Les fake news – mutation de l’information

Abstract

This article aims to present a global image on the phenomenon of fake news, a phenomenon that seems to have invaded the media discourse space around the world. Under the mask of a serious and sincere attitude, the fake news conveys information written or pronounced in the form of titles that seek the sensational, the shocking, even the macabre. The privileged subject is always offered by a certain personality of the moment, a movie star, a public/political figure, a historical image etc.

Keywords

• fake news
• written information
• media discourse
• discursive manifestation.