@article{ref1,
title="Evolving informational credentials: the (mis)attribution of believable facts to credible sources",
journal="Personality and social psychology bulletin",
year="2004",
author="Fragale, Alison R. and Heath, Chip",
volume="30",
number="2",
pages="225-236",
abstract="Three studies demonstrate that individuals often rely on a &quot;belief force equals credible source&quot; heuristic to make source judgments, wherein they assume that statements they believe originate from credible sources. In Study 1, participants who were exposed to a statement many times (and hence believed it) were more likely to attribute it to Consumer Reports than to the National Enquirer. In Study 2, participants read a murder investigation article containing evidence against two suspects from credible and noncredible sources. When participants believed a particular suspect to be guilty, they misattributed evidence incriminating that suspect to the high-credibility source. Study 3 demonstrated that this phenomenon occurs because individuals assume their beliefs are true and that true beliefs come from credible sources; when participants were given feedback that their beliefs were incorrect, the relationship between beliefs and source inferences did not occur.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0146-1672",
doi="10.1177/0146167203259933",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0146167203259933"
}