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Web of Deceit - When, Where, and Why People Lie Online
Jeff Hancock is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and in the Faculty of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University. His work is concerned with how information technologies—such as email, instant messaging, and videoconferencing—affect the way we talk to and understand one another. His research on lying online has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, CNN, and ABC News. Dr. Hancock earned his PhD in cognitive psychology at Dalhousie University, Canada, and joined Cornell in 2002.