April 2016 :
Prof Lorenzo-Dus gives keynote address in Chile on the use of compliments as deceptive trust development in online grooming contexts
February 2016:
Dr Izura presents in Tenerife (Spain) the results of her work with Professor Lorenzo-Dus on online grooming profiles
October 2015:
Prof Lorenzo-Dus gives paper at Valencia University (Spain) based on the findings of her research with Dr Izura on the Online Grooming Communication Model
April 2015:
Prof Lorenzo-Dus gives keynote address in Colombia on trust and influence in online communication, including in online grooming contexts.
March 2015:
Dr Izura and Prof Lorenzo-Dus participate in online grooming prevention workshop run by ???
February 2014:
Prof Lorenzo-Dus and Dr Izura deliver public lecture on Online Grooming: facts, myths and prevention concerns at Swansea University (part of Research Week)
Aim: to develop a communicative profile of online sexual predators.
RQ1: In a corpus of text-based online interactions between paedophiles and youngsters, is it possible to identify the different stages of grooming?
RQ2: Do online sexual predators display a characteristic communicative profile (i.e., an identifiable use of words, grammar, discourse)? Does this profile differ according to different grooming stages?
Corpus: c. 75,000 words (25 complete online grooming chats) from PervertedJustice.com
Results:
RQ1: yes – OGC Model
RQ2: no – more than one groomer profile, different parameters for different profiles
a.Validate OGC model
b.Advance analysis of OGC profiling
c.Public engagement / impact activities
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