College students' credibility assessments of GenAI‐generated information for academic tasks: An interview study.

The study explored college students' use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, for academic tasks and their perceptions and behaviors in assessing the credibility of GenAI‐generated information. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 25 college students in the...

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Publicado en:Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology Vol. 76; no. 6; pp. 867 - 884
Autores principales: Choi, Wonchan, Bak, Hyerin, An, Jiaxin, Zhang, Yan, Stvilia, Besiki
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2025
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          Choi, Wonchan
          Bak, Hyerin
          An, Jiaxin
          Zhang, Yan
          Stvilia, Besiki
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          Students, College
          Artificial Intelligence, Generative
          Student Attitudes
          Academic Performance
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Human
          Semi-Structured Interview
          Qualitative Studies
          Content Analysis
          Motivation
          Data Analysis Software
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      ab: The study explored college students' use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT, for academic tasks and their perceptions and behaviors in assessing the credibility of GenAI‐generated information. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 25 college students in the United States. Interview transcripts were analyzed using the qualitative content analysis method. The study identified various types of academic tasks for which students used ChatGPT, including writing, programming, and learning. Guided by two models of credibility assessment Hilligoss and Rieh (2008); Metzger (2007), six factors influencing students' motivation and ability to assess the credibility of GenAI‐generated information were identified (e.g., task salience, social pressure). We also identified 9 constructs (e.g., refinedness, explainability), 5 heuristics (e.g., inter‐ and intrasystem consistency heuristics), and 10 cues (e.g., version and tone) used by students to assess the credibility of GenAI‐generated information. This study provides theoretical and empirical findings regarding students' use of GenAI tools in the academic context and credibility evaluation of the system outputs using rich, qualitative interview data.
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