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Towards a metacognitive approach to credibility

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Brent Auernheimer,

Martha E. CrosbyAuthors Info & Claims

WICOW '08: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM workshop on Information credibility on the web

Pages 75 - 80

https://doi.org/10.1145/1458527.1458546

Published: 30 October 2008 Publication History

Abstract

We describe research investigating users' determinations of web site credibility in several contexts, including Hawaii, Norway, and Singapore. Recommendations include incorporating the use of metacognitive prompts for facilitating effective credibility determinations.

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Juffinger AGranitzer MLex ETanaka KZhou XJatowt A(2009)Blog credibility ranking by exploiting verified contentProceedings of the 3rd workshop on Information credibility on the web10.1145/1526993.1527005(51-58)Online publication date: 20-Apr-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1526993.1527005
Auernheimer BIding MCrosby M(2009)Implications of User Anxiety in the Evaluation of Deception in Web SitesProceedings of the 5th International Conference on Foundations of Augmented Cognition. Neuroergonomics and Operational Neuroscience: Held as Part of HCI International 200910.1007/978-3-642-02812-0_14(114-119)Online publication date: 15-Jul-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-02812-0_14

Index Terms

Towards a metacognitive approach to credibility
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document preparation
      1. Multi / mixed media creation
  2. Education
    1. Distance learning
    2. E-learning
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Hypertext / hypermedia

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WICOW '08: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM workshop on Information credibility on the web

October 2008

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ISBN:9781605582597

DOI:10.1145/1458527

General Chairs:
Katsumi Tanaka
Kyoto University, Japan
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Takashi Matsuyama
Kyoto University, Japan
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Ee-Peng Lim
Singapore Management University, Singapore
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Program Chair:
Adam Jatowt
Kyoto University, Japan

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Juffinger AGranitzer MLex ETanaka KZhou XJatowt A(2009)Blog credibility ranking by exploiting verified contentProceedings of the 3rd workshop on Information credibility on the web10.1145/1526993.1527005(51-58)Online publication date: 20-Apr-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1526993.1527005
Auernheimer BIding MCrosby M(2009)Implications of User Anxiety in the Evaluation of Deception in Web SitesProceedings of the 5th International Conference on Foundations of Augmented Cognition. Neuroergonomics and Operational Neuroscience: Held as Part of HCI International 200910.1007/978-3-642-02812-0_14(114-119)Online publication date: 15-Jul-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-02812-0_14

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