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Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet
Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society
Cyperspace: The World in the Wires
Cyperspace: The World in the Wires
Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet
The Power of Identity
Cult of Information
Spaces of Identity: Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural Boundaries
Spaces of Identity: Global Media, Electronic Landscapes and Cultural Boundaries
Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development
Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development
Information Technologies and International Development
Transnational times: locality, globality and mobility in technology design and use
Proceedings of the 12th ACM international conference adjunct papers on Ubiquitous computing - Adjunct
Ethnography of the telephone: changing uses of communication technology in village life
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services
Anthropology, development and ICTs: slums, youth and the mobile internet in urban India
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development
"Un-googling" publications: the ethics and problems of anonymization
CHI '13 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
TroTro: web browsing and user interfaces in rural Ghana
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development: Full Papers - Volume 1
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Internet scamming strategies associated with West Africa typically involve the creation and deployment of fictional narratives depicting political turmoil, corruption, violence, poverty, and personal tragedy set in a variety of African nations. This article examines Internet scammers' complicity in promoting these creatively dramatic, yet stereotyped, representations of Africa and Africans. Their approach exemplifies what de Certeau describes as a “tactic” where scammers manipulate the space of representations produced by hegemonic forces in the West to realize subversive ends. The attempts of Internet scammers highlight the difficulties of creating self-representations that are both authentic and persuasive. Marginalized communities face difficult compromises in their efforts to be heard by those they perceive as powerful. This remains the case, despite new mechanisms of communication, such as the Internet, that make connecting (in a purely mechanical sense) much easier and less expensive.