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39 - Cyberdeception

from Part IV - Effects in Cyber Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 December 2024

By
Amber N. Schroeder  and
Julia H. Whitaker
Edited by
Zheng Yan
Zheng Yan
Affiliation:
University at Albany, State University of New York
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Summary

1 Introduction

2 A Review of Deception Constructs

3 Cyberdeception Frameworks

4 Cyberdeception Perpetrators and Their Motives

5 Manifestations of Cyberdeception

 5.1 False Health Information

 5.2 Fake News

 5.3 Online Scams

 5.4 Online Dating

 5.5 Online Assessment

 5.6 Other Cyberdeception Manifestations

6 Cyberdeception Detection

 6.1 Human-Based Cyberdeception Detection

 6.2 Computer-Based Cyberdeception Detection

7 Promising Avenues for Cyberdeception Research

8 Conclusion

Keywords

cyberdeceptiononline misrepresentationmisinformationdisinformationonline false informationfake newsfakingimpression managementcheatingscamming
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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