“source credibility”, “plausibility”, and “social media”

QUESTION

Using PsycINFO, locate an article authored by Andreas G. Wertgen focusing on source credibility in social media. Use “Wertgen” as an author term and the following three terms in the document title: “source credibility”, “plausibility”, and “social media” (You can look at more than one title keyword by clicking “Add a row” to allow for a third item). Select the correct, full and correct APA-style reference* for this article on your assignment sheet. Note that the DOI is needed for APA references, so make sure to include it!

IMPORTANT: Please refer to the “Library Assignment #2 Instruction Sheet” for APA indenting. Canvas does not allow proper indenting yet!

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Option A:

Wertgen, A. G., & Richter, T. (2023). Source Credibility and Plausibility are Considered in the Validation of Textual Information: Evidence From a Social Media Context. Journal of cognitive psychology, 35(2), 183-204. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2022.2149757

Option B:

Wertgen, A. G., & Richter, T. Source credibility and plausibility are considered in the validation  of textual information: Evidence from a social media context. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 35(2), 183-204. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2022.2149757 (2023)  

Option C:

Wertgen, Andreas., & Richter, Tobias. (2023). Source credibility and plausibility are considered in the validation of textual information: Evidence from a social media context. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 35(2), 183-204. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2022.2149757

Option D:

Wertgen, A. G., & Richter, T. (2023). Source credibility and plausibility are considered in the validation of textual information: Evidence from a social media context. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 35(2), 183-204. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/20445911.2022.2149757

Flag question: Question 2Question 20.5 pts

Recall the Wertgen article from Question One above (“Source credibility and plausibility are considered in the validation of textual information: Evidence from a social media context.”). The author had several predictions in this study for effects in studies one and two, which they summarized in Table 1 on page 188. Which of the following is not one of the “Effects” that the authors looked at in studies one or two?

Group of answer choices

A – Plausibility Effect

B – Trustworthiness Effect

C – Open Research Question / Interaction Effect

D – Empathy Effect

E – Manipulation Check

Flag question: Question 3Question 30.5 pts

In 1999, James C. McCroskey and Jason J. Teven published an important article with the title “Goodwill: A reexamination of the construct and its measurement”, which looks at different aspects of source credibility like competence, goodwill, and trustworthiness. Find the full-text article and then choose the correct APA formatted reference from those listed below.

IMPORTANT: Please refer to the “Library Assignment #2 Instruction Sheet” for APA indenting. Canvas does not allow proper indenting yet!

Group of answer choices

Option A:

McCroskey, James C., & Teven, Jason. J. (1999). Goodwill: A reexamination of the construct and its measurement. Communication monographs, 66(1), 90-103. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/03637759909376464

Option B:

McCroskey, J. C., & Teven, J. J. (1999). Goodwill: A reexamination of the construct and its measurement. Communication Monographs, 66(1), 90-103. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/03637759909376464

Option C:

McCroskey, J. C., & Teven, J. J. (1999). Goodwill: A Reexamination of the Construct and its Measurement. Communication Monographs, 66(1), 90-103. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/03637759909376464

Option D:

McCroskey, J. C., & Teven, J. J. Goodwill: A reexamination of the construct and its measurement. Communication monographs, 66(1), 90-103, (1999) doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/03637759909376464

Flag question: Question 4Question 40.5 pts

Consider the same McCroskey and Teven journal article from Question three above (“Goodwill: A reexamination of the construct and its measurement.”). In their procedure section, they provide a sample questionnaire for Goodwill called the “Measure of Ethos/Credibility” (on page 95), where you can see questions they asked participants regarding Competence, Goodwill, and Trustworthiness. I want you to focus on the items under Trustworthiness. Which of the following items was NOT a component of Trustworthiness (i.e. not one of the pairs of adjectives listed under Trustworthiness)?

Group of answer choices

A – Honesty – Dishonesty

B – Untrustworthy – Trustworthy

C – Self-centered – Not Self-Centered

D – Honorable – Dishonorable

E – Unethical – Ethical

Flag question: Question 5Question 50.5 pts

Using PsycINFO, find the article in which Patric R. Spence, Autumn Edwards, Chad Edwards and Xianlin Jin (2019) published their article titled ‘The bot predicted rain, grab an umbrella’: Few perceived differences in communication quality of a weather Twitterbot versus professional and amateur meteorologists.”

In this study, the authors found that participants rated the quality of Twitter weather reports attributed to either a professional meteorologist, an amateur meteorologist, or a weather Twitterbot similarly, though some differences between these three sources differed in terms of social attractiveness and task attractiveness. But all studies have limitations, which the study authors note in their discussion section on page 107. After reading the three paragraphs in that limitations section, choose the one item below that is NOT present in that section.

Group of answer choices

A – The present study used a simulated (rather than live and possibly changing) Twitter feed

B – The weather forecast in the study was uneventful (while real weather might be more severe or rapidly changing)

C – The study focused on weather-based Twitterbots, but other studies might want to focus on other domains (like sports-based Twitterbots)

D – The study focused on Twitterbots, but future studies should use technology that looks humanoid (like robots or androids that are human-like) to better understand how participants perceive weather-related information from non-human sources.

Flag question: Question 6Question 60.5 pts

I want YOU to locate one article relevant to your Paper I: Study One Literature Review that is different from those listed in the questions above and different than any of those posted on Canvas for your Paper I: Study One Literature Review. This article must be a primary source (Peer reviewed), reporting on original, empirical research (I don’t want reviews of the field or books at this time). You might want to find articles that look interesting to you by entering key words describing the topic of your study one (e.g., Source Credibility, Source Plausibility, Persuasion, Attitude Change, Source Type, Thought Confidence, Chat GTP, Artificial Intelligence, etc.) There are tons of keywords for this topic – note that some of the articles in PsycInfo even list the keywords that they used for their paper). Using APA format, enter the reference on your answer sheet (Since Canvas may not allow for proper indenting or spacing, we will not mark off for that, but make sure the rest of your citation is in APA format):

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Flag question: Question 7Question 70.5 pts

Now write a short summary of the article from question six and give me that summary in Canvas.

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Flag question: Question 8Question 80.5 pts

Use the FIU library to find a book that covers the same topic (or a closely related one) as the article you found in question six. In Canvas, give me this book reference in APA format (again, you can ignore spacing issues if Canvas doesn’t allow for perfect APA spacing, but all other APA style elements should be present). Make sure you include the book publisher, which is indicative of a book reference. MAKE SURE IT IS A BOOK, NOT A JOURNAL ARTICLE!

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Flag question: Question 9Question 90.5 pts

Tell me if FIU owns the book you found in question eight (yes or no). If FIU does own the book, give me its call number or the ISBN (for an electronic book). If FIU does not own the book, tell me how you would go about getting your hands on the book. Give me your responses in Canvas.

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Flag question: Question 10Question 100.5 pts

Give me your study one predictions (for your source credibility study). Yes, this is an easy question! All you must do is copy and paste your study one predictions (and no, you do not need to write your own predictions for study one). You can find these predictions in your Assignment #4 (Study One Materials) Research Instructions. You can find the same predictions in the lab PowerPoint presentations (Labs 1, 2, and 3). You can even find them in the Paper One instructions. Find them, copy them, paste them (and make sure to use them in Paper One as you write that paper). In other words, for Question Ten, simply paste your predictions into the Canvas question ten box so I know that you know what your predictions are!