| dc.description.abstract | Muhammad Sultan Adiputra Trisakti. 106119040. Self Presentation Strategy for
Catfishing Actors Through Dating Apps (The Phenomenon of Interpersonal
Communication: How Actors Do Catfishing Through Dating Apps).
This study discusses how catfishing actors present themselves through dating apps
to extort their victims. Catfishing is a fraudulent phenomenon that occurs in
cyberspace, where someone uses a fake identity to attract other users into romantic
relationships (Samudro, 2022). This study aims to find out how catfishing actors
present themselves through dating apps based on the experiences of the
perpetrators and to determine the level of lies committed by perpetrators in the
catfishing phenomenon based on the level of high-stakes or low-stakes lies. This
study uses two main concepts, namely Computer-mediated Communication (CMC)
and the Concept of Lies, which are used to measure the level of lies perpetrated by
catfishing actors. The method used in this research is to use a qualitative
descriptive research method. The interpretive paradigm. In using dating apps, the
perpetrator has a self-presentation strategy that is displayed on the application's
homepage to attract the attention of potential victims. In addition, catfishing actors
also make several other efforts to create the victim's trust in him so that he can
carry out extortion in the form of money. This is evidenced by the findings obtained
based on the results of interviews conducted.
Keywords: Presentation Strategy, Catfishing Actors, Catfishing, Lies. | en_US |
