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18 February 2004
What interpersonal communication medium is most conducive to lying?
Filed under:About the Internet,Academia,Email discoveries,problems with technology,Virtual Communities at3:27 pm

New Scientist “briefly describes”:http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994663 research that compares lying behaviour on the phone, by email and in face to face communication. Turns out it’s not email – it’s the telephone where most lying occurs (at least in this experiment). Who would have thought? The researchers suggest a reason we don’t lie as much by email is that it leaves a trail and we can be called to account for it later.

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