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Dimensions for Evaluating the Acceptability of Message Sources
Abstract
The research reported here extends the work of Hovland and his colleagues on source credibility by investigating the criteria actually used by receivers in evaluating message sources. Three dimensions are isolated: Safety, Qualification, and Dynamism. The authors argue that source “image” should be defined in terms of the perceptions of the receiver, not in terms of objective characteristics of the source.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Berlo, D. K., Lemert, J. B., & Mertz, R. J.
- Venue
- Public Opinion Quarterly
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1969
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 563
- ISSN
- 0033-362X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2003814602
- Cited by
- 752
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 420.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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