Meschini, Federico Fake news e post-verità: disordini informativi e narrativi tra Gutenberg e Google. AIB studi, 2020, vol. 59, n. 3. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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English abstract
Fake news and conspiracy theories can be considered as information disorders and therefore as related to the relationship that each person has with information. Although the spread of computer networks and social media has made these disorders much more evident than in the past, they do not depend exclusively on the digital dimension of this relationship. This article examines the nature of information disorders and their different types in relation to information literacy on the one hand, and to storytelling on the other. The most frequently proposed solutions to information disorders, such as debunking or fact-checking, are based on assumptions that should not be taken for granted; for example the sharing of a common rational basis, which has been strongly called into question by the meaning of the term post-truth. For this reason, it is necessary to take into consideration storytelling and narrative modalities since their mechanisms are at the basis of the effectiveness and global spreading of fake news.
Italian abstract
Le fake news e la teoria del complotto possono essere considerati come disordini informativi e perciò legati al rapporto che ogni persona ha con l’informazione; per questo motivo non dipendono esclusivamente dalla declinazione digitale di questo rapporto, sebbene la diffusione delle reti telematiche e dei social media abbia reso questi disordini molto più evidenti che in passato. Questo articolo analizza la natura e le diverse tipologie di tale rapporto, in relazione da un lato all’information literacy e dall’altro al racconto. Le soluzioni proposte con maggiore frequenza ai disordini informativi, come il debunking o il fact-checking, si basano su premesse tutt’altro che scontate, ad esempio la condivisione di una base razionale comune, condivisione che il significato, più che la definizione, di post-verità, ha messo in forte discussione. Per questo motivo diventano fondamentali le modalità narrative i cui meccanismi sono alla base dell’efficacia e del dilagare delle fake news.
| Item type: | Journal article (Paginated) |
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| Keywords: | fake-news; post-truth; information disorders |
| Subjects: | A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information. > AA. Library and information science as a field. |
| Date deposited: | 21 Aug 2026 06:18 |
| Last modified: | 27 Aug 2026 04:33 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/48220 |
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