Fake news and the era of “post truth” : الأخبار المغلوطة Fake News و عصر" ما بعد الحقيقة " - في وسائل الإعلام و في مواقع التواصل الاجتماعي بالجزائر in the media and social networking sites

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This article addresses the spread of fake news, reasons of its popularity on social and traditional media, in addition to the means opted in order to fight it.

It was concluded that fake news in Algeria are not only present on social networking sites but also in traditional media, this presence became a source of distress in society.

A considerable portion of social networking sites users are amators, the accuracy and the quality of the information is not verified and it is shared by anonymous accounts, Concerning traditional media, the spread of fake news is due to the serving of commercial interests and the creation of political propaganda.