TY - JOUR TI - The characteristics of the rumour communication in the mass media in the Republic of Macedonia AU - Venovska-Antevska, Snezhana TI - The characteristics of the rumour communication in the mass media in the Republic of Macedonia AB - Rumour communication, although always present in different areas of mass media in the Republic of Macedonia, has not yet been researched. Topics devoted to various rumours, unverified information spread, “gossiping” circulation of information of specific purpose were particularly popular in 2015 through a part of this kind of information transmitted in the mass media as information “bomb”. The scientific approach to define such information was especially present in the yellow press and in researches related to “hate speech” as an opportunity for mass dissemination of specific information of specific purpose. Here is an overview and analysis of rumour communication and the ways it is expressed in the mass media in Republic of Macedonia. Special emphasis is given to the linguistic devices used in the dissemination of such kind of information.   VL - 2016 IS - Tom 59, Numer 2 (226) PY - 2016 SN - 0555-0025 C1 - 2299-6362 SP - 304 EP - 313 DO - 10.4467/22996362PZ.16.020.5424 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/zeszyty-prasoznawcze/artykul/the-characteristics-of-the-rumour-communication-in-the-mass-media-in-the-republic-of-macedonia KW - rumour communication KW - Macedonian language KW - mass media in the Republic of Macedonia KW - information “bomb”