Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online

The growing amount of false and misleading information on the internet has generated new concerns and quests for research regarding the study of deception and deception detection.

Innovative methods that involve catching these fraudulent scams are constantly being perfected, but more material addressing these concerns is needed.

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.

While highlighting topics such as behavior analysis, cyber terrorism, and network security, this publication explores various aspects of deceptive behavior and deceptive communication on social media, as well as new methods examining the concepts of fake news and misinformation, character assassination, and political deception.

This book is ideally designed for academicians, students, researchers, media specialists, and professionals involved in media and communications, cyber security, psychology, forensic linguistics, and information technology.