Mohammad Ali Shakeri; Hassan Bashir
Abstract
One of the most important factors in the impact of "digital social networks" on "culture and communication" in human societies is the special ability of these networks to "streaming" especially "fake news" in the media sphere of a society. Fake news as a media streaming product, despite its long history, ...
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One of the most important factors in the impact of "digital social networks" on "culture and communication" in human societies is the special ability of these networks to "streaming" especially "fake news" in the media sphere of a society. Fake news as a media streaming product, despite its long history, has grown more and more in the age of digital social networks.The article tried to follow the most important features, functions and effects of digital social networks in all theories in this regard as the first step. The article also introduces typical media resources through which the fake news enter the public opinion. Then, focusing on the process of digital social networks streaming, the article reveals the most important streaming mechanisms in digital social networks for publishing fake news in four: "Hashtag", "Storm", "Campaign" and "Stream". This mostly achieved by analyzing ten semi-structured interviews with some experts in this field. Finally, the article shows that the "Stream" mechanism, as the culmination of streaming mechanisms in digital social networks, can institutionalize every subject in the audience by providing six conditions such as "accompanying influencers", "paying attention to the network requirements" and "riding on the bearer of day events".
