Detecting deception in synchronous computer-mediated communication using speech act profiling

  • Authors:
  • Douglas P. Twitchell;Nicole Forsgren;Karl Wiers;Judee K. Burgoon;Jay F. Nunmaker, Jr.

  • Affiliations:
  • Center for the Management of Information, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona;Center for the Management of Information, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona;Center for the Management of Information, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona;Center for the Management of Information, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona;Center for the Management of Information, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

  • Venue:
  • ISI'05 Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE international conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Detecting deception is a complicated endeavor. Previous attempts at deception detection in computer-mediated communication have met with some success. This study shows how speech act profiling [1] can be used to aid deception detection in synchronous computer-mediated communication (S-CMC). Chat logs from an online group game where deception was introduced were subjected to speech act profiling analysis. The results provide some support to previous research showing greater uncertainty in deceptive S-CMC. Also shown is that deceivers in the specific task tend to engage in less strategizing than non-deceivers.