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What is Interpersonal Deception Theory

Chapter 633
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
a theory suggesting that deception can take five primary forms: Lies (making up information or giving information that is different from the truth), Equivocations (making an indirect, ambiguous, or contradictory statement), Concealments (omitting information that is relevant to the given context), Exaggerations (stretching the truth) and Understatements (downplaying aspects of the truth).
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Seeking Patterns of Digital Deception
Marek Palasinski (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) and Simon Bignell (University of Derby, UK)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch633
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