The role of website format, blog use, and information-gathering acquaintance in online message assessment. Issue 4 (November 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Greer, Jennifer; Pan, Po-Lin
• Is Part Of: Telematics and informatics. Volume 32:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 594
• Page End: 602
• Publication Date: 2015-11
• Subjects: Telecommunication -- Periodicals; Computer networks -- Periodicals; Télécommunications -- Périodiques; Réseaux d'ordinateurs -- Périodiques; 384
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tele.2015.02.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0736-5853

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab005"> <title id="st100">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0005"> <list id="l0005"> <list-item id="o0005"> <label></label> <p id="p0200">Examining effects of website format, blog use and information-gathering acquaintance.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0205">Websites with higher credibility do not activate better online message perceptions.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0210">Information-gathering acquaintance and website format jointly affect online message perceptions.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0215">Mutual effects of blog use and website format are found on online message perceptions.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0025"> <label></label> <p id="p0220">Blog use is less relevant to online message perceptions than information-gathering acquaintance.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>