Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles
Online romance fraud is a crime carried out largely using language, as the victim and scammer typically do not meet in person in their entire interaction. As a language-enabled crime, a linguistic analysis of scam communication can shed light on how language is used to attract victims and influence...
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| description | Online romance fraud is a crime carried out largely using language, as the victim and scammer typically do not meet in person in their entire interaction. As a language-enabled crime, a linguistic analysis of scam communication can shed light on how language is used to attract victims and influence their thoughts and actions. This study examined the first stage in the online scam strategy, that is, the putting up of a dating profile (user biography) on online dating service websites. The analysis employs the judgement evaluation framework of appraisal theory to examine the extent to which scammer profiles differ from a set of general user profiles in terms of their use of social approval as a linguistic strategy to attract a more compliant victim type. Findings from the study can help in raising public awareness about how linguistic resources are employed in luring potential victims in scammer dating profiles. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b11f9a2126564549877732f8407d67082025-02-02T15:49:16ZengSciendoPsychology of Language and Communication2083-85062024-01-0128116920810.58734/plc-2024-0008Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profilesLee Kam-Fong0Chan Mei Yuit1Ali Afida Mohamad21Department of English, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400Serdang, Malaysia1Department of English, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400Serdang, Malaysia1Department of English, Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400Serdang, MalaysiaOnline romance fraud is a crime carried out largely using language, as the victim and scammer typically do not meet in person in their entire interaction. As a language-enabled crime, a linguistic analysis of scam communication can shed light on how language is used to attract victims and influence their thoughts and actions. This study examined the first stage in the online scam strategy, that is, the putting up of a dating profile (user biography) on online dating service websites. The analysis employs the judgement evaluation framework of appraisal theory to examine the extent to which scammer profiles differ from a set of general user profiles in terms of their use of social approval as a linguistic strategy to attract a more compliant victim type. Findings from the study can help in raising public awareness about how linguistic resources are employed in luring potential victims in scammer dating profiles.https://doi.org/10.58734/plc-2024-0008online romance frauduser profilescomputer mediated communicationjudgement evaluationsocietal endorsementlinguistic analysis |
| spellingShingle | Lee Kam-Fong Chan Mei Yuit Ali Afida Mohamad Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles Psychology of Language and Communication online romance fraud user profiles computer mediated communication judgement evaluation societal endorsement linguistic analysis |
| title | Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles |
| title_full | Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles |
| title_fullStr | Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles |
| title_short | Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles |
| title_sort | drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy a discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles |
| topic | online romance fraud user profiles computer mediated communication judgement evaluation societal endorsement linguistic analysis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.58734/plc-2024-0008 |
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