This article reviews selected literature related to the credibility of information, including (1)
the general markers of credibility, and how different source, message and receiver …

This chapter reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on the concept of credibility and
its areas of application relevant to information science and technology, encompassing …

The rise of influencer marketing makes YouTube an ideal media platform to implement such
marketing strategies. Many scholars consider the success of YouTube influencer marketing …

In the Web, making judgments of information quality and authority is a difficult task for most
users because overall, there is no quality control mechanism. This study examines the …

Online word‐of‐mouth (WOM) can impact consumers' product evaluations, purchase
intentions, and choices—but when does it do so? How do those receiving WOM know …

All is flux.—Plato on Knowledge in the Theaetetus (about 369 BC) Relevance is a, if not
even the, key notion in information science in general and information retrieval in particular …

Information seeking is an important part of people's everyday lives. To obtain information,
people use Web search engines, consult authorities, ask questions of friends, go to libraries …

This entry defines the concepts of information credibility and cognitive authority, introduces
the key terms and dimensions of each, and discusses major theoretical frameworks tested …

This article explores the associations that message features and Web structural features
have with perceptions of Web site credibility. In a within‐subjects experiment, 84 participants …

As more people gain at‐home access to the Internet, information seeking on the Web has
become embedded in everyday life. The objective of this study was to characterize the home …