Abstract
News satire is a popular form of online entertainment. Yet, in digital interaction it is difficult to distinguish fake news with humorous intent from those designed to disinform. This article proposes an analytical model that approaches satirical news as a form of language play which borrows elements from another playful genre: trolling. Our research examines articles from two satirical websites to find play cues, separating humorous from serious fake news, in three troll-like linguistic components: the intertextual reformulation of journalistic structure and style, the comic hyperbole and absurdity, and the criticism towards a ‘victim’ that leads to antagonism and cooperation.
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