The role of intermediaries in the development of trust on the WWW: The use and prominence of trusted third parties and privacy statements

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages

  Palmer, Jonathan W ^a   Bailey, Joseph P ^a   Faraj, Samer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DATA ACQUISITION; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; HTML; INVESTMENTS; MARKETING; PORTALS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONSUMER INFORMATIONS; PRIVATE POLICY; STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT; TRUSTED THIRD PARTIES (TTP);

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 0003333609     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2000.tb00342.x     Document Type: Article

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