Johan Farkas
List of John Benjamins publications for which Johan Farkas plays a role.
Articles
2023 News on fake news: Logics of media discourses on disinformation Journal of Language and Politics 22:1, pp. 1–21 | Article
This article presents a qualitative study of media discourses around fake news, examining 288 news articles from two national elections in Denmark in 2019. It explores how news media construct fake news as a national security threat and how journalists articulate their own role in relation to… read more
2023 Unpacking disinformation as social media discourse Social Media and Society: Integrating the digital with the social in digital discourse, KhosraviNik, Majid (ed.), pp. 107–126 | Chapter
In this chapter, we examine the role of Discourse Studies in social media disinformation research. While currently underrepresented, Discourse Studies can provide key insights into why disinformation gains traction through credibility building, tapping into existing political narratives and… read more