Influence of Enthusiastic Language on the Credibility of Health Information and the Trustworthiness of Science Communicators: Insights From a Between-Subject Web-Based Experiment.
Lars KönigRegina JucksPublished in: Interactive journal of medical research (2019)
The current findings illustrate that health information seekers do not just react to online health information itself. In addition, they are also sensitive to the ways in which health information is presented ("Which langue style is used to communicate health information?") and who presents it ("Who does the health information source work for?").