Category : Research
A workshop investigating fake on-line businesses and global corporate conglomerates “The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible.” -Mark Twain Past workshops: Oct 2015: esc medien kunst labor Graz/Austria as part of the Steirischer Herbst 2015. Abstract: In the workshop the artwork “Megacorp.” is used as an entrance
Title: ‘Scambaiters, Human Flesh Search Engine, Perverted justice, and Internet Haganah: Villains, Avengers, or Saviors on the Internet?’ Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: ISEA 2015, Vancouver, Canada. Abstract: In recent years, Internet users have been increasingly participating in so called digilantes or cyber-vigilante communities, becoming self-appointed avengers of justice who wade through
Title: ‘Let’s talk business’ – Narratives used in email and phone scams Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: xCoAx conference 2015, Glasgow, UK. Abstract: 16th century ‘face to face’ persuasion scams adopted to letters, telephone, fax and Internet with the development of new communication technologies. In many of today’s fraud schemes phone
This workshop will be offering the participants both a theoretical and practical introduction to computer recycling strategies in Westafrican countries. The suburb area of Agbogbloshie in Ghana’s capital Accra has become the world biggest electronic waste dumping ground. In Western countries old computers have to be disposed in an environmentally responsible manner which can
Title: Remain anonymous, create characters & backup stories: online tools used in Internet crime narratives Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.at Published at: ICIDS – International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling 2014, Singapore. Abstract: This research takes a closer look at online tools that anti-scam activists use when in contact with Internet scammers.
