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A hoax is an attempt to trick an audience into believing that something false is real. There is often some material object involved which is actually a forgery; however, it is possible to perpetrate a hoax by making only true statements using unfamiliar wording or context (see DHMO). Unlike a fraud or con (which usually has an audience of one or a few), which are made for illicit financial or material gain, a hoax is often perpetrated as a practical joke, to cause embarrassment, or to provoke social change by making people aware of something. Many hoaxes are motivated by a desire to satirize or educate by exposing the credulity of the public and the media or the absurdity of the target. For instance, the hoaxes of James Randi poke fun at believers in the paranormal. The many hoaxes of Joey Skaggs satirize our willingness to believe the media. Political hoaxes are sometimes motivated by the desire to ridicule or besmirch opposing politicians or political institutions, often before elections.
Governments often perpetrate hoaxes to assist them with unpopular aims such as going to war (e.g., the Ems Telegram). In fact, there is often a mixture of outright hoax, and suppression and management of information to give the desired impression. In wartime, rumours abound; some may be deliberate hoaxes.
There is often considerable controversy about whether a given factoid is true or a hoax.
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Business Underground: Internet Business Hoaxes - Fact Or Fiction: http://bit.ly/4U18xD
SocialMediaMaze (Duncan Boan) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:10:33 -0000
Business Underground: Internet Business Hoaxes - Fact Or Fiction: http://bit.ly/4U18xD
Business Underground: Internet Business Hoaxes - Fact Or Fiction http://bit.ly/5a9NiL
webrancher_ (Web Ranch Kim) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:50:16 -0000
Business Underground: Internet Business Hoaxes - Fact Or Fiction http://bit.ly/5a9NiL
@MilkOg Looking like hoaxes from iPhone... Here's other examples... http://www.eleganceofaliens.com/page9.html
IQXS (IQXS UFO) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:25:52 -0000
@MilkOg Looking like hoaxes from iPhone... Here's other examples... http://www.eleganceofaliens.com/page9.html
News media can't deny connection to memes, hoaxes | Give the 'Net ...: News media can't deny connec.. http://bit.ly/8ARCrZ
dbldiamond54 (Simon Peters) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:18:21 -0000
News media can't deny connection to memes, hoaxes | Give the 'Net ...: News media can't deny connec.. http://bit.ly/8ARCrZ
@tim_weber and on hoaxes: heard the "shavenheaded child in supermkt lav" one the other day. This time asda in Edmonton. Still a hoax tho'.
Jsj159 (JeremySJ) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:32:18 -0000
@tim_weber and on hoaxes: heard the "shavenheaded child in supermkt lav" one the other day. This time asda in Edmonton. Still a hoax tho'.
ooc: I hate it when people spread hoaxes, though I should've known somethng was up when they didn't say what state.
MedBotJinx (Jinx ) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 07:02:44 -0000
ooc: I hate it when people spread hoaxes, though I should've known somethng was up when they didn't say what state.
Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia: News Trolls - Planting fictional and absurd content in the news media
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Eat Babies - Supports the stereotypical attack on an opposing political party or group by providing recipes and advice.
First Human Male Pregnancy, The - Mr. Lee Mingwei will be the first human male to ever birth a baby from his own body. Art project by Virgil Wong, thematizing gender roles, childbearing, and reproductive technology.
GenoChoice - Create Your Own Genetically Healthy Child Online! It's the Best of Nature...Before You Nurture! A make-believe genetics company selling the perfect offspring.
Meta Description: [ Create Your Own Genetically Healthy Child Online! It's the Best of Nature...Before You Nurture! ]
Joey Skaggs - Since 1966, Skaggs has hoaxed media outlets around the world with pranks like The Celebrity Sperm Bank, Cockroach Vitamin Pills and Dog Meat Soup.
People for Ethical Evolutionary Practices - BioPEEP, a group of scientists distributing a genetic virus in consumable products to create product junkies, is exposed in this media hoax.
Public Fiction .org - Resource, index, and discussion area devoted to works of public fiction (hoaxes, lies, storytelling, theater, performance art, satire, or simulation).
Meta Description: [ public fiction ]
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