We investigate how people lie and detect deception with technology. Our research suggests that lies are not more prevalent online than offline (see Guillory & Hancock, 2012; Markowitz & Hancock, 2016), but instead, deception is represented differently when technology is involved.
Our recent papers examine how deception plays a role in romantic relationships that begin on mobile dating apps (Markowitz & Hancock, 2017), how people perceive their own and others deceptive behavior over text-based media relative to face-to-face (Toma, Jiang, & Hancock, 2016), and how technology can manufacture trust in the sharing economy.