Two Credibility Briefs have been added to the Reports section of the web site. These documents provide brief overviews of current services related to Internet credibility.
The first document describes the community response to the announcement of the Goodmail CertifiedEmail system. The second describes NewsTrust, the upcoming news site that claims to provide “news you can trust.”
The OpenQA project at the Information Institute of Syracuse has become an official part of the Credibility Commons. OpenQA is a web community system that allows people to propose ideas, questions and topics that bloggers can write about. It then collects the responses from users’ blogs and lets you browse and search the results.
OpenQA addresses issues of credibility and bias by providing a system for users to raise questions and to browse and compare responses. OpenQA emphasizes the reliability of provided by common responses and the context of individual responders.
Welcome to the Credibility Commons website. The Commons is a research initiative that aims to improve access to credible information on the Internet. The Commons is sponsored by the Information School at the University of Washington and the Information Institute of Syracuse.
We are currently working on a number of projects related to Internet credibility, including user studies and software tools. We hope you’ll stay tuned.
Here are some of our current projects:
Have fun exploring. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us.
We’veposted a beta version of a new software tool: ACE, the Automated Credibility Evaluator.
This tool analyzes Web sites and provides an automated assessment of their credibility, based upon credibility measures in information science research.
Try it out on your favorite site by clicking here.
