BACKGROUND Concerns over health information on the Internet have generated efforts to enhance credibility markers; yet how users actually assess the credibility of online health information is largely unknown. OBJECTIVE This study set out to (1) establish a parsimonious and valid questionnaire instrument to measure credibility of Internet health information by drawing on various previous meas...

In a world of fierce competition and emergence internet as a powerful media, gaining the attention of the customer and persuading them to buy products and services is becoming difficult and important. Although, advertising has been proved to be effective in providing information, yet its credibility had been questioned consistently. Thus, it is important for the marketers to understand the conc...

Recent research on the self-validation hypothesis suggests that source credibility identiWed after message processing can inXuence the conWdence people have in their own thoughts generated in response to persuasive messages (Briñol, Petty, & Tormala, 2004). The present research explored the implications of this eVect for the possibility that high credibility sources can be associated with more ...

This survey of actuarial credibility theory traces its origins, describes its evolutionary history, gives an account of its main issues and results, and assesses its merits with a view to related work in statistical science. Key-words: Experience rating, limited fluctuation theory, greatest accuracy theory, Bayes, linear Bayes, empirical Bayes, hierarchical models, Hilbert space methods, recurs...