Debbie Treise|Kim Walsh-Childers|Michael F. Weigold|Meredith Friedman
Cultivating the Science Internet Audience
University of Florida
twopart study examines factors influence perceived credibility science web site first part respondents answered questions perceptions science sites com gov domain findings suggest sites gov domain perceived credible part 2 experiment respondents read short science article site participants randomly assigned experimental conditions led believe site either high moderatecredibility source domain contained either gov com extension ratings author source article systematically influenced manipulations implications science web sites presented discussion