The art of deception: trust and deception in sender-receiver dynamics

The production and distribution of false information has been progressively economised by technological advancements, increasing its scope and impact. To effectively combat false information with limited resources, it is important to prioritise efforts on successful deception attempts. From this per...

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Main Authors: Hu, Huiying, Lim, Morgan Xi
Other Authors: Poong Oh
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1744562024-04-07T15:36:44Z The art of deception: trust and deception in sender-receiver dynamics Hu, Huiying Lim, Morgan Xi Poong Oh Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information poongoh@ntu.edu.sg Social Sciences Deception Trust Sender-receiver game Reinforcement learning Disinformation Repeated game The production and distribution of false information has been progressively economised by technological advancements, increasing its scope and impact. To effectively combat false information with limited resources, it is important to prioritise efforts on successful deception attempts. From this perspective, we examined the conditions under which receivers were more likely to accept false information, focusing on the trustworthiness of senders. We operationalised sender trustworthiness as the frequency at which a sender has provided accurate signals in the past. To investigate this, we conducted an online experiment where 1,023 participants were tasked with solving 30 arithmetic problems, each with four options, under time constraints. Within each problem, one option was highlighted. Source accuracy, or in this case, proportions at which the highlighted option was the correct option, ranged from 0 to 80%. Our findings revealed that higher source accuracy crucially increases a receiver’s likelihood of accepting a source’s signals while reducing deception opportunities, restricting the number of potentially successful deception attempts. This paradoxically suggests that honesty plays a crucial role in facilitating successful deception. The paper concludes with a discussion of the potential implications of our findings and suggestions for future research. Bachelor's degree 2024-04-01T01:42:28Z 2024-04-01T01:42:28Z 2024 Final Year Project (FYP) Hu, H. & Lim, M. X. (2024). The art of deception: trust and deception in sender-receiver dynamics. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174456 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/174456 en CS/23/046 application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
institution Nanyang Technological University
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Singapore
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topic Social Sciences
Deception
Trust
Sender-receiver game
Reinforcement learning
Disinformation
Repeated game
spellingShingle Social Sciences
Deception
Trust
Sender-receiver game
Reinforcement learning
Disinformation
Repeated game
Hu, Huiying
Lim, Morgan Xi
The art of deception: trust and deception in sender-receiver dynamics
description The production and distribution of false information has been progressively economised by technological advancements, increasing its scope and impact. To effectively combat false information with limited resources, it is important to prioritise efforts on successful deception attempts. From this perspective, we examined the conditions under which receivers were more likely to accept false information, focusing on the trustworthiness of senders. We operationalised sender trustworthiness as the frequency at which a sender has provided accurate signals in the past. To investigate this, we conducted an online experiment where 1,023 participants were tasked with solving 30 arithmetic problems, each with four options, under time constraints. Within each problem, one option was highlighted. Source accuracy, or in this case, proportions at which the highlighted option was the correct option, ranged from 0 to 80%. Our findings revealed that higher source accuracy crucially increases a receiver’s likelihood of accepting a source’s signals while reducing deception opportunities, restricting the number of potentially successful deception attempts. This paradoxically suggests that honesty plays a crucial role in facilitating successful deception. The paper concludes with a discussion of the potential implications of our findings and suggestions for future research.
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Lim, Morgan Xi
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title The art of deception: trust and deception in sender-receiver dynamics
title_short The art of deception: trust and deception in sender-receiver dynamics
title_full The art of deception: trust and deception in sender-receiver dynamics
title_fullStr The art of deception: trust and deception in sender-receiver dynamics
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