Online Ethos: Source Credibility in an "Authorless" Environment Export

@article{citeulike:2369901, abstract = {As recently as 5 years ago, Web users were being advised to gauge Web site credibility by examining author credentials and expertise. Recent research shows, however, that users instead rely on a combination of factors such as design look, site structure, and usefulness of information when they judge Web sites. This article argues that this reliance on distributed credibility may be appropriate in a Web environment where authorship, credentials, and information sources are often not readily available for examination. 10.1177/0002764204267273}, author = {Warnick, Barbara}, citeulike-article-id = {2369901}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764204267273}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://abs.sagepub.com/content/48/2/256.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://abs.sagepub.com/content/48/2/256.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://abs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/48/2/256}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0002764204267273}, journal = {American Behavioral Scientist}, keywords = {truth}, month = {October}, number = {2}, pages = {256--265}, posted-at = {2008-02-13 13:54:59}, priority = {2}, title = {Online Ethos: Source Credibility in an "Authorless" Environment}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764204267273}, volume = {48}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2369901 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2369901 N2 - As recently as 5 years ago, Web users were being advised to gauge Web site credibility by examining author credentials and expertise. Recent research shows, however, that users instead rely on a combination of factors such as design look, site structure, and usefulness of information when they judge Web sites. This article argues that this reliance on distributed credibility may be appropriate in a Web environment where authorship, credentials, and information sources are often not readily available for examination. 10.1177/0002764204267273 IS - 2 JF - American Behavioral Scientist EP - 265 TI - Online Ethos: Source Credibility in an "Authorless" Environment VL - 48 SP - 256 KW - truth AU - Warnick, Barbara PY - 2004/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764204267273 ER -