The Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online provides broad perspectives, practices, and case studies on online deception. It also offers deception-detection methods on how to address the challenges of the various aspects of deceptive online communication and cyber fraud.

Table of Contents

• Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts (AMEA) Book Series
• Preface
• Section 1: Introduction: Concepts and Perspectives
• Chapter 1: Understanding Online Falsehood From the Perspective of Social Problem
• Chapter 2: Trolls, Bots, and Whatnots: Deceptive Content, Deception Detection, and Deception Suppression
• Chapter 3: Factors Influencing Gossiping Behavior in Social Chatting Platforms
• Chapter 4: Misleading Media Portrayals in a Globalized World: Justification of State Control Through an Orientalist Lens
• Chapter 5: “Too Good to Be True”: Semi-Naked Bodies on Social Media
• Chapter 6: Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman: A Critical Case Study on Social Media, Deception, and Lil Miquela
• Chapter 7: Toward a Theoretical Model of Authentic and Fake User-Generated Online Reviews
• Section 2: Fake News and Misleading Reports
• Chapter 8: The Fundamental Roles of Technology in the Spread of Fake News
• Chapter 9: “Ridiculous and Untrue – FAKE NEWS!”: The Impact of Labeling Fake News
• Chapter 10: Fake Online News: Rethinking News Credibility for the Changing Media Environment
• Chapter 11: Fake News and Information Warfare: An Examination of the Political and Psychological Processes From the Digital Sphere to the Real World
• Chapter 12: New Mythologies of Fake News: WhatsApp and Misrepresented Scientific Achievements of Ancient India
• Chapter 13: The Rise of Professional Facebook Content Generators in Vietnam: A Fake News Campaign Against the Betibuti Founder
• Chapter 14: Social Media and the Challenges of Curtailing the Spread of Fake News in Nigeria
• Section 3: Misinformation and Deception in Business
• Chapter 15: On the Alert for Share Price Manipulation and Inadvertent Disclosure in Social Media Channels: An Exploratory Investigation of Nordic Companies
• Chapter 16: Understanding and Countering Misinformation About Climate Change
• Section 4: Propaganda, Defamation, and Political Deception
• Chapter 17: The Pragmatics of Political Deception on Facebook
• Chapter 18: False Information Narratives: The IRA’s 2016 Presidential Election Facebook Campaign
• Chapter 19: The Art of Deception in Political Advertising: A Study of Nigeria’s 2015 Presidential Election Campaigns
• Chapter 20: Profiting From the “Trump Bump”: The Effects of Selling Negativity in the Media
• Chapter 21: Troll Farm: Anonymity as a Weapon for Online Character Assassination
• Section 5: Phishing, Email Scams, and Ponzi Schemes
• Chapter 22: “Attention Beneficiary…!”: Assessing Types and Features of Scam Emails
• Chapter 23: “Truth,” Lies, and Deception in Ponzi and Pyramid Schemes
• Section 6: Deceptive Online Dating and Romance Scam
• Chapter 24: The Role of Deceptive Communication and Gender in Shaping Online Dating Interactions: A Discursive Approach
• Chapter 25: Online Romance in the 21st Century: Deceptive Online Dating, Catfishing, Romance Scams, and “Mail Order” Marriages
• Section 7: Online Religious Deception
• Chapter 26: Patterns of Deceptive Communication of Social and Religious Issues in Social Media: Representation of Social Issues in Social Media
• Chapter 27: “Type Amen” or Perish! Religious Deception on Facebook
• Section 8: Deceptive Content by Extremist and Terrorist Groups
• Chapter 28: Deception in Online Terrorist Propaganda: A Study of ISIS and Boko Haram
• Chapter 29: Persuasive Propaganda: An Investigation of Online Deceptive Tactics of Islamist, White, and Zionist Extremists