YOU’VE BEEN CATFISHED: An exploration of social deception on online platforms

Introduction Life is a stage in which we are all actors and online we can choose who we want to be. Catfishing is a modern phenomenon in which individuals present themselves online as someone they are not as a means of engaging with others through an idealized avatar. This term has gained prominenc...

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Main Authors: S. Jesus, A. Costa, G. Simões, G. Dias Dos Santos, M. Almeida, P. Garrido
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022-06-01
Series:European Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933822014778/type/journal_article