Američki predsjednički izbori 2016. godine: viralnost lažnih vijesti i njihova zastupljenost u hrvatskim medijima

master's thesis

• Title (english): The 2016 United States Presidential Election: the Virality of Fake News and its Representation in Croatian Media
• Author: Jelena Ćubel
• Mentor: Viktorija Car (mentor)
• Committee member: Viktorija Car (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Hrvoje Jakopović (član povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Dina Vozab (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2018-09-20, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information and Communication Sciences; Journalism

Abstract

Glavni cilj ovog diplomskog rada bio je ukazati na nepoštivanje profesionalnih novinarskih standarda u najčitanijim hrvatskim online medjima te na manjak vjerodostojnosti objavljenih sadržaja. U tu su svrhu analizirani članci o predsjedničkim izborima u Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama objavljeni na internetskim stranicama najčitanijih hrvatskih news portala prema Gemiusu u prosincu 2016. godine (24sata.hr, Jutarnji.hr, Dnevnik.hr, Večernji.hr i Net.hr). Istraživački period je obuhvatio 40 dana, od 1. listopada do 9. studenog 2016. godine. U fokusu istraživanja je fenomen lažnih vijesti i prenošenje takvih vijesti u hrvatskim medijima. Iako su prikazane razlike u odnosu na medijsku scenu u SAD-u kada su u pitanju lažne vijesti, slučajevi prenošenja neprovjerenih informacija zabilježeni su i u Hrvatskoj. S obzirom da u Hrvatskoj još uvijek nema previše stručne literature koja se bavi problemom lažnih vijesti, ovaj bi rad mogao poslužiti kao dobra podloga za daljnja istraživanja tog fenomena u hrvatskom medijskom prostoru.

Abstract (english)

The main purpose of this master thesis was to indicate disrespect of professional journalistic standards in the most read Croatian online media and lack of credibility of published content. The articles on presidential elections published on the web pages of the most popular Croatian news portals (24sata.hr, Jutarnji.hr, Dnevnik.hr, Vecernji.hr and Net.hr), according to Gemius in December 2016, were analyzed for this purpose. The research period covered 40 days, from October 1, 2016 to November 9, 2016. The main focus of the research is the phenomenon of false news and its spreading on Croatian media.
Although the differences in relation to the US media coverage are shown, cases of false news and unreliable information have also been reported in Croatia. Since there is still not a lot of published papers and books in Croatia written on the topic of fake news, this thesis could serve as a good basis for further research into fake news phenomenon in Croatian media.

• Keywords: Donald Trump; Hillary Clinton; američki izbori; društvene mreže; lažne vijesti; viralnost
• Keywords (english): Donald Trump; Hillary Clinton; US Elections; social networks; fake news; viral journalism
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:492177
• Study programme: Title: Journalism; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra novinarstva (magistar/magistra novinarstva)
• Type of resource: Text
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• Access conditions: Access restricted to students and staff of home institution
• Created on: 2018-11-20 10:17:32