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Fenomén lhaní v prostředí internetu

Title in English Phenomenon of lying on the Internet
Authors

KOUBALÍKOVÁ Sylvie ŠMAHEL David

Year of publication 2008
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Československá psychologie
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Field Psychology
Keywords lying; recognition of lie; trustworthiness; communication; chat room
Description The virtual world is quite different than the real world. Itraises new opportunities and risks for the way individualsrelate to one another. The aim of this paper is the description of phenomenon of lying in virtual world, in which specific features of on-line environment are the key factors. An explorative qualitative investigation was carried out to find out the main topics of the way individuals believe to others and distinguish deception from truth in chat rooms. The method of grounded theory was used for data analysis.
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