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Information Quality in Digital Media (407) Peer-to-Peer Support and Online Communities (797) Quality/Credibility of eHealth Information and Trust Issues (654) Information Seeking, Information Needs (561)

Published on in Vol 8, No 3 (2019): Jul-Sep

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/13619, first published .
Influence of Enthusiastic Language on the Credibility of Health Information and the Trustworthiness of Science Communicators: Insights From a Between-Subject Web-Based Experiment

Influence of Enthusiastic Language on the Credibility of Health Information and the Trustworthiness of Science Communicators: Insights From a Between-Subject Web-Based Experiment

Influence of Enthusiastic Language on the Credibility of Health Information and the Trustworthiness of Science Communicators: Insights From a Between-Subject Web-Based Experiment

Authors of this article:

Lars König1 Author Orcid Image ;   Regina Jucks1 Author Orcid Image
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Journals

  1. König L, Jucks R. Effects of Positive Language and Profession on Trustworthiness and Credibility in Online Health Advice: Experimental Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2020;22(3):e16685 View
  2. Taddicken M, Reif A. Between Evidence and Emotions: Emotional Appeals in Science Communication. Media and Communication 2020;8(1):101 View
  3. König L. Podcasts in higher education: teacher enthusiasm increases students’ excitement, interest, enjoyment, and learning motivation. Educational Studies 2021;47(5):627 View
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  5. König L. Lehramtsstudierende: Ihre Meinungen zur Digitalisierung im Bildungssystem und zu den Unterrichtsfächern Programmieren und Unternehmertum. MedienPädagogik: Zeitschrift für Theorie und Praxis der Medienbildung 2020:68 View
  6. Elsantil Y, Eid R, Bedair K. The Impact of Credibility Attributes on Consumer Intention to Adopt Information on Social Networking Sites. International Journal of Online Marketing 2022;12(1):1 View
  7. Liu Y, Zhang M, Zhao X, Jia F. Fostering EFL/ESL Students’ Language Achievement: The Role of Teachers’ Enthusiasm and Classroom Enjoyment. Frontiers in Psychology 2021;12 View
  8. Bradshaw A. To Share or Not to Share: A Framing Analysis of Paid Vaccine Advertisements on Facebook during COVID-19 and Pro-Vaccine Mothers’ Willingness to Promote Vaccines within Their Peer Networks. Journal of Current Issues & Research in Advertising 2023;44(2):142 View
  9. König L, Marbach-Breitrück E, Engler A, Suhr R. The Development and Evaluation of an e-Learning Course That Promotes Digital Health Literacy in School-age Children: Pre-Post Measurement Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2022;24(5):e37523 View
  10. Gregersen T, Bye H. Emotional researchers or emotional audiences? The effect of emotions in climate change communication. Journal of Environmental Psychology 2023;92:102155 View
  11. Zhao Y, Zhang L, Zeng C, Chen Y, Lu W, Song N. Factors influencing online health information credibility: a meta-analysis. Aslib Journal of Information Management 2025;77(4):701 View
  12. Badurdeen F, Jakala M, Taka M. Situating Trust, Values, and Ethics in the Politics of Knowledge Production: An Epistemic Shift in the Co-Production of Studying Violent Extremism. Qualitative Inquiry 2025;31(5):416 View
  13. West B, Bauer M, Chalkiadakis C, Dendoncker N, González-Martínez T, Mascarenhas A, Leucci F, Phillips B, Ploumi K, Rodriguez C, Vandewalle M, Washbourne C. Exploring human-nature relationships in academic literature on the nitrogen cycle. Ecosystems and People 2024;20(1) View
  14. König L, Altenmüller M, Fick J, Crusius J, Genschow O, Sauerland M. How to Communicate Science to the Public?. Zeitschrift für Psychologie 2025;233(1):40 View
  15. van Antwerpen N, Green E, Sturman D, Searston R. The impacts of expertise, conflict, and scientific literacy on trust and belief in scientific disagreements. Scientific Reports 2025;15(1) View
  16. Liu W, Jiang Y, Deng W, Tan A. Expertise and emotion: how online opinion leaders shape public perceptions of AI—among university students in China. Frontiers in Communication 2025;10 View
  17. Liebal S, Wandelt A, Hausl M, Köhler J, Weber N. How words shape the perception of forestry in Germany: Aligning content and language for effective strategic communication. Trees, Forests and People 2025;22:101064 View
  18. Warren K, Nichols C, Petersen D, Shalin V, Almor A. Stylistic language drives perceived moral superiority of LLMs. Scientific Reports 2025;15(1) View

Books/Policy Documents

  1. Vaupotič N, Kienhues D, Jucks R. Trust and Communication. View
  2. Minucci E. Persuasive Technology. PERSUASIVE 2025 Satellite Events. View

Conference Proceedings

  1. Li J, Kuutila M, Huusko E, Kariyakarawana N, Savic M, Ahooie N, Hosio S, Mäntylä M. Proceedings of the 15th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter. Assessing Credibility Factors of Short-Form Social Media Posts: A Crowdsourced Online Experiment View