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Would I lie to you? Self-serving lies and other-oriented lies told across different media

2007; Elsevier BV; Volume: 24; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.chb.2007.03.004

1873-7692

Monica T. Whitty, Siobhan E. Carville,

Public Relations and Crisis Communication

This study set out to investigate the type of media individuals are more likely to tell self-serving and other-oriented lies, and whether this varied according to the target of the lie. One hundred and fifty participants rated on a likert-point scale how likely they would tell a lie. Participants were more likely to tell self-serving lies to people not well-known to them. They were more likely to tell self-serving lies in email, followed by phone, and finally face-to-face. Participants were more likely to tell other-oriented lies to individuals they felt close to and this did not vary according to the type media. Participants were more likely to tell harsh truths to people not well-known to them via email.