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Technologies of language and money: A study of stock manipulation and Internet communication

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Date Issued:
2002
Summary:
Internet technologies provide a criminal opportunity for stock manipulation and fraud that costs investors millions of dollars every day. In order to reduce this loss and craft policies and procedures to deter future losses, securities regulators have been seeking to understand the process of Internet securities fraud, including the actions of investors and fraudsters that contribute to that process. The purpose of this study is to determine the properties of the Internet communication environment associated with fraudulent stock schemes in order to contribute to these efforts of securities regulators. In addition, an aim of this study is to introduce Foucault's concept of power/knowledge as a means for theory development in the fields of finance, criminology and public administration that specifically addresses manipulation and fraud in the stock market.
Title: Technologies of language and money: A study of stock manipulation and Internet communication.
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Name(s): Beresford, Annette D.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
Miller, Hugh T., Thesis advisor
College for Design and Social Inquiry
School of Public Administration
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 2002
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 134 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: Internet technologies provide a criminal opportunity for stock manipulation and fraud that costs investors millions of dollars every day. In order to reduce this loss and craft policies and procedures to deter future losses, securities regulators have been seeking to understand the process of Internet securities fraud, including the actions of investors and fraudsters that contribute to that process. The purpose of this study is to determine the properties of the Internet communication environment associated with fraudulent stock schemes in order to contribute to these efforts of securities regulators. In addition, an aim of this study is to introduce Foucault's concept of power/knowledge as a means for theory development in the fields of finance, criminology and public administration that specifically addresses manipulation and fraud in the stock market.
Identifier: 9780493912745 (isbn), 12012 (digitool), FADT12012 (IID), fau:8927 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): College for Design and Social Inquiry
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2002.
Subject(s): Foucault, Michel
Internet fraud
Securities fraud
Held by: Florida Atlantic University Libraries
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