Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale (IIICS)

The present research develops and validates a new scale that measures Internet information credibility from Islamic perspective. The content domain for this measure was developed based on interviews with Islamic scholars, and previous literature on credibility, and empirically tested using a large s...

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Main Authors: Mohd Sobhi Ishak, Siti Zobidah Omar, Jusang Bolong, Musa Abu Hassan, Zulkiple Abd. Ghani
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Published: 2012
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spelling my.usim-52782015-03-03T01:48:03Z Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale (IIICS) Mohd Sobhi Ishak Siti Zobidah Omar Jusang Bolong Musa Abu Hassan Zulkiple Abd. Ghani Information credibility Religious Web sites Structural Equation Modeling The present research develops and validates a new scale that measures Internet information credibility from Islamic perspective. The content domain for this measure was developed based on interviews with Islamic scholars, and previous literature on credibility, and empirically tested using a large samples of 1180 Internet users qualified in Islamic studies. Eight dimensions extracted from 85 developed items using exploratory factor analyses and namely: visual appeal, source-writer relationships, authentic source, writer’s moral, web reputation, writer’s integrity, writer’s identity, and writer’s reliance. The measurement model of multidimensional scale was validated using Structural Equation Modeling on AMOS Version 18. Thus, the re-specified model produced the Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale with not only the content validity, but also displays the construct reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity. 2012-02-14T00:59:31Z 2012-02-14T00:59:31Z 2012-02-14 Article 1675-5936 http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5278 en_US
institution Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia
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country Malaysia
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language en_US
topic Information credibility
Religious
Web sites
Structural Equation Modeling
spellingShingle Information credibility
Religious
Web sites
Structural Equation Modeling
Mohd Sobhi Ishak
Siti Zobidah Omar
Jusang Bolong
Musa Abu Hassan
Zulkiple Abd. Ghani
Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale (IIICS)
description The present research develops and validates a new scale that measures Internet information credibility from Islamic perspective. The content domain for this measure was developed based on interviews with Islamic scholars, and previous literature on credibility, and empirically tested using a large samples of 1180 Internet users qualified in Islamic studies. Eight dimensions extracted from 85 developed items using exploratory factor analyses and namely: visual appeal, source-writer relationships, authentic source, writer’s moral, web reputation, writer’s integrity, writer’s identity, and writer’s reliance. The measurement model of multidimensional scale was validated using Structural Equation Modeling on AMOS Version 18. Thus, the re-specified model produced the Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale with not only the content validity, but also displays the construct reliability, convergent validity, and discriminant validity.
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author Mohd Sobhi Ishak
Siti Zobidah Omar
Jusang Bolong
Musa Abu Hassan
Zulkiple Abd. Ghani
author_facet Mohd Sobhi Ishak
Siti Zobidah Omar
Jusang Bolong
Musa Abu Hassan
Zulkiple Abd. Ghani
author_sort Mohd Sobhi Ishak
title Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale (IIICS)
title_short Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale (IIICS)
title_full Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale (IIICS)
title_fullStr Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale (IIICS)
title_full_unstemmed Internet’s Islamic Information Credibility Scale (IIICS)
title_sort internet’s islamic information credibility scale (iiics)
publishDate 2012
url http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/5278
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