individuals send more information at a time through computer media than any other form of communication, including face-to-face communication. this increased rate of information transfer allows abusive forms of communication like cyberbullying and phishing to occur. the disassociation and disinhibition associated with mediated communication can cause people who are being deceived to have trouble interpreting the reactions of the deceiver since information sent through media instead of face-to-face can lose or have change the nonverbal cues within it, and, with that, signs of deception. the decreased availability of these nonverbal cues increases disassociation and anonymity. it is easier to trust someone else through mediated communication, but people with less trust can detect deception better online.