Over the past two decades, communication technology scholars have examined how viewers evaluate the authenticity of information online, with particular attention given to how self versus third-party claims differ in their degree of influence. We examine how self-interest perceptions serve an important explanatory function in the logic of warranting theory and help account for how people evaluate content online. Our results document how the source and valence of a message can interact to affect perceptions of source self-interest, which, in turn, affect perceptions of source trustworthiness, message accuracy, and, ultimately, evaluations of an online target. The findings establish boundary conditions for the warranting principle and our discussion offers insight into the production and evaluation of online claims.

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自我产生的和第三方索赔在网络上的影响：将自我兴趣视为一种解释机制

在过去的二十年中，通信技术学者研究了观看者如何在线评估信息的真实性，并特别关注自我主张与第三方主张在影响程度上的差异。我们研究自我利益观念如何在保证理论的逻辑中发挥重要的解释功能，并帮助解释人们如何在线评估内容。我们的结果记录了消息的来源和价位如何相互作用以影响对源自身利益的感知，进而影响对源可信度，消息准确性以及最终对在线目标的评估的感知。调查结果为担保原则确定了边界条件，我们的讨论为在线索赔的产生和评估提供了见识。