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doi:10.5507/civ.2018.006

Civilia 2018, 9(2):23-36 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2018.006

The term "fake news" in the Czech media

Jan Podzimek: Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky, Smetanovo nábřeží 6, 110 01 Praha 1

This study deals the analysis of fake news as a semiotic sign, and it analyses different ways of its representation. It takes up a position of the social constructionism, e.g. the opinion that an interpretation of a certain phenomenon might have a direct influence on its objectification in the social reality. Therefore I reconstruct the semantic level of fake news using a thorough analysis of its representations. However, this study is not limited only to the semantic level, but it occupies with syntactic and pragmatic levels, too. The analysis contains a typology of spotted ways of representation, and a description of associated connotations. The conclusion is focused on the resulting image of fake news, on their consistent and disparate elements, and on their explanation.

Keywords: Fake news, Semiotic analysis, Semiotics, Czech media

Published: December 15, 2018 Show citation

Podzimek, J. (2018). The term "fake news" in the Czech media. Civilia, 9(2), 23-36. doi: 10.5507/civ.2018.006

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