Though using e-health is a common patient practice, unregulated and inaccurate online medical content can pose real dangers. To effectively convey important and accurate health messages, online health organizations must make their information stand out as trustworthy. To identify credibility strategies, I conducted a rhetorical analysis of Parkinson’s disease content from the two most popular U.S. health websites: NIH.gov and WebMD. Based on the range of credibility strategies identified in these webpages, I recommend that medical writers and e-health designers convey both expertise and trustworthiness to build credibility in their content
The increasing volume of Internet based health resources means that decisions about how to trust inf...
Microblogging platforms are increasingly adopted by people to acquire and share online health advice...
This feature has been co-authored by Anna Cunningham and her supervisor Frances Johnson. It is based...
Though using e-health is a common patient practice, unregulated and inaccurate online medical conten...
Though using e-health is a common patient practice, unregulated and inaccurate online medical conten...
Background: Online sources are becoming increasingly important in health information seeking, such t...
Background: Internet sources are becoming increasingly important in seeking health information, such...
Websites technology make health information searching easier. It shifts the activity from convention...
Abstract—This study analyzed the effects of publisher contact information on the credibility of onli...
Please cite as: Gunther Eysenbach. Credibility of Health Information and Digital Media: New Perspe...
Reviewer: Dutta-Bergmann, MohanReviewer: Fogg, B[This item is a preserved copy and is not necessaril...
This study develops and tests a model of online trust of a health care website. The model showed a s...
One of the most important literacy skills in today\u27s information society is the ability to determ...
Health information is a frequent subject for online information seeking. Research on the phenomenon ...
The proliferation of medical information online, without physicians or peer reviewers as gatekeepers...
The increasing volume of Internet based health resources means that decisions about how to trust inf...
Microblogging platforms are increasingly adopted by people to acquire and share online health advice...
This feature has been co-authored by Anna Cunningham and her supervisor Frances Johnson. It is based...
Though using e-health is a common patient practice, unregulated and inaccurate online medical conten...
Though using e-health is a common patient practice, unregulated and inaccurate online medical conten...
Background: Online sources are becoming increasingly important in health information seeking, such t...
Background: Internet sources are becoming increasingly important in seeking health information, such...
Websites technology make health information searching easier. It shifts the activity from convention...
Abstract—This study analyzed the effects of publisher contact information on the credibility of onli...
Please cite as: Gunther Eysenbach. Credibility of Health Information and Digital Media: New Perspe...
Reviewer: Dutta-Bergmann, MohanReviewer: Fogg, B[This item is a preserved copy and is not necessaril...
This study develops and tests a model of online trust of a health care website. The model showed a s...
One of the most important literacy skills in today\u27s information society is the ability to determ...
Health information is a frequent subject for online information seeking. Research on the phenomenon ...
The proliferation of medical information online, without physicians or peer reviewers as gatekeepers...
The increasing volume of Internet based health resources means that decisions about how to trust inf...
Microblogging platforms are increasingly adopted by people to acquire and share online health advice...
This feature has been co-authored by Anna Cunningham and her supervisor Frances Johnson. It is based...