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Effects of Source and Message Credibility on Writing Style

L. Erwin Atwood

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When both are low, writers tend to use more attributions. But when a high credibility source gives a low credibility message, writers tend to use less background information about the source.

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When both are low, writers tend to use more attributions. But when a high credibility source gives a low credibility message, writers tend to use less background information about the source.

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When both are low, writers tend to use more attributions. But when a high credibility source gives a low credibility message, writers tend to use less background information about the source.

Key concepts: Credibility, Source credibility, Attribution, Style (visual arts), Data source, Information source (mathematics), Computer science, Psychology

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