Investigating credibility judgements in social media : the impact of attitude-consistency

• Main Author: Lim, Siu Chen
• Other Authors: Sin Sei Ching Joanna
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science; DRNTU::Social sciences::Communication
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72722
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The proliferation of social media and web 2.0 applications are enabling consumers of information to also become producers. With the lack of traditional gatekeepers in social media, biased information under the guise of fact that is produced can quickly spread. Some credibility literature indicate th...