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Patterns of Deceptive Communication of Social and Religious Issues in Social Media: Representation of Social Issues in Social Media

Patterns of Deceptive Communication of Social and Religious Issues in Social Media: Representation of Social Issues in Social Media
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Author(s): Poothullil Mathew Martin (Mumbai University, India & Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Speech and Hearing Disabilities, India)and Jerry Joseph Onampally (University of Mumbai, India & National Institute of Social Communications, Research, and Training, India)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 13
Source title: Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Innocent E. Chiluwa (Covenant University, Nigeria)and Sergei A. Samoilenko (George Mason University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8535-0.ch026

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Abstract

Deception and religion have evolved over the years. Deception and belief manipulation are aspects of religious communication. The digital space revolves around fake news and indicates that humans are more susceptible than ever to mental manipulation by powerful technological tools. This chapter demonstrates patterns in deceptive narrative usage in a communication of social and religious issues (CSRI) in social media among a religious community in Mumbai. Drawing from deception theory of David Ettingery and Philippe Jehiel, the exploitation by rational players of the fundamental attribution of error (FAE) made by other players, where FAE allows for belief manipulation. The authors propose that an increased presence of social media promotes patterns in CSRI in social media. The analysis depicted patterns in the preference to the use of text visual images, audio-visual, and audio formats when communicating social and religious issues.

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