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Lies—Damn Lies—and the Internet
July/August 2010 (vol. 12 no. 4)
pp. 10-11
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| Keith W. Miller, "Lies—Damn Lies—and the Internet," IT Professional, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 10-11, July/August, 2010. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MITP.2010.112, author = {Keith W. Miller}, title = {Lies—Damn Lies—and the Internet}, journal ={IT Professional}, volume = {12}, number = {4}, issn = {1520-9202}, year = {2010}, pages = {10-11}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MITP.2010.112}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IT Professional TI - Lies—Damn Lies—and the Internet IS - 4 SN - 1520-9202 SP10 EP11 EPD - 10-11 A1 - Keith W. Miller, PY - 2010 KW - Information technology KW - ethics KW - truth bias KW - computer-mediated communication VL - 12 JA - IT Professional ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MITP.2010.112
A symposium paper's results show that even with a strong warning about possible deceptions, people erred on the side of trusting those sending them information. Why? Is this another strange psychological effect of computer-mediated communications? No, but this "truth bias" is ethically important for IT professionals.
1. M. Woodworth et al., "Suspicion in Synchronous Computer-Mediated Communication: Preliminary Results," Proc. Credibility Assessment and Information Quality in Government and Business Symp., 43rd Hawaii Int'l Conf. System Sciences (HICSS 10), 2010, www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ReportsFullProceedings.pdf .
2. A. Vrij, Detecting Lies and Deceit: The Psychology of Lying and Implications for Profession Practice, Wiley & Sons, 2000.
Index Terms:
Information technology, ethics, truth bias, computer-mediated communication
Citation:
Keith W. Miller, "Lies—Damn Lies—and the Internet," IT Professional, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 10-11, July-Aug. 2010, doi:10.1109/MITP.2010.112
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