Some like it lots: The influence of interactivity and reliance on credibility

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Highlights:

• This study explores credibility of 15 sources of political information including mobile device apps.

• The six most credible sources are all traditional media.

• Fox News, Twitter and candidate blogs are judged the least credible sources.

• Reliance is a much better predictor of credibility than interactivity.

• Interactivity predicts credibility better with collaborative sources (e.g. social media).

摘要

•This study explores credibility of 15 sources of political information including mobile device apps.•The six most credible sources are all traditional media.•Fox News, Twitter and candidate blogs are judged the least credible sources.•Reliance is a much better predictor of credibility than interactivity.•Interactivity predicts credibility better with collaborative sources (e.g. social media).

论文关键词:Credibility,Interactivity,Social media,Mobile news

论文评审过程:Received 31 October 2015, Revised 1 March 2016, Accepted 2 March 2016, Available online 14 March 2016, Version of Record 14 March 2016.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.03.012