ABSTRACT

Truth-default theory posits that absent a trigger, people passively accept communication content as truthful and honest. Most often, the idea that some communication might be deceptive does not come to mind. The current research exposed participants to one of six video clips that varied in credibility and credulity. The clips included educational lectures, political speeches, an investigative news report, and an over-the-top satirical investigative news report. Participants completed a thought-listing task about the video they watched. Automated word searches for deception-relevant terms were used to assess the frequency of expressions of skepticism and attributions of deception. Consistent with strong truth-default predictions, except for the satirical video, little evidence of incredulity was observed. The results suggest that the truth-default holds for a variety of online video content, but also that it has its limits. Extreme implausibility most often, but not always, overcomes the truth-default.

摘要

真相违约理论认为，如果没有触发因素，人们就会被动地将交流内容视为真实和诚实。通常，人们不会想到某些交流可能具有欺骗性的想法。当前的研究使参加者接触到六个视频剪辑之一，这些视频剪辑的信誉和信誉各不相同。剪辑包括教育演讲，政治演讲，调查性新闻报道和过度讽刺性调查性新闻报道。参与者完成了关于他们观看的视频的想法列表任务。使用与欺骗相关的术语的自动单词搜索来评估怀疑论的表达频率和欺骗的归因。符合强烈的违约预言，除了讽刺视频之外，几乎没有证据表明存在怀疑。结果表明，真实默认值适用于各种在线视频内容，但也有其局限性。极端不可行通常（但并非总是）克服了默认情况。