DocumentCode
1541318
Title
Lies—Damn Lies—and the Internet
Author
Miller, Keith W.
Author_Institution
University of Illinois at Springfield
Volume
12
Issue
4
fYear
2010
Firstpage
10
Lastpage
11
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Government; HTML; Humans; Internet; NIST; Tellurium; Information technology; computer-mediated communication; ethics; truth bias;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
IT Professional
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1520-9202
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MITP.2010.112
Filename
5512504
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