Lie to Me: An Analysis of Media Representations of Communication Behavior

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

This panel uses analyses of the television show, "Lie to Me," to consider how nonverbal behavior is portrayed in the media and how cultural conceptions of communication and social science are revealed in media formats. Two researchers who study deception (Norah Dunbar, Mark Frank) as well as two media researchers (Robin Nabi, Barbara Walkosz) will provide analysis of the show and its implications for cultural ideas about deception and communication.

Sub Unit

• Nonverbal Communication Division

Cosponsor

• Mass Communication Division

Chair

• Valerie Manusov, University of Washington

Presenters

• Norah Dunbar, University of Oklahoma

• Mark Frank, State University of New York, Buffalo

• Barbara Walkosz, University of Colorado, Denver

Session Organizer

• Cindy White, University of Colorado, Boulder