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    STUDIA EPHEMERIDES - Issue no. 1 / 2017  
         
  Article:   FAKE NEWS AND THE DIGITAL MEDIA. THE CHANGING BATTLE FOR PEOPLE’S HEARTS, MINDS AND ILLUSIONS.

Authors:  PETER GROSS.
 
       
         
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.24193/subbeph.2017.1.02

Published Online: 2017-06-20
Published Print: 2017-06-30

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This keynote address at the Digital Media International Conference at the Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania, in May 2017 briefly discusses fake news and the nature of its effectiveness; then addresses the potential, theoretical negatives and reasons for them when fake news is disseminated by via digital media; and concludes with some remarks about the reshaping of the public sphere, an issue that is wide open for scholarly exploration.

Keywords: fake news, digital media, dissemination, public sphere.

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