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For some online daters, the constant contact of mobile technology has made it hard to play it cool. As a result, lying about availability is a common deception mobile app daters tell their potential partners, according to a new paper by two SML researchers.
Jeff Hancock, along with David Markowitz, conducted several studies that examined deception in mobile dating conversations. These findings culminated in a paper published in the Journal of Communication.