Types of Online Deception
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Authors
Rowe, Neil C.
Subjects
case grammar
deception
disinformation
excuses
identity deception
lies
shilling
social engineering
trolling
deception
disinformation
excuses
identity deception
lies
shilling
social engineering
trolling
Advisors
Date of Issue
2005
Date
2005
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Deception in virtual communities can be a serious issue. We present three approaches to characterizing
online deception: by the appearance, by the motivation, and by the mechanism. Appearances include identity
deception, mimicking, lying (by insincere statements, false excuses, or false promises), and fraud.
Motivations can be both aggressive and defensive. Mechanisms are analyzed using concepts from case
grammar in linguistics. Fundamentally new forms of deception not in these taxonomies are unlikely in
virtual communities.
Type
Article
Description
Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies, Hershey, PA: Idea
Group, 2005.
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Department
Computer Science (CS)
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supported by the National Science Foundation under the Cyber Trust program
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Citation
This article appeared in the Encyclopedia of Virtual Communities and Technologies, Hershey, PA: Idea
Group, 2005.
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.