Website Credibility Assessment: An Empirical - Investigation of Prominence-interpretation Theory

George, Joey F.; Mirsadikov, Akmal; Mennecke, Brian E.

doi:10.17705/1thci.00078

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“…Interval (5-point scales) [49] Experience in using accounting information (IOAI_2) Your knowledge of evaluating business performance (IOAI_3) Assistance from finance experts (IOAI_4) Your prior belief in accounting information (IOAI_5)…”

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Factors Associated with the Extent of Usage of Accounting Information by the Public Accounts Committee in Tanzania Public Corporations

Kyando

Abayo

Raphael

2022

AJEBA

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This study aims to examine expectations on content of accounting information and ability to interpret accounting information as associated factors on the extent of usage of accounting information in Tanzania public corporations. The usage of accounting information by politicians in the world context have led to mixed results.Further, the use of accounting information by Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in monitoring public corporations has not been consistent, hence calling for an examination on the practice to get insights explaining the extent of usage of accounting information. Data for the study were gathered using a survey instrument from Public accounts committee members and ex-members from 2005 to 2022. The study used Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling [PLS- SEM] to analyze data. Findings reported coefficient determination (R2) of 0.640 that explained a 64% variation in the extent of usage of accounting information as a dependent construct. The study found that expectations on content of accounting information and ability to interpret accounting information were positively and statistically significant as factors associated with the extent of usage of accounting information in Tanzania public corporations. Thus, the study strongly recommends to the Parliament, Regulators, practitioners, and other relevant stakeholders, to consider the findings of this study to enhance the extent of usage of accounting information. This can be done through crafting and implementing policy making for usefulness of accounting information driven by the Public Accounts Committee needs. Besides, the producers of accounting information must ensure accounting information possesses a quality, relevance, and appropriateness to influence the ability to interpret accounting information and meet expectations on content of accounting information, hence improving the extent of usage of accounting information in Tanzania public corporations.

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Section: Model Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Associated with the Extent of Usage of Accounting Information by the Public Accounts Committee in Tanzania Public Corporations

Kyando

Abayo

Raphael

2022

AJEBA

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“…Research has supported this theory. For instance, George et al (2016) found the prominence of images and visual design meant users were more likely to notice these features and incorporate them in credibility assessments. Howe and Teufel (2014) found younger users were more likely to notice advertising, and subsequently rate sites as less credible, suggesting demographics influenced cue prominence.…”

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Sources on social media: Information context collapse and volume of content as predictors of source blindness

Pearson

2020

New Media & Society

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Although social media has become a primary news platform, the effects of social media features on users’ information processing remains under-explored. This study explores how social media design features affect use of sources. A 2 × 2 between-subjects experiment examined effects of “information context collapse” (ICC)—where different content types are presented in the same form and location—and volume of content (VoC). These features were hypothesized to predict inattentive (System 1) processing, which predicts “source blindness”—where users fail to process source cues during news use. A mock social media site was created with participants queried about posts shown on the site. Results find that while VoC has no effect, ICC significantly predicts source blindness mediated by System 1 processing. This suggests collapsed information environments lead to inattentive processing of source information, increasing potential negative outcomes of social media news use. Implications of these findings are discussed.

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“…For instance, articles have identified and examined factors crucial to website design [2], defined frameworks for evaluating the quality of websites [3], and conducted user studies (e.g., via eye-tracking) to assess how websites are used and any innate complexities in perceptions [4].…”

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Behind the scenes: a cross-country study into third-party website referencing and the online advertising ecosystem

Nurse

Buckley

2017

Hum. Cent. Comput. Inf. Sci.

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The ubiquitous nature of the Internet provides an ideal platform for human communication, trade, information sharing and learning. Websites play a central role in these activities as they often act as a key point of interaction for individuals in navigating through cyberspace. In this article, we look beyond the visual interface of websites to consider exactly what occurs when a webpage is visited. In particular, we focus on the various web scripts that are often programmatically executed, to explore the extent to which third-party sites are referenced. Our aim is to study these references and the ecosystem that they create. To gain maximal impact while also allowing for a cross-country comparison, our study is scoped to an assessment of the top 250 sites in the UK, USA, Germany, Russia and Japan. From our analysis, there are various novel contributions of note. These include the empirical identification of a vast ecosystem of third-party information processing sites, especially advertisement networks, and the evidential discovery of a few significant players irrespective of country and locale. Through a user study, we also find that while individuals do have some knowledge of the prevalence of advertisements in websites, their understanding of the variety of activities that occur upon visiting websites, is not widely known. Going forward, we therefore advocate for increased transparency in such activities and the wider online advertisement ecosystem.

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Website Credibility Assessment: An Empirical - Investigation of Prominence-interpretation Theory

Cited by 5 publications

References 31 publications

Factors Associated with the Extent of Usage of Accounting Information by the Public Accounts Committee in Tanzania Public Corporations

Factors Associated with the Extent of Usage of Accounting Information by the Public Accounts Committee in Tanzania Public Corporations

Sources on social media: Information context collapse and volume of content as predictors of source blindness

Behind the scenes: a cross-country study into third-party website referencing and the online advertising ecosystem

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