Blogs, news and credibility

Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-204

  Gunter, Barrie ^a   Campbell, Vincent ^a   Touri, Maria ^a   Gibson, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic media; Information media; Internet; Trust

Indexed keywords

BLOGGING; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTRONIC MEDIA; INFORMATION MEDIA; INFORMATION SOURCES; INTERNET TRUST; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; NEWS SOURCES; PUBLIC TRUST; TRUST;

INTERNET;

EID: 66749091027     PISSN: 0001253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00012530910946929     Document Type: Article

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