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Lying on the Internet

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Original title:Lying on the Internet
Author:Štěpán Konečný
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Citation:KONEČNÝ, Štěpán. Lying on the Internet (Lying on the Internet). In Z. Yan (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior. 1st edition. Hershey: IGI Global: Hershey, PA., 2012. p. 944-959, 15 pp. Neuveden. ISBN 1-4666-0315-1. doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch07.Export BibTeX
@inbook{958320,
author = {Konečný, Štěpán},
address = {Hershey},
booktitle = {Z. Yan (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Cyber Behavior.},
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-0315-8.ch07},
edition = {1st edition},
keywords = {lying; deception; anonymity; virtual environment; lie detection; identity},
howpublished = {tištěná verze "print"},
language = {eng},
location = {Hershey},
isbn = {1-4666-0315-1},
pages = {944-959},
publisher = {IGI Global: Hershey, PA.},
title = {Lying on the Internet},
year = {2012}
}
Original language:English
Field:Psychology
Type:Chapter of a book
Keywords:lying; deception; anonymity; virtual environment; lie detection; identity

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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