Asked by Kevin Barry on May 20, 2024

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Which best describes the findings of Rodriguez and Wise in their study of college students' use of deceptive text messages?

A) Text messaging was rarely used by students to lie.
B) Students were more likely to send untrue texts to friends and family than to strangers.
C) Students were more likely to send deceptive Facebook messages than text messages.
D) Detecting untrue text messages was easiest for students who reported always being truthful.

Deceptive Text Messages

Text messages that are intended to mislead the recipient, often used to manipulate or conceal truth.

Untrue Texts

Written documents, messages, or statements that contain falsehoods, inaccuracies, or misleading information.

  • Grasp the role of deception in electronic communication and its prevalence among different relationships.
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Crisbelle ReyesMay 26, 2024
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
Rodriguez and Wise found that college students were more likely to send deceptive text messages to friends and family than to strangers. They also found that students used text messaging as a means of deception fairly often, proving false the idea that the medium is rarely used for lying. The study did not address the use of deceptive Facebook messages, nor did it look at how easy it was to detect untrue text messages based on how honest a person is perceived to be.