Representation in the digital age between online reputation and fake challenge

Authors

  • Carlotta Antonelli PhD in Communication, Social Research and Marketing, University of Rome La Sapienza

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61007/QdC.2024.1.258

Keywords:

digital era, online reputation, media representation, fake news, social media challenge

Abstract

The proposal analyses the relationship between fake news and social media challenges. Through the content analysis of the case studies Jonathan Galindo, Momo Game and Blue Whale Challenge (Yin, 2018) the evolution of the phenomenon in the relationship between newsworthiness and fake news will be reconstructed, showing how the information system tries to "shape the public discourse" around online youth challenges, offering short-circuits between reality and imagination (Bennato, 2018).

Author Biography

Carlotta Antonelli, PhD in Communication, Social Research and Marketing, University of Rome La Sapienza

Carlotta Antonelli, PhD in Social Science Methodology at Coris (La Sapienza) with a thesis entitled ‘Universitabile: indagine sull'inclusione degli studenti con disabilità e DSA nel contesto universitario romano’. She currently holds the position of classroom tutor for the 2nd level inter-university Master's degree in Social Research Methodology and Techniques (MeTARS) at La Sapienza. She participated in the Italian team for the 2020 Global Media Monitoring Project. She is formally included in the university project ‘Experts in the limelight. Decision-making processes, science dissemination and media dynamics'. Her fields of interest are: disability; barriers; facilitators; tertiary education; digital technologies; ICT; gender; mixed methods.

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2024-10-31

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Antonelli, C. (2024). Representation in the digital age between online reputation and fake challenge. Community Notebook. People, Education and Welfare in the Society 5.0, 1(1), 83–112. https://doi.org/10.61007/QdC.2024.1.258

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No. 1 (2024): Reputation in the Digital Age: Representations and Practices of the Self between Social Capital and Relational Good

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