1. ALEXA, WHO TOLD YOU THIS? EXAMINING HOW MEDIA PLATFORM AND SOURCE TAILORING AFFECT USERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF INFORMATION DELIVERED BY A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT Open Access Author: Kim, Jinyoung Title: ALEXA, WHO TOLD YOU THIS? EXAMINING HOW MEDIA PLATFORM AND SOURCE TAILORING AFFECT USERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF INFORMATION DELIVERED BY A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT Graduate Program: Mass Communications Keywords: Alexainformation credibilitysource tailoringcustomizationvirtual assistantmedia platform File: Download Revised_Doctoral_Dissertation_Jinyoung_Kim__Summer_2018_.pdf Committee Members: S. Shyam Sundar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-AdvisorS. Shyam Sundar, Committee Chair/Co-ChairFuyuan Shen, Committee MemberMichael Grant Schmierbach, Committee MemberMary Beth Rosson, Outside Member