College student Web use, perceptions of information credibility, and verification behavior

Computers and Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-290

  Metzger, Miriam J ^a   Flanagin, Andrew J ^a   Zwarun, Lara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Media in education; Multimedia hypermedia systems; Pedagogical issues; Post secondary education; Teaching learning strategies

Indexed keywords

HYPERMEDIA SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

PEDAGOGICAL ASPECTS;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 0041968467     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1315(03)00049-6     Document Type: Article

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