1st Edition
Deception and Lies in Politics and Social Media Cross-disciplinary Perspectives
List of contributors and student authors
Introduction
C. Dominik Güss, Christa Arnold, and Julie Ingersoll
Forward – Student Reflections on Lying in Politics and on the Dangers of Deceptive Social Media Use
Abigail Bodenham, Gabriella Chevalier, Patrick Harrell, Brant Marcus, Bryce Morgan, Jaden Powell, and Eyoatam Workneh (alphabetical order)
Chapter 1:
The Mechanics of Lying and Deception in the Political Domain – A Psychological Perspective
C. Dominik Güss and Sean Rittner
Chapter 2:
Deception Online: Magnitude, Consequences, and Methods for Detection
Christa Arnold, Margaret Stewart, and F. Dan Richard
Chapter 3:
A Crisis of Truth: Identifying Deceptive Communication on Social Media using MSA
Margaret Stewart, Christa Arnold, and Berrin Beasley
Chapter 4:
AI-Generated Deception: Faking for Power, Money, and Love
Payton Cooper, Eyoatam Workneh, and M. Teresa G. Tuason
Chapter 5:
The Deceptive Façade in Nonprofit Organizations: Social Media for Good
Wanzhu Shi
Chapter 6:
Wise as Serpents: U.S. Politics, the Christian Right, and the Ethics of Lying
Julie Ingersoll
Chapter 7:
Ragebait and the Engineering of Tradition: Algorithms and Deception in the TradWife Movement
Terra Sage Wallin
Chapter 8:
Follow, Like, and Comment: Safeguarding Mental Health from Social Media Addiction
C. Dominik Güss and M. Teresa Tuason
Biography
C. Dominik Güss is Distinguished and Presidential Professor of Psychology at the University of North Florida. He has published on terrorism, human error, creativity, and decision making across cultures. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Humboldt Foundation, and a Marie-Curie Fellowship of the European Commission
Christa Arnold is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication at the University of North Florida. Christa’s primary research and publication areas include lying and deception detection in mediated/textual deception, deception in medical interviews, social listening, and communication skills building in healthcare. She has received monetary awards to co-develop a digital deception detection methodology.
Julie Ingersoll, Professor of Religious Studies University of North Florida is author of numerous books and articles including Evangelical Christian Women: War Stories and Building God's Kingdom inside the World of Christian Reconstruction. She's been featured on NPR and in LaMonde, and cited widely in news outlets.
