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Browsing by Subject "Fake news--Lebanon"

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  • The dialectics of fake news: Bassmatwatan: the Bin Laden sketch - a case in study 
    Gergi, Pamela (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2019)
    The aim of this thesis is to better understand the history of fake news and its evolution from the old times, starting with the storytelling technique, until today, with the social media and the internet. In order to clarify the idea of fake news and its impact on the audience, a sketch was picked from the Lebanese satire program, previously aired on LBCI, Bassmat watan, in order to study it. The case study was revolving around the sketch of Oussama Bin Laden in the mentioned program and the perception of the audience through the message that is transmitted by the media. The study aimed to ...
  • The October 17th revolution : evaluating motives and effects behind sharing fake news on social media 
    Khalil, Dalal (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022)
    In light of the influence of fake news on the Lebanese revolution that was ignited on the 17th of October 2019, this research paper examines how Notre Dame University (NDU) students reacted, assessed and were affected by false information. Four focus groups were conducted with 24 NDU students from different faculties and majors to gather valuable results. To answer this study’s five questions and look deeper into the youth’s behavior, comprehension, and evaluation of fake news spread on social media, the researcher adopted the Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT) developed by Katz in 1959. The ...