Published on in Vol 22, No 6 (2020): June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/15171, first published .
Spelling Errors and Shouting Capitalization Lead to Additive Penalties to Trustworthiness of Online Health Information: Randomized Experiment With Laypersons

Spelling Errors and Shouting Capitalization Lead to Additive Penalties to Trustworthiness of Online Health Information: Randomized Experiment With Laypersons

Spelling Errors and Shouting Capitalization Lead to Additive Penalties to Trustworthiness of Online Health Information: Randomized Experiment With Laypersons

Harry J Witchel   1 , PhD ;   Georgina A Thompson   1 , BMBS ;   Christopher I Jones   2 , CSci, CStat, PhD ;   Carina E I Westling   3 , PhD ;   Juan Romero   4 ;   Alessia Nicotra   4 , MBBS, PhD, FRCP ;   Bruno Maag   4 , TGmeF, HFG ;   Hugo D Critchley   1 , MBChB, DPhil, FRCPsych

1 Department of Neuroscience, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom

2 Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom

3 Faculty of Media and Communication, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

4 Dalton Maag Ltd, London, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Harry J Witchel, PhD
  • Department of Neuroscience
  • Brighton and Sussex Medical School
  • Trafford Centre for Medical Research
  • Brighton
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 44 1273 873 549
  • Email: h.witchel@bsms.ac.uk