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Credibility.

D W Chambers
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The believability of a message is grounded in almost everything except the content of the message--there is no self-warranted truth. Credibility is based on the believer's assessment of the form of the message, its source, and especially by triangulation with a reference point. The most common group of reference points are compatibility, authority, collegiality, and performance.

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D W Chambers. 1999. Credibility.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10665240/

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