Web site credibility: Why do people believe what they believe?

Instructional Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-63

  Iding, Marie K ^a   Crosby, Martha E ^a   Auernheimer, Brent ^b   Barbara Klemm, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Credibility determinations; Critical information evaluation; Web evaluation; Web site credibility; Web site veracity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849138498     PISSN: 00204277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11251-008-9080-7     Document Type: Article

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