I.) Research
Survey
Focus of Study
User-perceived Credibility
How People View Web Sites
General and News-Specific Web Sites
Author Identity and Credibility
The Wikipedia Model
News Corporations and
Internet Journalism
A Brief History of Internet Journalism
Update Speed and Workmanship Issues
Interactivity, Fact-Checking, and Extra Content
Reporter Identity
Gatekeeping Theory and Internet Journalism
Blogging: The New Media
Mogul?
II.) My
Research and Findings
Bloggers and
journalists
Objectivity and subjectivity
Pro-Am distinction
Motivation for stories
User contribution
Online advertising
“Editorial” advertising
Profit and internet news
How advertising affects user-perceived credibility
Online
journalism and traditional journalism
Newspaper sites and broadcasting sites
Update speed and impact on news quality
Effects of online journalism on traditional media
Interactivity and user-perceived credibility
Independent news sites and affiliated news sites
III.) Using
what I found
Ways to use findings in
web design
Critique of news
sites (affiliated)
Critique of news
sites (independent)
IV.) Conclusion/Wrap-up
Appendices
Human and Animal
Participants Committee Permissions