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Electronic Deception: How Proximity, Computer-Mediation, and the Truth Bias May Influence Deceptive Messages

Electronic Deception: How Proximity, Computer-Mediation, and the Truth Bias May Influence Deceptive Messages

Randall J. Boyle, Charles J. Kacmar, Joey F. George
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781615206766|ISBN10: 1615206760|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781616922580|EISBN13: 9781615206773
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-676-6.ch018
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Boyle, Randall J., et al. "Electronic Deception: How Proximity, Computer-Mediation, and the Truth Bias May Influence Deceptive Messages." Interdisciplinary Perspectives on E-Collaboration: Emerging Trends and Applications, edited by Ned Kock, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 312-337. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-676-6.ch018

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Boyle, R. J., Kacmar, C. J., & George, J. F. (2010). Electronic Deception: How Proximity, Computer-Mediation, and the Truth Bias May Influence Deceptive Messages. In N. Kock (Ed.), Interdisciplinary Perspectives on E-Collaboration: Emerging Trends and Applications (pp. 312-337). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-676-6.ch018

Chicago

Boyle, Randall J., Charles J. Kacmar, and Joey F. George. "Electronic Deception: How Proximity, Computer-Mediation, and the Truth Bias May Influence Deceptive Messages." In Interdisciplinary Perspectives on E-Collaboration: Emerging Trends and Applications, edited by Ned Kock, 312-337. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-676-6.ch018

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Abstract

This research examines the impact of computer-mediated communication, distributed communication, and knowledge of prior baseline behavior on an individual’s propensity to make veracity judgments. Subjects were motivated to detect deception by participating in a Prisoner’s Dilemma game with monetary rewards. Methodologies of other deception detection studies are compared and existing theoretical models are extended. This study found that more detection confidence can come from knowledge of a person’s prior baseline behavior, being proximally located, the type of communication media used, and perceived relational closeness. These factors indirectly lead to less deception detection through more detection confidence and reliance on the truth bias, a fundamental belief in the truthfulness of others, even in a computer mediated environment.

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