Deceptive communication in virtual communities

Christian Wagner; Karen Siu King Cheung; Rachael K.F. Ip; Fion S.L. Lee

doi:10.1109/HICSS.2005.185

Deceptive communication in virtual communities

Christian Wagner, Karen Siu King Cheung, Rachael K.F. Ip, Fion S.L. Lee

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Abstract

Virtual communities provide a suitable environment for those willing to deceive. With a large audience there are many potential targets and many opportunities. The narrow communication channel helps in being intentionally misunderstood, while also maintaining relative obscurity. This research analyzes deception in virtual communities, based on principles of transactional analysis. Transactional analysis suggests that people deceive others in order to prove their superiority, and that the deceptive communication follows distinct patterns. An analysis of communications in one community, the Leica Users Group, found communication behaviors consistent with those predicted by transactional analysis. The article investigates these communications in detail. It also proposes methods for detection and prevention of this type of deception.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38)
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	0769522688
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2005.185
Publication status	Published - Jan 2005
Event	2005 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38) - Big Island, United States Duration: 3 Jan 2005 → 6 Jan 2005 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9518/proceeding

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Name	Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
ISSN (Print)	1530-1605

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Conference	2005 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Big Island
Period	3/01/05 → 6/01/05
Internet address	https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9518/proceeding

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Wagner, C, Cheung, KSK, Ip, RKF & Lee, FSL 2005, Deceptive communication in virtual communities. in Proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38). Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, IEEE, 2005 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38), Big Island, Hawaii, United States, 3/01/05. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2005.185

Deceptive communication in virtual communities. / Wagner, Christian; Cheung, Karen Siu King; Ip, Rachael K.F. et al.
Proceedings of the 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-38). IEEE, 2005. (Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences).

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