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The Internet is a prevalent source of product information for most consumers. To search for products consumer access information on manufacturer owned online information sources, social media and other third-party websites. However, fake content and information on social media and third party information websites is a growing problem and likely to influence credibility of the information source. This study seeks to examine the impact of source credibility on consumer’s search effort.
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Singh, S. (2020). Influence of Source Credibility on Search for Information. In: MartÃnez-López, F.J., D'Alessandro, S. (eds) Advances in Digital Marketing and eCommerce. DMEC 2020. Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47595-6_19
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