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UBC says “People more likely to lie when texting”

By on December 22, 2011 at 9:41am in Mobile News


The latest CWTA stat showed that Canadians have sent over 57 billion text messages so far this year, probably will hit close to 70 billion by the time the ball drops on New Year’s. A new study by the University of British Columbia reveals that “People more likely to lie when texting”. Researchers from the Sauder School of Business at UBC conducted a quick poll of only 170 students and found that “the more anonymous the technology allows a person to be in a communications exchange, the more likely they are to become morally lax.”

These 170 students were brought together in 4 different ways to perform mock stock transactions: face-to-face, video, audio or text chatting. According to the release “Brokers” were promised increased cash rewards for more stock sales, while ‘buyers’ were told their cash reward would depend on the yet-to-be-determined value of the stock.” A twist in the study was that the brokers were given some insider info that caused the stock to lose half its value (sounds like RIM). After the transactions were completed the researchers asked the buyers if the brokers used deceitful tactics to sell their stock… when all said and done the research found that those who used text message to communicate were most likely to be lie and bend the truth, upwards of up to 95% more likely when compared to those on video, 31% compared to face-to-face interactions, and 18% to those via audio chat.

Wonder how many of the 57 billion text messages Canadians sent this year have been lies. Thanks UBC.

Source: UBC

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Discussion

11 comments for “UBC says “People more likely to lie when texting””

  1. ha ha ha ha……most hilarious thing ive ever read on here……“People more likely to lie when texting”

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    Posted by Dan Boersma | December 22, 2011, 9:51 am
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  2. Do these people have anything better to do? They should invest is doing something better then trying to find out how many text messages are lies…

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    Posted by Dimitri k | December 22, 2011, 10:13 am
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  3. Why do you need a study to tell you this?

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    Posted by Noah | December 22, 2011, 10:18 am
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  4. I read a poll in The Globe and Mail and National Post that said the most common place for people to lie is in the comments section of MobileSyrup.

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    Posted by Ty P. | December 22, 2011, 10:30 am
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  5. True story.. I use to lie everytime I say “I love you” to my gf by txt… What I would rather want to say is “where is my sandwich?” or “are you in the kitchen?” but oh well :/

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    Posted by Alex | December 22, 2011, 10:45 am
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  6. She told me she was 18 I swear..! LOL funny

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    Posted by keiYUI | December 22, 2011, 12:35 pm
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  7. My wife lies a lot while texting but I prefer when sitting up!!

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    Posted by Mark | December 22, 2011, 2:41 pm
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  8. How bout some cancer research instead? :S

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    Posted by H | December 22, 2011, 2:50 pm
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  9. LOOL.. All sooo true!!!

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    Posted by jaylen | December 22, 2011, 7:17 pm
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  10. This is sooooo true!!!!

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    Posted by Eric | December 22, 2011, 8:40 pm
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  11. And People also say things they normally wouldn’t feel comfortable saying in person or on the phone. People feel more comfortable communicating by text than on the phone.

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    Posted by Patterson | December 22, 2011, 9:23 pm
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