The impact of anonymity on weblog credibility

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 710-718

  Chesney, Thomas ^a   Su, Daniel K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Perceived credibility

Indexed keywords

BLOGGERS; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MALAYSIA; MULTI-ITEM;

COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; PHOTOGRAPHY;

BLOGS;

EID: 77955514610     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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