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137477 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.17201 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ 2013-05 2015-05-04T09:18:11 68 pages eng Tylor, Julia Anne Carpenter, Serena Allen, Craig Dodge, Nancie Barrett, The Honors College Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Text A thorough understanding of how to evaluate website credibility is a crucial tool for journalists. This study examines how journalism students conduct the online newsgathering process and seeks to understand the decisions they make involving credibility assessment. The findings that resulted from a content analysis and interviews suggest that while journalism students exhibit some level of understanding about the importance of verification, they rely strongly on search engines and trust the credibility of search-engine results. Students Google Media Literacy Search Behaviors Journalism World Wide Web Verification Credibility Newsgathering An examination of how student journalists seek information and evaluate online sources during the newsgathering process