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Category: Communication Technology / Source Credibility

  • Communication Technology
    • Information Seeking
    • Interactivity and Persuasion
    • Internet Use
    • Personalization and Customization
    • Privacy
    • Psychophysiology
    • Self-Esteem and Body Satisfaction
    • Social Media
    • Source Credibility
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  • Persuasion
  • Social Influence
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Perceived Credibility of Automated Journalism vs. Human Journalism

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

AR for news

  • Communication Technology
  • Interactivity and Persuasion
  • Source Credibility
  • Internet Use

Does Video Production Value Influence the Credibility of Science Information

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility
  • Persuasion
  • Social Influence

Who’s Telling the Story? The Effects of Identity Cues and Advertisement Type on Chatbot Advertising

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility
  • Persuasion
  • Social Influence

Capitalizing on Clickbait: Identifying the Effects of Listicle Type, Length, and Sponsorship

  • Communication Technology
  • Information Seeking
  • Interactivity and Persuasion
  • Source Credibility

Fake News Stories from Credible and Non-Credible News Organizations

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility
  • Internet Use

Bandwagon Cues and Perceived Attitudes

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility
  • Persuasion

How Much Do Advertisements and Bandwagon Cues Affect the Reader’s Perceived Believability, Attention

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Exploring the Significance of Modality and Topic on Political Messages

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility
  • Persuasion

Corporate “Street Cred” in crises: Does who you are and what you say matter?

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility
  • Persuasion

Finding credibility metrics through non-message related Twitter features

  • Communication Technology
  • Social Media
  • Source Credibility
  • Social Influence

The effects review modality and genre on perceived source credibility of video games reviews

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility
  • Gaming
  • Entertainment

Man versus Machine

  • Communication Technology
  • Interactivity and Persuasion
  • Source Credibility
  • Internet Use

Unpacking the Audiovisual Modality

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Modalities in health communications: A study evaluating the effectiveness of breast self-examination

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

The effects of source cues in online news on credibility perception

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Examining psychological effects of heuristic cues on users’ attitudes on a product review website

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Media modality effects on perceptions of china: A study of text and video frames

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Exploring the relationship between media source and current events knowledge

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

The mediating role of message engagement on h1n1

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Are graphics helpful in comprehension of online news?

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Perceptual effects of modality in on-line news

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Source effects in users' perception of online news

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

If internet credibility is so iffy, then why the heavy use?

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Which source matters for news on the web?

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Effects of specialization of media technology at multiple source layers upon online trust:

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Doctors vs. laypersons on blogs vs. bulletin boards vs. websites vs. homepages:

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Perceptions of online source characteristics

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

The role of modality in instructional technology

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Does content matter? The effects of type and number of user-generated comments on news stories

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility

Looking at the web 2.0 world: How modality and bandwagon cues impact internet user attitudes

  • Communication Technology
  • Source Credibility
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