Miriam Metzger, associate professor at the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara is one of a New Breed of new media researchers who believes, "social media can definitely play a role in trust filtering." Metzger, whose research centers on Internet credibility issues, says, "There is an interesting phenomenon going on, where under certain circumstances, new media can actually be perceived as more credible than traditional media."
Metzger points to reporting about recent wildfires that threatened her...
]]>