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credibility
Three, four-point Likert-type sentences measure how much a person believes, in general, that advertising is believable and a good source of information.
The extent to which a brand is viewed as authentic and credible is measured with three, nine-point uni-polar items.
This six-item scale measures how much a person believes that the writer of a review was honest and accurately described his/her experience with the “product” (broadly defined).
The compatibility of a brand and a cause-related organization having some sort of partnership is measured with three, seven-point semantic differentials.
Composed of five questions and their respective seven-point responses, the scale measures the degree to which a person believes a particular advertisement is trustworthy and unbiased.
The scale has three, seven-point items which measure a person’s disbelief that a particular company is one of the worst ones in its industry as reported by a major consumer organization. The scale instructions frame the situation as hypothetical but minor changes could make the scale amenable for use with an actual event.
Using three, nine-point Likert-type items, the scale measures the extent to which a person believes a certain advertisement provides accurate information.
Six, seven-point Likert-type items are used to measure how well organized and easy to understand an ad is which a person has seen.
Five, seven-point Likert-type items are used to measure a person’s attitude regarding the bias and believability of a particular news story to which he/she has been exposed.
Eight, nine-point items are used to measure how much a consumer thinks that a price listed for a certain product is the actual price that will be charged by a particular retailer.
