Questions about the suggestive nature of network advertisements displayed in news websites have been
raised continuously. Initially, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family discussed designating such
sites as ‘Websites Harmful to Juveniles.’ However, it has been suggested that network advertisements
in news websites not only deliver harmful messages to youths and adults, but they also affect the
credibility of the websites in which they are displayed, and the news articles published by these
websites. As such, this research analyzes how general users evaluate the suggestive nature of network
image advertisements, the deceptive and exaggerative nature of network text advertisements displayed
in news websites, and the influence such ads have on the credibility of the news websites and their
articles. Results show that there is a positive correlation between experience of suggestive
advertisements in news websites and decrease in the credibility of such websites and the articles
published by them. Moreover, there is a positive correlation between perception of deceptive and
exaggerative advertisements in news websites and decrease in the credibility of those news websites and
their articles.