Anonymous sources harm credibility of all stories

Miglena Mantcheva Sternadori; Esther Thorson

doi:10.1177/073953290903000405

Anonymous sources harm credibility of all stories

Miglena Mantcheva Sternadori, Esther Thorson

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Abstract

Findings confirm the use of anonymous sources has a negative effect on readers’ perceptions of story credibility. Stories of presumably higher quality elicited more believability toward sources who disagree with the main findings of the story.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	54-66
Number of pages	13
Journal	Newspaper Research Journal
Volume	30
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/073953290903000405
State	Published - Sep 1 2009

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