People May Lie More Often in Emails, Instant Messages
Quick ReadStudy of college students found most truthful talks were face-to-face
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New research suggests that people are more likely to lie to strangers when they're communicating via email or instant messages rather than when they are talking face-to-face.
"It's not news that we lie. What's new is that we lie even more online," said study author Mattitiyahu Zimbler, a graduate student and senior researcher at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
In the study,...
