dc.contributor.author | Dynel, Marta Joanna | |
dc.contributor.author | Ross, Andrew S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-18T16:08:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-18T16:08:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2056-3051 | |
dc.identifier.other | (SCOPUS_ID)85112173004 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://etalpykla.vilniustech.lt/handle/123456789/111574 | |
dc.description.abstract | With a focus on the online phenomena of scamming and scambaiting, this article explores users’ communicative activities on Reddit’s r/scambait subreddit. Drawing on a representative corpus viewed through grounded theory, we establish the basic categories of posts and then unpack those further to reveal the deceptive practices being undertaken by both scammers and scambaiters, as well as Redditors’ untruthfulness in their fabricated posts. The analysis reveals that the r/scambait subreddit exists as a site of humorous entertainment arising from various forms of deception. Scammers’ deceptive strategies are depicted as amusingly naïve and inefficient, while scambaiters’ deceptive messages targeted at scammers demonstrate great creativity and wittiness. In both cases, scammer-victims are disparaged for being immensely gullible or downright stupid; and Redditors earn online plaudits for submitting the most upvoted posts. Our significant finding is that posts such as those at r/scambait should never be taken at face value due to their inherent epistemological ambiguity, to which the users choose to remain oblivious or indifferent. Furthermore, on a general plane, this study indicates a potential shift in the emic understanding of the concept of “scambaiting” from a punitive measure and an educational instrument to a creative practice geared toward posters’ kudos and users’ joint humorous experience through “baitertainment” and “scamusement.” | eng |
dc.format | PDF | |
dc.format.extent | p. 1-14 | |
dc.format.medium | tekstas / txt | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.isreferencedby | Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science) | |
dc.relation.isreferencedby | Scopus | |
dc.relation.isreferencedby | DOAJ | |
dc.source.uri | https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211035698 | |
dc.title | You don’t fool me: on scams, scambaiting, deception, and epistemological ambiguity at r/scambait on Reddit | |
dc.type | Straipsnis Web of Science DB / Article in Web of Science DB | |
dcterms.accessRights | This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons ttributionNonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage) | |
dcterms.license | Creative Commons – Attribution – NonCommercial – 4.0 International | |
dcterms.references | 45 | |
dc.type.pubtype | S1 - Straipsnis Web of Science DB / Web of Science DB article | |
dc.contributor.institution | University of Łódź Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas | |
dc.contributor.institution | University of Sydney | |
dc.contributor.faculty | Kūrybinių industrijų fakultetas / Faculty of Creative Industries | |
dc.subject.researchfield | S 008 - Komunikacija ir informacija / Communication and information | |
dc.subject.vgtuprioritizedfields | EV04 - Komunikacijos valdymas įtraukioje ir kūrybingoje visuomenėje / Communication management in inclusive and creative society | |
dc.subject.ltspecializations | L103 - Įtrauki ir kūrybinga visuomenė / Inclusive and creative society | |
dc.subject.en | creativity | |
dc.subject.en | deception | |
dc.subject.en | disparagement | |
dc.subject.en | epistemological ambiguity | |
dc.subject.en | humor | |
dc.subject.en | multimodal communication | |
dc.subject.en | Reddit | |
dc.subject.en | scam | |
dc.subject.en | scambaiting | |
dcterms.sourcetitle | Social media and society | |
dc.description.issue | iss. 3 | |
dc.description.volume | vol. 7 | |
dc.publisher.name | SAGE | |
dc.publisher.city | London | |
dc.identifier.doi | 2-s2.0-85112173004 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 85112173004 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 1 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 000697972400001 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/20563051211035698 | |
dc.identifier.elaba | 102924649 | |