Not all lies are spontaneous: An examination of deception across different modes of communication

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 208-216

  Whitty, Monica T ^a   Buchanan, Tom ^b   Joinson, Adam N ^c   Meredith, Alex ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIARY STUDY; DIFFERENT MODES; FEATURE-BASED MODEL; INSTANT MESSAGING; MEDIA RICHNESS THEORY; SMS (SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE); SOCIAL DISTANCE; TEXT MESSAGING;

MESSAGE PASSING;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 83655202969     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: 15322890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.21648     Document Type: Article

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