Faculty Articles
Verbal and nonverbal dynamics of privacy, secrecy, and deceit
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2003
Publication Title
Journal of Social Issues
Volume
59
First Page
391
ISSN
0022-4537
Last Page
410
Abstract/Excerpt
We discuss the ways in which deception can be used to protect privacy, as well as the ways in which claims to privacy can provide the latitude to lie. In their attempts to maintain their own privacy and their secrets, people can be assisted by others who overlook their lies. Habits of honoring other people's verbal and nonverbal claims about themselves, even when they are not totally convincing, and expectations of similar indulgences from others can keep interactions from getting derailed by small interpersonal bumps. But they also enable exploitation in the form of frauds and scams.
DOI
10.1111/1540-4560.00070
NSUWorks Citation
DePaulo, B.,
Wetzel, C.,
Sternglanz, W. R.,
Walker Wilson, M.
(2003). Verbal and nonverbal
dynamics of privacy, secrecy, and deceit. Journal of Social Issues, 59, 391-410.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1195
