Lying on the Internet
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | Mass media often presents a warped image of the Internet as an unreliable environment in which we can trust nobody. In this entry, we describe lying on the Internet both in the context of lying in the real world and with respect to the special properties of computer-mediated communication (CMC). We deal with the most frequent motives for lying online, such as increasing one’s attractiveness or experimenting with identities. We also take into account the various environments of the Internet and their individual effects on various properties of lying. The current methods for detecting lies and the potential for future computer-linguistic analysis of hints for lying in electronic communication are also considered. |
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