🎉1 year since our book came out!🎉 I would like to take this opportunity to highlight some of the great research that has come out since, extending our findings and critique of post-truth discourses (a thread, 1/11)
2/11 In our book, we criticize the rise of censorship laws worldwide claiming to 'eradicate fake news.' Since then, @gabriellelim has published a brilliant study of Malaysia's now repealed 'Anti Fake News Law'. datasociety.net/library/securi…
3/11 In a German context, @MonseesLinda has done a great critical study of the fake news debate, showing how media discourses "legitimise security measures that control the spread of news and potentially harm free journalism" (p. 10) tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
4/11 Our book criticises how fake news is often portrayed as a 'virus' or ‘plague’ in popular discourse, to be fixed through technological means. @BrCreech has since published a great study of this problematic framing. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
5/11 Our book shows how fake news is used as a political weapon to delegitimize political opponents. @JianingJaniceLi and Min-Hsin Su provide further support for this, showing how both right- and left-leaning Twitter users use it to attack opponents. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
6/11 In line with this, @Lanajaura, Loes Aaldering, @JaMoEberl et al. find that fake news is mainly used as a vague buzzword and a rhetorical weapon in Austrian news media. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…
7/11 In Australia, Kate Farhall, @Andrea_Carson, @Scott_Wright1 et al. find that "the discourse of fake news is appropriated by politicians to attack and delegitimize negative reporting and media outlets perceived as critical" (p. 4364) ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc…
8/11 In relation to uncritical uses of the ‘fake news’ concept, @dfreelon and @chriswell argue scholars should avoid the term: “With respect to our colleagues, we advocate against uses of this term to refer to concepts of theoretical relevance” (p. 2) tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
9/11 In line with this, @impractknow has done (another) article arguing that scholars and journalists should stop uncritically using the ‘fake news’ signifier. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…
10/11 Finally, Jack Bratich has published a critical analysis of fake news as moral panics. academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-ar…
11/11 That was it. There is of course more critical research to highlight and surely some I have yet to find. I just wanted to give credit to these studies that critically engage with fake news and post-truth discourses. We need more empirical research on this!
Oh, a bonus tweet (12/11?). The introduction chapter of our book is freely avalaible here: johanfarkas.com/book/
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