The effect of document sources on the evaluation of embedded sources and their claims when reading health information

LONDRA, FRANCO; SAUX, GASTÓN; MARTÍNEZ, MAGALÍ

Encuentro; 22nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Text and Discourse; 2022

Society for Text & Discourse

We sought to find if the trustworthiness of Document Sources (DS) influenced the evaluation of Embedded Sources (ES). 104 undergraduates read two texts on treatments for a disease, one by a trustworthy DS and one by an untrustworthy DS. Results indicate that ES read under trustworthy DS was seen as more trustworthy and their medical recommendation was more often seen as the best. Texts from untrustworthy DS also were read for longer.