RT Article
T1 Fake News!: Chinese Mobilization of Resources Against The Church of Almighty God as a Global Phenomenon
JF The journal of CESNUR
VO 2
IS 4
SP 10
OP 27
A1 Introvigne, Massimo 1955-
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1724520512
AB A growing philosophical and sociological literature examines the concept of “fake news,” its definition, and its rise to prominence during the campaign for the 2016 presidential elections in the United States. Religion has proved a fertile ground for fake news, spread not only by private actors but also  by  governments,  which  try  to  justify  their  repression  of  the  groups  they  do  not  approve  of.  The Chinese government  has  emerged  as  a  main purveyor  of  fake  news,  aimed  at  justifying  the persecution of groups it labels as xie jiao (“heterodox teachings”). The article discusses the notion of “fake news” in general,  and  examines  how  the  Chinese  authorities,  with  the  co-operation  of  certain  Western  media, engaged  in  a  massive  campaign  of  fake  news  in  their  attempt to  discredit  one  of  the  groups  they persecute as a xie jiao, The Church of Almighty God.
K1 Church of Almighty God
K1 Fake News
K1 Fake News and Religion
K1 Religious Liberty in China
K1 Xie Jiao
DO 10.26338/tjoc.2018.2.4.2