S2 E17: Your Mind on Deception, with Dr. David Markowitz
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Do you ever wonder how often people lie on dating apps? Or how language can reveal people's lies about groups they dislike? Dr. David Markowitz joins us to share his research on the frequency and types of lies people tell. He also discusses whether and how lies, like fake news, can be detected by humans or AI. Beth and Ava share their own experiences with deception on dating apps and discuss how dehumanization is measured in research.
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Dr. David Markowitz
Research discussed
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Research by Dr. Markowitz
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Markowitz, D. M. (2022). Revisiting the relationship between deception and design: A replication and extension of Hancock et al.(2004). Human Communication Research, 48(1), 158-167.
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Markowitz, D. M., & Hancock, J. T. (2018). Deception in mobile dating conversations. Journal of Communication, 68(3), 547-569.
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Markowitz, D. M. (2023). Deceptive (De) humanization: How Lying About Perceived Outgroups is Revealed in Language. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 42(2), 135-159.
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Luo, M., Hancock, J. T., & Markowitz, D. M. (2022). Credibility perceptions and detection accuracy of fake news headlines on social media: Effects of truth-bias and endorsement cues. Communication Research, 49(2), 171-195.
Other research
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Kteily, N., Bruneau, E., Waytz, A., & Cotterill, S. (2015). The ascent of man: Theoretical and empirical evidence for blatant dehumanization. Journal of personality and social psychology, 109(5), 901.
Suggested further reading
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Levine, T. R. (2019). Duped: Truth-default theory and the social science of lying and deception. University Alabama Press.
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