News media credibility of the internet and television

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-148

  Mehrabi, Davood ^a   Hassan, Musa Abu ^a   Ali, Muhamad Sham Shahkat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Issue salience; Media credibility; Media reliance; Media usage

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449102883     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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