Webelievability: A path model examining how convenience and reliance predict online credibility

Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 619-642

  Johnson, Thomas J ^a   Kaye, Barbara K ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDIA INDUSTRY; MODELING;

EID: 0036770273     PISSN: 10776990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107769900207900306     Document Type: Article

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