Online ethos: Source credibility in an "authorless" environment

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 256-265

  Warnick, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Authorship; Credibility; Ethos; Roland Barthes

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644359061     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764204267273     Document Type: Review

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