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Digital media, youth, and credibility

Author: Miriam J Metzger; Andrew J Flanagin
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning.
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"This volume addresses the issue of credibility - the objective and subjective components that make information believable - in the contemporary media environment. The contributors look particularly at youth audiences and experiences, considering the implications of wide access and the questionable credibility of information for youth and learning. They discuss such topics as the credibility of health information  Read more...
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Digital media, youth, and credibility.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008
(OCoLC)651712564
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Miriam J Metzger; Andrew J Flanagin
ISBN: 9780262062732 0262062739 9780262562324 0262562324
OCLC Number: 156994462
Description: ix, 202 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Digital media, youth, and credibility / Miriam J. Metzger & Andrew J. Flanagin --
Digital media and youth : unparalleled opportunity and unprecedented responsibility / Andrew J. Flanagin & Miriam J. Metzger --
Toward a cognitive developmental approach to youth perceptions of credibility / Matthew S. Eastin --
College students' credibility judgments in the information seeking process / Soo Young Rieh and Brian Hilligoss --
Technology and credibility : cognitive heuristics cued by modality, agency, interactivity, and navigability / S. Shyam Sundar --
Trusting the Internet : new approaches to credibility tools / R. David Lankes --
Credibility of health information and digital media : new perspectives and implications for youth / Gunther Eysenbach --
Challenges to teaching credibility assessment in contemporary schooling / Frances Jacobson Harris --
Credibility, politics, and public policy / Fred W. Weingarten.
Series Title: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on digital media and learning.
Responsibility: edited by Miriam J. Metzger and Andrew J. Flanagin.
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The difficulties in determining the quality of information on the Internet--in particular, the implications of wide access and questionable credibility for youth and learning.Read the complete open  Read more...

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