Propaganda, Survival, and Living to Tell the Truth: An Analysis of North Korean Refugee Memoirs

Docan-Morgan, Tony; Son, Sarah A.; Teimouri, Golnar B.

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“…In line with this, it is not surprising that deception has been investigated with some regularity in fraud research (Stajano and Wilson, 2011). But deception has also been studied in the study of social engineering (Mouton et al, 2014;Bullée, 2017;Steinmetz, 2020;Bullée and Junger, 2020b;Steinmetz et al, 2021;Washo, 2021), in marketing (Goldstein et al, 2008), and in psychology (Grazioli and Wang, 2001;DePaulo et al, 2003;Hancock and Gonzales, 2013;Burgoon and Buller, 2015;Levine, 2019, for an overview, we refer to Docan-Morgan, 2019). By investigating into deception, we can gain more insight into successful strategies to prevent victimization.…”

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In their own words: deception detection by victims and near victims of fraud

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AimResearch on deception detection has usually been executed in experimental settings in the laboratory. In contrast, the present research investigates deception detection by actual victims and near victims of fraud, as reported in their own words.Materials and methodsOur study is based on a nationally representative survey of 11 types of (mostly) online fraud victimization (N = 2,864). We used qualitative information from actual victims and near victims on why they didn’t fall for the fraud, or how, in hindsight, it could have been prevented.ResultsThe main detection strategies mentioned by near victims (N = 958) were 1) fraud knowledge (69%): these near victims clearly recognized fraud. Other strategies related to fraud knowledge were: noticing mistakes (27.9%), rules and principles about safe conduct (11.7%), and personal knowledge (7.1%). A second type of strategy was distrust (26.1%). A third strategy was ‘wise through experience’ (1.6%). Finally, a limited number of respondents (7.8%) searched for additional information: they contacted other people (5.5%), sought information online (4%), contacted the fraudster (2.9%), contacted their bank or credit card company (2.2%), or contacted the police (0.2%). Using knowledge as a strategy decreases the probability of victimization by a factor of 0.43. In contrast, all other strategies increased the likelihood of victimization by a factor of 1.6 or more. Strategies generally were uncorrelated, several strategies differed by type of fraud. About 40% of the actual victims (N = 243) believed that their victimization might have been prevented by: 1) seeking information (25.2%), 2) paying more attention (18.9%), 3) a third party doing something (16.2%), 4) following safety rules or principles, like using a safer way of paying or trading (14.4%), or by 5) ‘simply not going along with it’ (10.8%). Most of these strategies were associated with a higher, not lower, likelihood of victimization.ConclusionClearly, knowledge of fraud is the best strategy to avoid fraud victimization. Therefore, a more proactive approach is needed to inform the public about fraud and attackers’ modus operandi, so that potential victims already have knowledge of fraud upon encountering it. Just providing information online will not suffice to protect online users.

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“…El paltering produce un efecto de engaño, pero sin pronunciar necesariamente una falsedad, suponiendo una posibilidad dentro de las herramientas que no conforman una mentira clara, y relacionándose con la idea de que las declaraciones exactas pueden ser usadas de forma engañosa (Docan-Morgan, 2019). El paltering se ajusta a la perfección a un clima histórico determinado por el fenómeno de la desinformación y estrechamente vinculado a las redes sociales (RRSS), que conforman espacios relevantes para la diseminación de falsedades (Pérez-Curiel y Rivas-de-Roca, 2022).…”

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Política, engaños y propaganda: el paltering como herramienta de desinformación en los medios de comunicación.

Pérez Curiel,

De Benito,

Pineda

2024

Estud. mensaje periodís.

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En un contexto político y mediático marcado por la posverdad y la desinformación, el paltering emerge como un uso particularmente sofisticado del engaño. Escasamente estudiado en la literatura, el paltering consiste en inducir una idea engañosa a partir de un enunciado verdadero, lo que lo convierte en una técnica propagandística ventajosa, dado que en ocasiones resulta más sencillo construir la propaganda sobre una verdad. Este artículo estudia la representación mediática de dos casos de la política española relacionados con el paltering. Se realiza un análisis de contenido de la cobertura periodística de ambos casos de paltering en los cuatro diarios españoles con mayor audiencia. Los resultados indican que el paltering está presente en los medios (fundamentalmente en el género noticioso), que es reproducido sin cuestionar su veracidad, y que su repercusión mediática se exacerba en contexto electoral.

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Displaying North Korean Children: From Local to Global Memories

Grzelczyk¹

2022

Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures

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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) looms large in international political and security spheres because of its harsh domestic dictatorship as well as its pursuit of nuclear weapons. It is a country that is difficult to access physically because of its controlled borders, and the evolution of North Korean society is clouded by the propaganda that is routinely dispatched by the government. As a result of the state’s focus on militarization and regime survival, specific population groups are often ignored in broader debates about North Korean society, yet they provide important insights into the paradoxical nature of the North Korean society; children are one such group. While there is plenty of evidence, gathered by NGOs and IGOs, that North Korean children suffer from both physical and emotional violence in North Korea, they are also celebrated and revered by the government: the Mangyongdae Children’s Palace in Pyongyang, for instance, is seemingly dedicated to children’s after-school activities and well-being. Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the DPRK during International Children’s Day in 2019, this article examines the place of children in the construction of North Korean national identity and exposes how children are both celebrated and utilized to become “memorable,” supporting the North Korean government’s survival goals via large-stage installations such as the gymnastic Mass Games.

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Propaganda, Survival, and Living to Tell the Truth: An Analysis of North Korean Refugee Memoirs

Cited by 4 publications

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In their own words: deception detection by victims and near victims of fraud

In their own words: deception detection by victims and near victims of fraud

Política, engaños y propaganda: el paltering como herramienta de desinformación en los medios de comunicación.

Displaying North Korean Children: From Local to Global Memories

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