The perceived credibility of personal Web page information as influenced by the sex of the source

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-701

  Flanagin, Andrew J ^a   Metzger, Miriam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Gender; Internet; Sex differences; Technology; Web

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

SEX DIFFERENCES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 0141989593     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0747-5632(03)00021-9     Document Type: Article

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