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Miriam J. Metzger
Researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara
Publications - 85
Citations - 13004
Miriam J. Metzger is an academic researcher from University of California, Santa Barbara. The author has contributed to research in topics: Credibility & The Internet. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 82 publications receiving 10761 citations. Previous affiliations of Miriam J. Metzger include University of California, Berkeley & University of Southern California.
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The science of fake news
David Lazer,Matthew A. Baum,Yochai Benkler,Adam J. Berinsky,Kelly M. Greenhill,Filippo Menczer,Miriam J. Metzger,Brendan Nyhan,Gordon Pennycook,David Rothschild,Michael Schudson,Steven A. Sloman,Cass R. Sunstein,Emily A. Thorson,Duncan J. Watts,Jonathan L. Zittrain +15 more
TL;DR: The rise of fake news highlights the erosion of long-standing institutional bulwarks against misinformation in the internet age as discussed by the authors. But much remains unknown regarding the vulnerabilities of individuals, institutions, and society to manipulations by malicious actors.
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Social and Heuristic Approaches to Credibility Evaluation Online
TL;DR: The authors found that most users rely on others to make credibility assessments, often through the use of group-based tools, and that participants routinely invoked cognitive heuristics to evaluate the credibility of information and sources online.
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Perceptions of internet information credibility
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors assess people's perceptions of the credibility of various categories of Internet information compared to similar information provided by other media and find that people increasingly rely on Internet and web-based information despite evidence that it is potentially inaccurate and biased.
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The credibility of volunteered geographic information
TL;DR: This essay situates concerns with regard to the quality, reliability, and overall value of volunteered geographic information (VGI) as issues of information and source credibility.
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Making sense of credibility on the Web: Models for evaluating online information and recommendations for future research
TL;DR: This article summarizes much of what is known from the communication and information literacy fields about the skills that Internet users need to assess the credibility of online information to assist users in locating reliable information online.