Students' attributions of instructor credibility as a function of students' expectations of instructional technology use and nonverbal immediacy

Communication Education

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Schrodt, Paul ^a   Witt, Paul L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Credibility; Instructional Technology; Nonverbal Immediacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 31844438880     PISSN: 03634523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03634520500343335     Document Type: Article

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