Text Messages Bring Out The Liar In All of Us  Next time your
date cancels by SMS, be suspicious. Because a new study suggests
that people lie more often when they communicate by text
compared to face-to-face conversations or speaking on the phone.
The research was carried out on 140 students who were grouped
into pairs and asked to engage in role-playing games, reports
the LA Times. One student played a stockbroker, the other a
buyer. The stockbrokers were told that the stock they had to
sell would lose 50% of its value in one week, and they were also
given a financial incentive to sell as much of the bad stock to
the buyer as as they could.  Guess what? The stockbrokers were
more likely to lie about the stock if they sold it via text
message, compared to other forms of communication, including
face-to-face conversations, video and even audio chats.  It
makes sense that people choose to lie via text. It doesn't
convey any of the nuances of communication in the way speaking
to someone — either via phone, vid