos y medios

2020 ◽  
pp. 65-97
Author(s):  
Concha Pérez-Curiel ◽  
Ana María Velasco Molpeceres
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Redes Sociales ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Fact Checking ◽  
La Red ◽  
The Guardian ◽  
Full Fact ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

Introducción: El desorden informativo generado por la Covid-19 dibuja un escenario estratégico para la difusión de la falacia y la propaganda política. Las redes sociales, en modo eco-chamber, reproducen el discurso gubernamental de la confusión y la mentira y favorecen un clima de desinformación, desestabilizador de las democracias. En paralelo, los públicos digitales se instalan como prosumidores del bulo político en Twitter y se atisba una tendencia de los medios a combatir las fake news. Metodología: El objetivo principal es conocer qué marcas de desinformación identifican el mensaje del líder, qué papel juegan las audiencias en la producción y difusión de lo falso y qué procesos de verificación desarrollan las agencias de fact-checking (Pagella Politica, Maldito Bulo, Full Fact y PolitiFact) y los medios (La Repubblica, El País, The Guardian y The New York Times) en una situación de máximo riesgo. Sobre una muestra compuesta por tweets publicados por los presidentes de gobierno (n= 272), noticias relacionadas con la Covid-19 (n1=4.543) y bulos detectados en Twitter (n1=200) diseñamos una metodología de análisis de contenido cuantitativo-cualitativo y análisis crítico del discurso político. Se emplea el software SPSS de estadística aplicada. Resultados, discusión y conclusiones: Los resultados revelan el protagonismo de un lenguaje político falaz, que favorece la producción del bulo en la red y requiere la efectividad del sistema de fact-checking de agencias internacionales y medios de comunicación, para combatir lo falso, siempre, y más si cabe en momentos de una pandemia sanitaria sin precedentes.

Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age, Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod (eds) (2020)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-160
Author(s):  
Nico Hylkema
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Fake News

Review of: Fake News: Understanding Media and Misinformation in the Digital Age, Melissa Zimdars and Kembrew McLeod (eds) (2020) New York: PublicAffairs, 416 pp., ISBN 978-0-26253-836-7, p/bk, $38

Trump, die Medien und der Widerstand

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Donald Trump

Am Morgen des 29. Juli 2018 tweetete der amerikanische Präsident Donald Trump: «Hatte ein sehr gutes Treffen im Weißen Haus mit A.G. Sulzberger, Chefredakteur der New York Times. Haben lange über die ungeheuren Berge an Fake News geredet, die in den Medien verbreitet werden & wie aus diesen Fake News irgendwann der Ausdruck 'Volksfeind' geworden ist. Traurig." Zwei Stunden später ging Sulzberg mit einer Stellungsnahme an die Öffentlichkeit, um der Darstellung des Präsidenten zu widersprechen und klarzustellen, dass er sich zu dem Treffen bereit erklärt hatte, «um Bedenken angesichts der überaus beunruhigenden presssefeindlichen Rhetorik des Präsidenten zum Ausdruck zu bringen», und dass er dem Präsidenten mitgeteilt habe, «seine Sprache sei nicht nur spalterisch, sondern in zunehmendem Maße gefährlich». Weiter führte er aus, dass «der Ausdruck 'Fake News' unwahr und schädlich ist», dass ihn aber «Trumps Charakterisierung der Journalisten als 'Volksfeind' weit mehr beunruhigt.»

Fake News on Russia and Other Official Enemies: The New York Times, 1917–2017

2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward S. Herman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
National Security ◽  
Steady Flow ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Misleading Information ◽  
Monthly Review ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
National Security State

Mainstream media outlets have recently expressed their dismay over the rise and spread of "fake news," taking it as an obvious truth that what they themselves provide is straightforward, unbiased, fact-based reporting. They do offer such news, but they also provide a steady flow of false or misleading information, often supplied by the national security state, other branches of government, and sites of corporate power.Click here to purchase a PDF version of this article at the Monthly Review website.

scholarly journals Blockchain al servicio del periodismo de calidad. El caso Civil

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marçal Sintes-Olivella ◽  
Enric Xicoy-Comas ◽  
Elena Yeste-Piquer
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Ethical Standards ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Governance System ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

We are in an era marked by misinformation, fake news, and a journalistic crisis. To the economic crisis that has resulted in the disappearance of jobs and numerous conventional media, especially in the printed press sector, one must add an intense crisis of trust. Among the options to escape from this situation, several communication theorists and some companies believe that blockchain technology offers new opportunities for high-quality journalism. Blockchain has its origin in electronic currencies, but it is increasingly being used in digital communication and journalism. This article is dedicated to the case of Civil, the first blockchain platform for journalism, which hosted tens of media, all accepting the commitment to respect the ethical standards imposed by the organization. This case study focuses on the following aspects: the mission and objectives of the Civil project, its origin and history, the structure and governance system of the organization, the role of the cryptocurrency itself, and the ethical principles and professional standards that govern the so-called Civil Community. In order to study Civil, we not only looked at the documents on its website and existing literature, but also carried out interviews with project members, some of them at its headquarters in New York. Likewise, we interviewed the person in charge of the first media that adopted blockchain technology through this platform. Resumen Nos encontramos en una era marcada por la desinformación, las fake news y la crisis del periodismo. A la crisis económica, que ha provocado la desaparición de puestos de trabajo y numerosos medios de comunicación convencionales, especialmente en el sector de la prensa impresa, hay que sumar una intensa crisis de confianza. Entre las opciones para intentar salir de esta situación, varios teóricos de la comunicación y algunas empresas consideran que la tecnología blockchain ofrece nuevas oportunidades al periodismo de calidad. La cadena de bloques tiene su origen en la moneda electrónica, pero cada vez está siendo más utilizada en la comunicación digital y el periodismo en particular. Este artículo está dedicado al caso de Civil, la primera plataforma de blockchain para periodismo, que alojaba a decenas de medios de comunicación que habían adquirido el compromiso de respetar las normas éticas impuestas por la organización. El presente estudio de caso centra su atención en los siguientes aspectos: la misión y objetivos del proyecto Civil, su origen e historia, la estructura y el sistema de gobernanza de la organización, la función de la criptomoneda propia y los principios éticos y normas profesionales que rigen la llamada Comunidad Civil. Para estudiar Civil no sólo nos hemos fijado en los documentos de su web y en la bibliografía existente, sino que llevamos a cabo entrevistas a miembros del proyecto, algunas en su sede de Nueva York. Asimismo, entrevistamos a la responsable del primer medio de comunicación que adoptó la tecnología blockchain a través de esta plataforma.

scholarly journals THE LEXICAL-SEMANTIC FIELD “CORONAVIRUS” AS A LANGUAGE MEANS OF MANIPULATION IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL POLARIZED MEDIA DISCOURSE: DISCOURSE AND CORPUS ANALYSIS

2021 ◽  
pp. 188-197
Author(s):  
Yu. A. Gornostaeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Surveillance System ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Semantic Field ◽  
Washington Post ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Lexical Semantic ◽  
The Russian Federation

The article is devoted to the study of the means of implementing speech manipulation against Russia in the American political discourse due to speculation on the topic of the coronavirus pandemic. In the course of the study with the use of discourse and corpus analysis it is proved that the lexical-semantic field “Coronavirus”, in combination with the name of V. Putin and mentioning Russia, might be considered as a marker of manipulation for its automatic detection in texts of the same topic. The material of the study includes articles of American publications (The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN, Foreign Policy), which widely use the lexeme coronavirus as a means of the opponent deligitimization: in one of its manifestations some negative characteristics of the virus are attributed to the President of the Russian Federation, in the other - Russia is accused of spreading fake news, covering up the real number of cases, the use of the pandemic as a cover for testing the security and surveillance system, glorification ofV. Putin’s personality before the election.

Is the free press free? Using truth claims to examine fake news

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-368
Author(s):  
Jeremiah Clabough ◽  
Mark Pearcy
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Fake News ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
Free Press ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Truth Claims

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationship dynamics between the executive office and the free press; and how these dynamics have been altered under the Trump administration. Donald Trump has questioned the validity and accuracy of claims, even going as far to call some organizations (CNN and The New York Times) “fake news.” The authors discuss the historically contentious relationship between the executive office and the free press as well as the ways in which Donald Trump has altered the dynamics of this relationship. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors explore the role of the free press in American politics. The authors designed two classroom-ready activities by drawing on the best teaching practices advocated for in the C3 Framework. To elaborate, both activities allow students to research and analyze arguments made by Donald Trump and challenge false claims. This enables students to engage in the four dimensions of the Inquiry Arc in the C3 Framework. Findings The authors provide two activities that can be utilized in the high school social studies classroom to enable students to dissect American politicians’ messages. These two activities can be adapted and utilized to enable students to examine political candidate’s messages. By completing the steps of these two activities, students are better prepared to be critical consumers of political media messages and take civic action to challenge false claims. Originality/value Donald Trump has attempted to undermine the free press in the USA. He objects to stories that do not paint his administration in a positive light. This manuscript uses the media literacy position statement from NCSS and Ochoa-Becker’s framework for truth claims to explore Trump’s statements and claims.

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