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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Trust Online: Young Adults’ Evaluation of Web Content

Trust Online: Young Adults’ Evaluation of Web Content / Eszter Hargitta et al.
Los Angeles: International Journal of Communication, 2010 (4) 468-494.
"Only 10% of the students made mention of the site's author or that author's credentials while completing tasks. However, in reviewing the screen-capture footage of those respondents, the researchers found that even in this supposedly savvy minority, none actually followed through to verify the identification or qualifications of the site's authors."