Defining rumor
In this essay, I will critically analyze three definitions of rumor. In the first section, I will consider the C. A. J. Coady’ account (2006), in which the rumor is a case of apparent testimony, but it is not a case of genuine testimony. In the second section, I will consider the definition of rumor...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Veritas (Porto Alegre. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/26236 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/veritas/article/view/26236 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Testimony. Rumor. Evidence. Testemunho. Boato. Evidência. |
| Sumario: | In this essay, I will critically analyze three definitions of rumor. In the first section, I will consider the C. A. J. Coady’ account (2006), in which the rumor is a case of apparent testimony, but it is not a case of genuine testimony. In the second section, I will consider the definition of rumor offered by David Coady (2006), in which the rumor spreads in a large chain without official status. In the third section, I will consider the definition of rumor of Axel Gelfert (2013), in whichthe rumor does not have independent corroboration by either firsthand evidence or official sources. In the fourth and last section, I will propose a definition, in which rumor is a case of genuine testimony without official confirmation, whose original source was lost or never existed. |
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