Introduction published in:
Discourses of Fake News
Edited by Scott Wright
[Journal of Language and Politics 20:5] 2021
► pp. 641–652
Introduction

Discourses of fake news

| Monash University
Keywords: fake news, misinformation, false news, journalism, political communication
Article outline
  • 1.The rise of fake news: Genre and label
  • 2.Why discourse of fake news?
  • 3.Overview and rationale of special issue
  • References
Published online: 07 July 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/jlp.21058.wri
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