Abstract A key problem with research on news media trust is that it has mostly focused general and there limited how might vary across levels of analysis. In this paper, we seek to remedy by investigating whether differs depending the topic coverage topical can be distinguished from trust. We also investigate antecedents in different topics effects issue (mis)perceptions. Among other things, fi...

BACKGROUND How do people decide which sites to use when seeking health advice online? We can assume, from related work in e-commerce, that general design factors known to affect trust in the site are important, but in this paper we also address the impact of factors specific to the health domain. OBJECTIVE The current study aimed to (1) assess the factorial structure of a general measure of W...

In Online Social Networks (OSNs), participants can conduct rich activities, where trust is one of the most important factors for their decision making. This necessitates the evaluation of the trustworthiness between two unknown participants along the social trust paths between them based on the trust transitivity properties (i.e., if A trustsB andB trusts C, then A can trust C to some extent). ...

308  Abstract— Trust is a major factor for the success of any business. The need for trust is no longer an option but a necessity when it comes to e-business environment since there are no direct person to person interactions. One way to evaluate the trustworthiness of a vendor is through feedbacks. As each customer interacting in an e-business environment has different perceptions and choice,...

In the paper, aimed at the shortcoming of trust region method, we proposed a algorithm using negative curvature direction as its searching direction. The convergence of the algorithm was given. Furthermore, combing trust region method and curve-linear searching techniques, a trust region algorithm, using general curvelinear searching direction, was proposed. We proved its efficiency and feasibi...

OBJECTIVE To describe the effect of physicians' dress on patient confidence and trust. DESIGN A prospective crossover trial involving physicians dressed in "respectable" versus "retro" attire. SETTING A general medicine ward at a tertiary hospital. PARTICIPANTS 12 male general physicians and 1680 patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Patient trust and confidence as measured by a questionnaire...

Whereas many research studies have focused on website features triggering consumer trust in eretailing, so far no study has attempted to identify all psychological antecedents of trust, i.e. what exactly “happens” in the consumer’s mind before or while the person decides to trust e-retailing. In contrast to other papers on the antecedents of trusting beliefs in specific e-retailing stores, this...