Format agnostics or format believers? How students in high school use genre to assess credibility

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 46, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Francke, Helena ^a   Sundin, Olof ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

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EID: 77149123467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15508390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.2009.1450460358     Document Type: Conference Paper

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