Paper Info
Title
Propensity to trust and the influence of source and medium cues in credibility evaluation
Abstract
Credibility evaluation has become a daily task in the current world of online information that varies in quality. The way this task is performed has been a topic of research for some time now. In this study, we aim to extend this research by proposing an integrated layer model of trust. According to this model, trust in information is influenced by trust in its source. Moreover, source trust is influenced by trust in the medium, which in turn is influenced by a more general propensity to trust. We provide an initial validation of the proposed model by means of an online quasi-experiment (n = 152) in which participants rated the credibility of Wikipedia articles. Additionally, the results suggest that the participants were more likely to have too little trust in Wikipedia than too much trust.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1177/0165551512459921
J. Information Science
Keywords
Field
DocType
source trust,current world,general propensity,medium cue,online quasi-experiment,daily task,credibility evaluation,Wikipedia article,integrated layer model,online information,proposed model
Credibility,Information retrieval,Computer science
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
38
6
0165-5515
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
0.57
14
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Teun Lucassen1795.77
Jan Maarten Schraagen213013.99