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Peer reviewedWritten Communication, 1985
Identifies college readers' purposeful behaviors when writing from sources, determines whether these behaviors cluster at identifiable stages in the reading-writing process, and determines whether proficient and less able readers' processes are the same. (FL)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Information Sources, Reader Response
Salwen, Michael B. – 1987
To discover the components of a trustworthy source, a study evaluated the credibility of health-related news stories. Subjects, 192 college undergraduates, read one of four random versions of a one-page newspaper story about aspirin's ability to ward off heart attacks. They were told that the sources for the articles were: a medical journal (high…
Descriptors: Credibility, Health Materials, Higher Education, Information Sources
