A social judgment analysis of information source preference profiles: An exploratory study to empirically represent media selection patterns

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 879-904

  Stefl Mabry, Joette ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION USE; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

INFORMATION SOURCE PREFERENCE PROFILES; MEDIA SELECTION PATTERNS; SOCIAL JUDGMENT ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038141037     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.10285     Document Type: Article

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