A communicational genre: rumors and urban legends

In this article the author believes that remains necessary to analyze the rumor´s degree of actuality and to study the mechanisms of distortion of facts or factual information. For him, however, it is most important to understand how and why false news is spread and believed. Renard thinks that rumo...

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Autor: Renard, Jean-Bruno
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Revista FAMECOS: Mídia cultura e tecnologia
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/3421
Acceso en línea:https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/revistafamecos/article/view/3421
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Imaginary
Mythology
Urban legends
Imaginário
Mitologia
Lendas urbanas
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Sumario:In this article the author believes that remains necessary to analyze the rumor´s degree of actuality and to study the mechanisms of distortion of facts or factual information. For him, however, it is most important to understand how and why false news is spread and believed. Renard thinks that rumours and contemporary popular narratives are actually modern equivalents of ancient legends, all of them expressing social or symbolic thought.