Search & Verify: Misinformation and source evaluations in Internet search results

Dennis, Alan R.; Moravec, Patricia L.; Kim, Antino

doi:10.1016/j.dss.2023.113976

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Search & Verify: Misinformation and source evaluations in Internet search results

Dennis, Alan R., Moravec, Patricia L., Kim, Antino·2023·Decision Support Systems

DOI 10.1016/j.dss.2023.113976

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Authors: Dennis, A. R., Moravec, P. L., & Kim, A.
Affiliations: Indiana University Bloomington (US)
Corresponding author: Dennis, Alan R.
ORCID: Dennis, Alan R.
Moravec, Patricia L.
Kim, Antino
Venue: Decision Support Systems
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2023-08
Volume: 171
Pages: 113976
ISSN: 0167-9236 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2023.113976
OpenAlex: W4362715672
Cited by: 16
References: 77
Citations by year: 2026: 5 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 1
FWCI: 6.90
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
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Locations: Decision Support Systems (publishedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Information Retrieval and Search Behavior
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Spam and Phishing Detection
Keywords: misinformation, source evaluation, fact-checking, Wikipedia, online news credibility

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