fake news

Danish translation: falske nyheder

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18:54 Nov 19, 2019
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Social Sciences - Journalism
Additional field(s): Anthropology, Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: fake news
Definition from Oxford:
n. News that conveys or incorporates false, fabricated, or deliberately misleading information, or that is characterized as or accused of doing so.

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Danish translation:falske nyheder
Definition:
nyhed som er opdigtet, udokumenteret eller faktuelt forkert, og som ofte plantes på de sociale medier for at fremme eller fordreje en bestemt politisk sag
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5 +2falske nyheder
bendksu
5 -2fingerede nyheder
Jeppe Fischer


  

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falske nyheder


Definition from ordnet.dk:
nyhed som er opdigtet, udokumenteret eller faktuelt forkert, og som ofte plantes på de sociale medier for at fremme eller fordreje en bestemt politisk sag

Example sentence(s):
  • Alle, der færdes på internettet og især sociale medier som Facebook og Twitter, støder på falske nyheder og historier – også kaldet fake news. - Ældre Sagen  
bendksu
Thailand
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Yes  Aino Slej: Yes, it is the term used along with the English term fake news
30 days

Yes  Charlotte Corty: The term I use in my daily work
30 days
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fingerede nyheder


Definition from Information.dk:
Definition:
Fake news := fingerede nyheder; opfundet materiale, sindrigt manipuleret til at fremstå som troværdig, journalistisk rapportering, der let spredes online til et stort publikum, som er villigt til at tro på historierne og sprede budskabet ... det definerende træk ved fake news er ikke, at de er faktuelt falske, men at de giver sig ud for at være journalistik og sandhedssøgning, mens målet reelt er et helt andet (Hendricks og Vestergaard: Når virkeligheden taber, p. 109).

Example sentence(s):
  • "Den, som bulshitter, fingerer noget. Det gør fake news også. De fingerer journalistik og nyhedsdækning, og på dansk kan fake news bedst oversættes med fingerede nyheder." - Bog: Fake News: Når virkeligheden taber  

Explanation:
Filosoffen Vincent F. Hendricks har sammen med Mads Vestergaard ligefrem skrevet en bog om emnet ("Fake News: Når virkeligheden taber") - og jeg har været til foredrag med førstnævnte, der argumenterede overbevisende for, at fake new oversættes med "fingerede nyheder" - hvis det da ikke bare bibeholder den engelske betegnelse.
Jeppe Fischer
Denmark
Local time: 14:08
Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish

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No  Aino Slej: Not common at all
26 days
  -> Correct. Nor is 'falske nyheder.' Moreover, that is not very precise, and I would offer a term that is more precise and increasingly acclaimed. However, 'fake news' is by far the most used in Danish sentences as well. Merry Christmas! :)

No  Charlotte Corty: Never seen this used
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