In blog we trust? Deciphering credibility of components of the internet among politically interested internet users

Authors:
Thomas J. Johnson;Barbara K. Kaye
Affiliations:
College of Mass Communication, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 76409, USA;School of Journalism & Electronic Media, University of Tennessee, TN 37996-0333, USA
Venue:
Computers in Human Behavior
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This study employed an online survey of politically interested Internet users during the two weeks before and the two weeks after the 2004 presidential election to compare how they judge five components of the Internet in terms of credibility for political information. Blogs were judged as the most credible with issue-oriented Web sites also judged as highly credible. Candidate Web sites and bulletin boards were only judged moderately credible while chat rooms were rated not very credible. This study also explored whether reliance on the Internet resource or motivations for visiting the source significantly predict Internet component credibility after controlling for demographic and political variables.