Sender credibility and deception detection
We investigated the relationships between credibility and deception detection success. Participants communicated either through voice-over-IP (VOIP) or by e-mail. Deception detection was worse when deceivers were seen as credible. Untrained and unmotivated deception detectors found deceivers to be credible. VOIP users were more likely to find deceivers credible than were e-mail users.
credibility deception detection computer-mediated communication deceptive communication