Ideological lens matters: Credibility heuristics, pre-existing attitudes, and reactions to messages on ideological websites

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Highlights：

• Metzger's theory of online credibility partially applies in ideological settings.

• Pre-existing attitudes on the topic affects how participants perceive messages.

• Participants did not attribute credibility to ideological topics on a uniform basis.

摘要

•Metzger's theory of online credibility partially applies in ideological settings.•Pre-existing attitudes on the topic affects how participants perceive messages.•Participants did not attribute credibility to ideological topics on a uniform basis.

论文关键词：Internet,Websites,Credibility,Persuasion,Ideology

论文评审过程：Received 1 September 2016, Revised 31 October 2016, Accepted 26 November 2016, Available online 1 December 2016, Version of Record 1 December 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.11.053