If news organizations hope to keep readers, they must remain credible in the eyes of media consumers. This study considers how different online news formats can affect the perceived credibility of a news medium. Three news media were considered: online newspaper, journalist blog, non-journalist blog. Using an experiment, the researchers studied the effects of media use, media dependency, and po...

Campbell criticizes Britain's medical and research community and the General Medical Council (GMC) for their lack of initiative in investigating the activities of Drs. James Sharp and Jabar Sultan. Sharp and Sultan conducted a series of highly-publicized but unethical and potentially harmful experiments with private patients that was eventually brought to public attention by Campbell's report ...

The wolf population in Scandinavia has increased from functionally extinct to about 100 wolves since the 1970s. In 2001 we surveyed four groups of Swedes to analyze the relationship between experience, knowledge, and people’s attitude toward wolves. Although all groups support the right of wolves to exist, Swedes who live in areas where wolves have been restored have more negative attitudes tha...

Lilit Hakobyan School of Engineering & Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET [email protected] Jo Lumsden School of Engineering & Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET [email protected] Dympna O’Sullivan School of Engineering & Applied Science, Aston University, Birmingham, B4 7ET [email protected] Hannah Bartlett School of Life & Health Sciences, ...