TY - JOUR
T1 - A Little Bird Told Me, So I Didn't Believe It
T2 - Twitter, Credibility, and Issue Perceptions
AU - Schmierbach, Mike
AU - Oeldorf-Hirsch, Anne
PY - 2012/7
Y1 - 2012/7
N2 - This article investigates how media use of the microblogging tool Twitter affects perceptions of the issue covered and the credibility of the information. In contrast to prior studies showing that ordinary blogs are often judged credible, especially by their users, data from 2 experiments show that Twitter is considered less credible than various forms of stories posted on a newspaper Web site, and fails to convey importance as well as a newspaper or blog.
AB - This article investigates how media use of the microblogging tool Twitter affects perceptions of the issue covered and the credibility of the information. In contrast to prior studies showing that ordinary blogs are often judged credible, especially by their users, data from 2 experiments show that Twitter is considered less credible than various forms of stories posted on a newspaper Web site, and fails to convey importance as well as a newspaper or blog.
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U2 - 10.1080/01463373.2012.688723
DO - 10.1080/01463373.2012.688723
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863550878
SN - 0146-3373
VL - 60
SP - 317
EP - 337
JO - Communication Quarterly
JF - Communication Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -