This study attempts a new conceptualization of communication “sources” by proposing a typology of sources that would apply not only to traditional media but also to new online media. Ontological rationale for the distinctions in the typology is supplemented by psychological evidence via an experiment that investigated the effects of different types of source attributions upon receivers’ percept...

Hackers are increasingly exploiting the social movement on the Internet, which is responsible for domestication of the web and its associated technologies, by using novel methods of online social engineering. However, there is not enough support in the form of published research that can help us gain a holistic understanding of human vulnerabilities that are central to online social engineering...