The half-life of internet references cited in communication journals

New Media and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 811-826

  Dimitrova, Daniela V ^a   Bugeja, Michael ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet research; Online citations; Replicability; Source attribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348821870     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444807081226     Document Type: Article

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