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Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Evaluating and gathering research -- Telling the quants from the quacks : evaluating statistical arguments in debates online / Candice Lanius, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA -- No shortcuts to credibility evaluation : the importance of expertise and information science / Jill R. Kavanaugh, Center on Media and Child Health at Boston Children's Hospital, USA, Bartlomiej A. Lenart, University of Alberta, Canada -- Knockin' on digital doors : dealing with online [dis]credit in an era of digital scientific inquiry / Rosalina Pisco Costa, University of Évora, Portugal -- Who is tracking you? a rhetorical framework for evaluating surveillance & privacy practices / Estee Beck, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA -- Evaluating digital ethos and online credibility in medical contexts -- Adopting a parasocial connection to overcome professional kakoethos in online health information / Andrew W. Cole, Waukesha County Technical College, USA, Thomas A. Salek, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA -- The social determinants in the process of credibility assessment and the influence of topic areas / Lluïsa Llamero, Ramon Llull University, Spain -- Credible to whom? : the curse of the echo chamber / Nathan Rodriguez, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, USA -- Addressing anonymity in digital realms -- Ethos construction, identification, and authenticity in the discourses of awsa : the arab women's solidarity association international / Samaa Gamie, Lincoln University, USA -- Credibility and crisis in pseudonymous communities / Sarah Lefkowith, University of Oxford, United Kingdom -- "Don't tell us you're handsome -- post your great photo and let it stand" : creating and enforcing credibility in online dating / Shana Kopaczewski, Indiana State University, USA -- Revenge of cecil the lion : credibility in third-party review sites / Alison N. Novak, Rowan University, USA -- Reconciling individual and group ethos -- Surf's up: communicative aspects of online trust-building among couchsurfing hosts / Maura Cherney, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, Daniel Cochese Davis, Illinois State University, USA, Sandra Metts, Illinois State University, USA -- Modal ethos : scumbag steve and the establishing of ethos in memetic agents / Jonathan S. Carter, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA -- The rise of the modern sports article : examining the factors that can influence the credibility of online sports news / Sean Sadri, Old Dominion University, USA -- Breastfeeding, authority, and genre : women's ethos in wikipedia and blogs / Allison A. Lukowski, Christian Brothers University, USA, Erika M. Sparby, Northern Illinois University, USA -- Compilation of references -- About the contributors -- Index. |