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"The Genre of Scams"

 

Gordon Byrd

Gordon Byrd is a rhetorically conscious writer with a long career of reading/writing emails. Periodically, he writes articles for magazines as a hobby. Currently, he is enrolled as a doctoral student in ECU's Rhetoric, Writing, and Technical Communication program.

Contents

A Theory of Scams Email Genres

Genre, Authority, & Uptake

The Scam Email Genre

Conclusion

Works Cited

Works Cited

Bawarshi, Anis. Genre and the Invention of the Author. Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 2003. Print.

Chang, Andrea, and Richard Winton. “Apple Says No Security Breach Occurred in Celebrity Photo Leak.” Los Angeles Times 2 Sept. 2014. www.latimes.com. Web. 29 June 2015.

Foss, Sonja K. “Generic Criticism.” Rhetorical Criticism. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, 2009. 137–208. Print.

Goldstein, Noah J., Vladas Griskevicius, and Robert B. Cialdini. "Reciprocity By Proxy: A Novel Influence Strategy For Stimulating Cooperation." Administrative Science Quarterly 56.3 (2011): 441-473. PsycINFO. Web. 29 June 2015.

Jameison, Kathleen. “Antecedent Genre As Rhetorical Constraint.” Quarterly Journal of Speech 61.(1975): 406-415. MLA International Bibliography. Web 11 June 2015

Mitnick, Kevin, and William Simon. The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security. Indianapolis, Indiana: Wiley Publishing, 2002. Print.

“Phishing.” On Guard. Homeland Security, 1 Sept. 2011. Web. 29a June 2015.

Sanchez, Julian. “A Fourth Amendment for the 21st Century.” Huffington Post 28 Nov. 2012. Cato Institute. Web. 29 June 2015.

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Posted by xcheditor on May 26, 2021 in article, Issue 12.2/13.1

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