Investigating the act of deception in online-Islamic content

Deception in online content is not uncommon. This research focuses on investigating deception in the context of online-Islamic content. Previous studies have shown that some of the online content claiming to be about Islamic values, ethics and ideology is in fact aimed at deceiving people about...

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Main Authors: Mahmud, Murni, Abubakar, Adamu
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2014
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spelling iium-407592017-09-23T03:52:10Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/40759/ Investigating the act of deception in online-Islamic content Mahmud, Murni Abubakar, Adamu ZA Information resources Deception in online content is not uncommon. This research focuses on investigating deception in the context of online-Islamic content. Previous studies have shown that some of the online content claiming to be about Islamic values, ethics and ideology is in fact aimed at deceiving people about the truth of Islamic ideologies, values and ethics. Through content analysis, several websites with Islamic content were evaluated to identify criteria of deception. The study was conducted with 24 respondents. Nine main scaled items were generated and tested using correlation analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Descriptive statistics show that the content of Islamic websites may reveal whether the website in question is deceptive or otherwise; background knowledge of Islam aided identification of deceptive websites. The use of a single-informant method and focus on selected Islamic websites are some of the constraints of this study. Future research may consider incorporating a multiple response method, longitudinal design and covering samples across different countries. 2014-09-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40759/1/07002710.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/40759/4/40759_Investigating%20the%20act%20of%20deception_Scopus.pdf Mahmud, Murni and Abubakar, Adamu (2014) Investigating the act of deception in online-Islamic content. In: 2014 3rd International Conference on User Science and Engineering (i-USEr), 2nd-5th September 2014, Shah Alam. http://fskm.uitm.edu.my/iuser2014/
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Mahmud, Murni
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Investigating the act of deception in online-Islamic content
description Deception in online content is not uncommon. This research focuses on investigating deception in the context of online-Islamic content. Previous studies have shown that some of the online content claiming to be about Islamic values, ethics and ideology is in fact aimed at deceiving people about the truth of Islamic ideologies, values and ethics. Through content analysis, several websites with Islamic content were evaluated to identify criteria of deception. The study was conducted with 24 respondents. Nine main scaled items were generated and tested using correlation analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Descriptive statistics show that the content of Islamic websites may reveal whether the website in question is deceptive or otherwise; background knowledge of Islam aided identification of deceptive websites. The use of a single-informant method and focus on selected Islamic websites are some of the constraints of this study. Future research may consider incorporating a multiple response method, longitudinal design and covering samples across different countries.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mahmud, Murni
Abubakar, Adamu
author_facet Mahmud, Murni
Abubakar, Adamu
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title Investigating the act of deception in online-Islamic content
title_short Investigating the act of deception in online-Islamic content
title_full Investigating the act of deception in online-Islamic content
title_fullStr Investigating the act of deception in online-Islamic content
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the act of deception in online-Islamic content
title_sort investigating the act of deception in online-islamic content
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/40759/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/40759/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/40759/1/07002710.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/40759/4/40759_Investigating%20the%20act%20of%20deception_Scopus.pdf
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