How much do they think it affects them and whom do they believe?: Comparing the third-person effect and credibility of blogs and traditional media

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 451-466

  Banning, Stephen A ^a   Sweetser, Kaye D ^b  

^a BRADLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attribution Theory; Blogs; Credibility; Internet; New Media; Third Person Effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 48749129842     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370701665114     Document Type: Article

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