Cuihua Shen|Mona Kasra|Wenjing Pan|Grace A Bassett|Yining Malloch|James F. O’Brien
Fake images: The effects of source, intermediary, and digital media literacy on contextual assessment of image credibility online
University of California, Davis|University of Virginia|University of California, Davis|University of California, Berkeley
fake manipulated images propagated web social media capacity deceive emotionally distress influence public opinions actions yet studies examined individuals evaluate authenticity images accompany online stories article details 6batch largescale online experiment using amazon mechanical turk probes people evaluate image credibility across online platforms batch participants randomly assigned 1 28 newssource mockups featuring forged image evaluated credibility images based several features found participants internet skills photoediting experience social media use significant predictors image credibility evaluation social heuristic cues online credibility eg source trustworthiness bandwagon intermediary trustworthiness significant impact viewers attitude toward depicted issue also positively influenced credibility evaluation