A Little Bird Told Me, So I Didn't Believe It: Twitter, Credibility, and Issue Perceptions

Schmierbach, Mike; Oeldorf-Hirsch, Anne

doi:10.1080/01463373.2012.688723

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“…In our case, central processing should lead to a stronger emphasis on the information background and content of the search results (i.e., the three credibility cues), whereas peripheral processing should increase the influence of surface cues, especially of the search results' rank. Although, generally speaking, news sites are rated as more credible, several studies have shown that frequent users of blogs attribute higher credibility to blogs than to traditional media (Johnson & Kaye, 2004;Schmierbach & Oeldorf-Hirsch, 2012). In addition, the experience with the Internet in general as well as search engines in particular should moderate the ability to evaluate (in general, Internet expertise and domain knowledge lead to a more thorough and successful search; Wirth, Sommer, von Pape, & Karnowski, 2016).…”

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The effects of credibility cues on the selection of search engine results

Unkel

Haas

2017

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Web search engines act as gatekeepers when people search for information online. Research has shown that search engine users seem to trust the search engines' ranking uncritically and mostly select top-ranked results. This study further examines search engine users' selection behavior. Drawing from the credibility and information research literature, we test whether the presence or absence of certain credibility cues influences the selection probability of search engine results. In an observational study, participants (N 5 247) completed two information research tasks on preset search engine results pages, on which three credibility cues (source reputation, message neutrality, and social recommendations) as well as the search result ranking were systematically varied. The results of our study confirm the significance of the ranking. Of the three credibility cues, only reputation had an additional effect on selection probabilities. Personal characteristics (prior knowledge about the researched issues, search engine usage patterns, etc.) did not influence the preference for search results linked with certain credibility cues. These findings are discussed in light of situational and contextual characteristics (e.g., involvement, low-cost scenarios).

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Section: Additivity and Perception Of Credibility Cuesmentioning

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The effects of credibility cues on the selection of search engine results

Unkel

Haas

2017

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“…Blog users are more likely than general Internet users to believe that blogs are credible . Facebook is less credible than blogs , and Twitter the least credible of the three Schmierbach & Oeldor-Hirsch, 2012;Thomson et al, 2012). But most studies have looked at credibility in terms of general information, whereas this one assesses credibility of political information.…”

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Reasons to believe: Influence of credibility on motivations for using social networks

Johnson

Kaye

2015

Computers in Human Behavior

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“…In the centre of the spectrum, blogs have been shown in some cases to be rated as trustworthy, though primarily by people already skeptical of mainstream media or regular users of blogs, with non-users holding lower opinions of blogs' credibility (Johnson and Kaye, 2009;Choi et al, 2006), but Schmierbach and Oeldorf-Hirsch (2012) found that overall, blogs were less credible than mainstream news.…”

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Are Open News Systems Credible? - An Investigation Into Perceptions of Participatory and Citizen News

Scott

Millard

Leonard

2016

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies

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Abstract:The growth of the web has led to a shift in the news industry and the emergence of novel news services. Due to the importance of news media in society it is important to understand how these systems work and how they are perceived. Previous work has ranked news systems in terms of their openness to user contribution, noting that the most open systems (such as YouTube) are typically not viewed as news systems at all, despite having most of the same functional characteristics. In this paper we explore whether credibility is an appropriate characteristic to explain this perception by presenting the results of a survey of 79 people regarding their credibility assessments of online news websites. We compare this perceived credibility with the openness of the systems as identified in previous work. Results show that there is a modest but significant correlation between the openness of a news system and its credibility, and suggest that credibility is an appropriate if imperfect explanation of the difference in perception of open and closed news systems.

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A Little Bird Told Me, So I Didn't Believe It: Twitter, Credibility, and Issue Perceptions

Cited by 84 publications

References 49 publications

The effects of credibility cues on the selection of search engine results

The effects of credibility cues on the selection of search engine results

Reasons to believe: Influence of credibility on motivations for using social networks

Are Open News Systems Credible? - An Investigation Into Perceptions of Participatory and Citizen News

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