Journal article
ENHANCING PERCEIVED CREDIBILITY OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM WEB SITES
Journalism & mass communication quarterly, v 86(2), pp 332-348
01 Jun 2009
Abstract
This study examined whether information about a writer and hyperlinks on a citizen journalism Web site affected the perceived credibility of stories. Participants read stories from a popular citizen journalism Web site and rated the stories in terms of perceived credibility. Results show that hyperlinks and information about the writer do enhance perceived story credibility. Credibility is enhanced most greatly when both hyperlink and writer information are included and, to a lesser extent, when just hyperlink or writer information is present.
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- Title
- ENHANCING PERCEIVED CREDIBILITY OF CITIZEN JOURNALISM WEB SITES
- Creators
- Kirsten A. Johnson - Drexel Univ, Elizabethtown Coll, Dept Commun, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USASusan Wiedenbeck - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journalism & mass communication quarterly, v 86(2), pp 332-348
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 17
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000269447100005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-70349637147
- Other Identifier
- 991019167587404721
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- Communication