Source credibility will vary on the Internet, with commercial media sites carrying relatively more credibility and unknown sources carrying less. A much greater burden will be placed on the user to determine how much faith to put in any given source.
Predictor: Morris, Merrill
Prediction, in context:In a 1995 article for the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Merrill Morris and Christine Ogan write:”Credibility is another issue with mass media. Traditional mass media make certain claims about the veracity of their information. The Internet makes few such claims for the moment, and it is possible that the concept of credibility will also change as a result … Source credibility will vary on the Internet, with commercial media sites carrying relatively more credibility and unknown sources carrying less. A much greater burden will be placed on the user to determine how much faith to put in any given source.”
Date of prediction: January 1, 1995
Topic of prediction: Getting, Sharing Information
Subtopic: General
Name of publication: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
Title, headline, chapter name: The Internet as Mass Medium
Quote Type: Direct quote
Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://jcmc.huji.ac.il/vol1/issue4/morris.html
This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney