Features of computer-mediated, text-based messages that support automatable, linguistics-based indicators for deception detection

Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-24

  Lee, Chih Chen ^a   Welker, Robert B ^b   Odom, Marcus D ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Deception; Deception detection; Electronic mail; Impression management

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051766409     PISSN: 08887985     EISSN: 15587959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/jis.2009.23.1.24     Document Type: Article

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