Cyber-organised crime: a case of moral panic?
A growing number of studies show that the advent of the Internet has transformed the organisational life of crime, with many academic and non-academic articles and reports describing various types of organisational structures involved in cybercrimes as Borganised crime^. Other researchers are more c...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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16 May 2018
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Trends in organized crime
Jahr: 2019, Band: 22, Heft: 4, Seiten: [357]-374 |
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Zusammenfassung: | A growing number of studies show that the advent of the Internet has transformed the organisational life of crime, with many academic and non-academic articles and reports describing various types of organisational structures involved in cybercrimes as Borganised crime^. Other researchers are more critical in applying the organised crime label to cybercrimes. These debates are not merely speculative and scholastic but have a real practical significance, as over-estimating organised crime involvement can attract more resources (which might end up being allocated in a less efficient way), additional legal powers, and support from the general public. This study aims to further this path of inquiry by investigating whether the advancement of the cyber-organised crime narrative in the UK can be identified also in the media discourse. More specifically, this study will analyse UK press to explore to what extent Bmoral panic^ can be identified, how primary definers use particular tactics and rhetorical constructions, and what are the dominant consequences. |
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Beschreibung: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 372-374 |
ISSN: | 1936-4830 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s12117-018-9342-y |