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Credibility: Credibility refers to the trustworthiness, believability, and reliability of a person, source, or information. Credibility is vital in relationships, communication, and the validation of facts or claims. See also Truth, Truthfulness, Misinformation, Social networks, Communication._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Jeff Jarvis on Credibility - Dictionary of Arguments
I 144 Credibility/trust/social networks/control/Jarvis: If companies do not listen to their customers and treat them like idiots, they will not earn much respect. When they reveal themselves and listen to the customers, they become trustworthy. Companies should leave users in control. The less control companies like Google exercise, the more trustworthy they will become. I 145 This is an antithesis to the way companies and institutions of the age before the Internet work. >Social media, >Social networks, >Internet, >Internet culture, >Fake news, >Misinformation, >Google._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Jarvis I Jeff Jarvis What Would Google Do?: Reverse-Engineering the Fastest Growing Company in the History of the World New York 2011 Jarvis II Jeff Jarvis Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live New York 2011 |