The positivity bias and prosocial deception on facebook

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Highlights：

• Participants post prosocial lies on Facebook if the truth would threaten another's positive face.

• Participants post prosocial lies on Facebook when posting publicly on the site.

• Surveillance primes did not predict the likelihood that users would post prosocial lies on Facebook.

摘要

•Participants post prosocial lies on Facebook if the truth would threaten another's positive face.•Participants post prosocial lies on Facebook when posting publicly on the site.•Surveillance primes did not predict the likelihood that users would post prosocial lies on Facebook.

论文关键词：Facebook,Deception,Positive face,Surveillance primes

论文评审过程：Received 13 May 2016, Revised 27 July 2016, Accepted 11 August 2016, Available online 1 September 2016, Version of Record 1 September 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.08.019