Welcome to the Credibility Commons
Welcome to the Credibility Commons web site.
Currently, we are sunsetting the Credibility Commons project. Our most recent study compared people’s perceptions of credibility of search results obtained from a human-screened collection and those obtained from a popular search engine. Study results will be available shortly.
Reference Extract is a follow up project.
The Credibility Commons’ goal is to improve access to credible information on the Internet. The Commons is operated by the Information School at the University of Washington and the Information Institute of Syracuse University and is funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation’s ‘Applying Technology To Make A Difference’ Technology Grant. We have worked on a number of projects related to Internet credibility, including user studies and software tools.
- Learn more about the Commons
- See our current software projects
- Read our publications
- Find out how you can participate
- Discuss credibility issues in the forum
News and Stories from our weblog
- Research Study Participants Needed: June 20 - July 30
The Credibility Commons project of the Information School at the University of Washington is seeking participants for a study to... - Research study participants needed (May 14 - June 30, 2008)
The Credibility Commons project of the Information School at the University of Washington is seeking participants for a study to... - “False beliefs are not just hard to kill. They have an afterlife, too.”
John Bullock, a postdoctoral fellow at University of British Columbia, conducted a study that looks at the impact of false... - A greater percentage of Canadians’ find traditional media more credible than new media
CanadaOne, a business information source, reports a study conducted by Leger Marketing about Canadians and their media preferences. Based on...