Hoaxes
From Library of Congress Subject Headings
Hoaxes
- Here are entered works on deliberate attempts to dupe, deceive, or trick persons into believing the reality or truth of evidence or assertions that are not true or real. Works on tricks or deceptions which are performed for entertainment purposes are entered under [Tricks.]
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008007033
- info:lc/authorities/sh2008007033
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2008007033#concept
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- Humbugs
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Sources
- found: Work cat.: Locke, Richard Adams. The moon hoax, or, A discovery that the moon has a vast population of human beings, 1859
- found: Wikipedia, Sept. 8, 2008 (A hoax is a deliberate attempt to dupe, deceive, or trick an audience into believing, or accepting, that something is real, when in fact it is not; or that something is true, when in fact it is false. In an instance of a hoax, an object, or event, is not what it appears to be, or what it is claimed to be. It differs from magic in that the audience is unaware of being deceived - whereas in watching a magician perform a magical act, the audience expects to be tricked.)
General Notes
- Here are entered works on deliberate attempts to dupe, deceive, or trick persons into believing the reality or truth of evidence or assertions that are not true or real. Works on tricks or deceptions which are performed for entertainment purposes are entered under [Tricks.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Tricks]
Change Notes
- 2008-09-08: new
- 2008-10-01: revised
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