Information Seeking and Media Credibility: College Students’ Information Seeking and Perceived Source Credibility During the Crisis of SARS in Taiwan

Media Asia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 220-227

  Lu, Hung Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 61549129170     PISSN: 01296612     EISSN: 23776277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01296612.2003.11726725     Document Type: Article

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