CFP: Deception on Social Media, Edited Collection To Be Published by IGI Global @thomgiddens

Via Thom Giddens:

CFP: Deception on Social Media

Contributors are invited to submit abstracts (about 200 words) toward our new edited collection entitled: Social Media and the Production and Spread of Spurious Deceptive Contents, to be published by IGI Global (Hershey, PA), under the series: Advances in Digital Crime, Forensics, and Cyber Terrorism (ADCFCT)

Topics being covered include:

·      History, literature, perspectives and the prevalence of online deception

·      Methods, techniques and approaches to researching digital deception

·      Fake news, misinformation and misleading reports on Facebook and Twitter (case studies are encouraged here)

·      Defamation and character assassination (case studies are encouraged here)

·      Phishing

·      Business falsehood, employment scam and commercial lies

·      Investment/financial scam and Ponzi scheme

·      Deceptive online dating, romance scam and fake marriage

·      Religious deception and political lies (case studies are encouraged here)

·      Deceptive contents by extremist and terrorist groups (other online platforms are inclusive here)

·      Deception detection and behavioral control methods.

·      Etc.

All proposals are to be submitted through the eEditorial Discovery®^TM online submission Manager. Please click on this link to submit an abstract: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/3356

Important Dates

June 30, 2018: Proposal Submission Deadline
July 15, 2018: Notification of Acceptance
October 31, 2018: Full Chapter Submission

Inquiries can be forwarded to the editors:

Innocent Chiluwa

Covenant Univeristy, OTA, Nigeria

innocent.chiluwa@covenantuniveristy.edu.ng  or

Sergei Samoilenko

George Mason University, Virginia, USA

ssamoyle@masonlive.gmu.edu

The book will be released in 2019.