Trust in news Media: Development and validation of a multidimensional scale

Communication Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-252

  Kohring, Matthias ^a   Matthes, Jörg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Credibility; Scale development; Trust in media

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047211749     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650206298071     Document Type: Article

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