Would I lie to you? Self-serving lies and other-oriented lies told across different media |
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Authors: | Monica T Whitty Siobhan E Carville |
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Affiliation: | 1. School of Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast, David Keir Building, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom;2. Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
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Abstract: | This study set out to investigate the type of media individuals are more likely to tell self-serving and other-oriented lies, and whether this varied according to the target of the lie. One hundred and fifty participants rated on a likert-point scale how likely they would tell a lie. Participants were more likely to tell self-serving lies to people not well-known to them. They were more likely to tell self-serving lies in email, followed by phone, and finally face-to-face. Participants were more likely to tell other-oriented lies to individuals they felt close to and this did not vary according to the type media. Participants were more likely to tell harsh truths to people not well-known to them via email. |
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Keywords: | Lies Deception Media Internet Other-oriented lie Self-serving lie |
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