Spelling Errors and Shouting Capitalization Lead to Additive Penalties to Trustworthiness of Online Health Information: Randomized Experiment With Laypersons
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DOI: 10.2196/15171
Abstract: Background The written format and literacy competence of screen-based texts can interfere with the perceived trustworthiness of health information in online forums, independent of the semantic content. Unlike in professional content, the format in unmoderated… read more here.
Keywords: inappropriate capitalization; capitalization; health information; spelling errors ... See more keywords