Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: One of the interaction phenomena that have been of great interest to scholars is deception. The present study tests some propositions and ideas of the interpersonal deception theory, namely, whether engaging in strategic behavior and displaying more nonstrategic cues are more characteristic of deceivers than truth tellers; if skilled senders perform more strategic activities; and the dynamic character of deception in interactive contexts. The results reveal that there is no significant difference between deceivers and truth tellers in behavior management, strategy use and nonstrategic behavior. There is not enough evidence that deceivers, as well as truth tellers, apply strategies or modify their behavior necessarily based on partners’ reactions. Finally, the results do not support the idea that more skilled senders are better at appearing truthful by performing more strategic behavior, although the findings indicate that they exercise more behavior control.

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Abstract: Information Manipulation Theory (IMT) views deception as arising from covert violations of one or more of Grice’s (1989) four maxims (quality, quantity, relevance, and manner). This essay proposes that although messages produced by nunch’i usually involve violations of maxims, Koreans, who are accustomed to nunch’i communication, will not judge the message as deceptive so long as the nunch’i message is interpretable and appropriate to the situation. In contrast, for the message violating the maxims covertly, Koreans as well as Americans will judge the message as deceptive, but there will be a difference in ratings on the deceptiveness of each type of violation between Koreans and Americans due to nunch’i as a Korean form of indirect communication. This reasoning led to the derivation of several propositions.

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Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: With the advent of the Internet, the impact of online deception on interpersonal communication becomes intriguing. This study recruited twenty online chatters in Taiwan with at least 2-year online chatting experience as research targets and employed qualitative interviews to solicit information about online interpersonal deception. It found that (1) most interviewees reported that they once deceived strangers or intimate others online, and vice versa; (2) their motive of deceiving intimate others was reported only for fun whereas the motives of deceiving strangers were for fun and/or preventing himself/herself from being hurt mentally; (3) interviewees indicated they could detect others’ online interpersonal deception easily whereas their deceptions were seldom detected by others; (4) online interpersonal deception would not affect the relationships between people with an intimate social tie. However, the outcomes of online interpersonal deception between two strangers were associated with their attitudes about being deceived. Those who took online interpersonal deception seriously would like to stop chatting and took a revenge whereas people who chatted online only for fun would ignore the online interpersonal deception.

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Abstract: As part of an ongoing research program investigating features of computer-mediated communication (CMC) that affect deception and its detection, an experiment was conducted to test the impact of synchronicity on communication processes, credibility assessments, deception detection, and team performance. At issue is whether various forms of CMC enable or deter successful deception. Synchronous (real-time) CMC was hypothesized to foster more involvement and mutuality during communication, more credibility for team members, and hence less detection of deception when it was present. Team performance was hypothesized to suffer under deception due to deceivers capitalizing on synchronous communication to build their credibility. Two-person teams conducted a decision-making task in real time (synchronous) or over the course of several days (asynchronous). In half of the pairs, one party was asked to be deceptive. Participants in the synchronous mode were perceived as showing more involvement and mutuality, and viewed their partners in a more favorable light, than participants in the asynchronous mode. Deceivers portrayed themselves as more credible than truthtellers. Participants in the deceptive condition made poorer decisions than participants in the truthful condition. Implications for CMC and future study are discussed.

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Abstract: In this paper we examine the role of disfluencies (uh, um) and discourse markers (e.g., You know, I mean) in deceptive conversations. Twenty-nine dyads, comprised of a randomly assigned sender and a receiver, engaged in four topics of conversation. Senders deceived the receiver on half the topics and told the truth on the other half. The results revealed that disfluencies did not increase during deceptive communication. You know, which functions to increase mutuality and engagement between interlocutors, was used more by senders than by receivers. In contrast, I mean, which forewarns or distances the speaker from upcoming propositions, was used more during deception than during truth-telling. The results support a functional view of discourse markers, and the pattern of results is consistent with the Interpersonal Deception Theory, which argues that liars in conversation engage in strategic behaviors to 1) manage their image as a credible communicator and 2) control their presentation of information. The role of motivation was also examined, but the motivation manipulation failed to impact the production of disfluencies or discourse markers.