Research of the fake news phenomenon and its impact on the media and public

Tijekom povijesti fenomen drevnih legendi, teorija i mitova navodi nas na brojna vjerovanja. Mnoge su religije nastale njihovim prepričavanjem preko kojih su se civilizacije rađale i umirale, ratovi pobjeđivali i gubili. Fenomen je s vremenom evoluirao, baš kao i sve ostalo. Ljudska priroda, nažalost, nije, za razliku od razvoja u kulturi, književnosti, industriji, tehnologiji i ostalim ključnim područjima, odgovorna za napredak pojedine civilizacije. Ljudska priroda ostala je ista usprkos ovim drastičnim promjenama. Želja za moći i osjećaj superiornosti u odnosu na druga ljudska bića putem manipulacije i stvaranja vlastite stvarnosti kroz njihove oči standardan je dio svake civilizacije. Učeni smo da ne razmišljamo, već da slijepo pratimo ono što nam je zadano, slušamo autoritet. U religiji je autoritet oduvijek bila viša sila, ili bolje rečeno, ljudi koji je provode, dok je u političkim sustavima koji ne priznaju religiju, poput komunizma, autoritet kult ličnosti. Mediji su bili sredstvo brojnih političkih manipulatora novije povijesti. Najpoznatiji je slučaj Adolfa Hitlera koji je svoje političke govore i ideje širio preko radija. Medij, takozvani pokretač 21. stoljeća, prepun je krivih informacija koje se koriste u svrhu masovne manipulacije. Izgleda kako smo ponovno na početku, ali neke su stvari ipak drukčije u današnje vrijeme, možda čak i gore, jer danas mediji nisu samo sredstvo za širenje lažnih vijesti, već njihov tvorac.During the history, the phenomenon of the ancient legends, theories and myths leaded us to many believes. Many religions have been founded by their story telling, through them many civilizations have been born and killed, wars won and lost, but certainly led. The phenomenon evolved over time, just like all the rest. Human nature unfortunately did not, unlike development in culture, literature, industry, technology and the rest of the key areas responsible for the progress of a certain civilization. Human nature stayed the same despite this drastic changes. The desire for power and feeling of superiority to the other human beings by manipulating and creating their own reality through their eyes is a standard part of every civilization. We have learned not to think, but to blindly follow what we were set, we listen to authority. In religion, authority has always been a higher force, or rather the people that are preaching it, while in political systems that do not recognize religion such as communism, the authority is a cult of personality. The media have been the tool of many political manipulators of recent history, the most famous being the case of Adolf Hitler who spread his political speeches and ideas over radio. The media, the so-called leader of the 21st century, is fulled with the wrong information used for mass manipulation. It looks like we are at the beginning all over again, but some things are still different, maybe even worse, because today the media is not just used as tool for spreading fake news, but their creator