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The Journalist Behind the News

"Credibility of Straight, Collaborative, Opinionated, and Blogged "News

Bibliographic Data

ID3759214
AuthorsHans K Meyer (Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA,), Doreen Marchionni (Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA), Esther Thorson (0000-0002-6514-801X, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA)
Year2010
Volume54
Issue2
Pages100-119
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764210376313
OpenAlexW2133504424
LanguageEN
Citations received25
References cited18

Technological advances of the 21st century are changing how people get news and what they expect from it. How a message is presented-as straight, opinionated, collaborative, or blog news-affects its credibility. This experiment suggests that the strongest predictor of article and organizational credibility online is the author's perceived expertise, but in today's digital age, that expertise is largely determined by the level of coorientation between the sender and receiver

Communication source · Credibility · Fake news · Internet privacy · Political science · Public relations · Source credibility · Communication in Education and Healthcare · Computer Science · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication

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Unique citing works25
Citations per year1,56
Citation span2010 - 2026 (17)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 20

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