The journalist behind the news: Credibility of straight, collaborative, opinionated, and blogged "news"

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 100-119

  Meyer, Hans K ^a   Marchionni, Doreen ^a   Thorson, Esther ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

blogs; coorientation; credibility; online journalism; social presence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956802275     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764210376313     Document Type: Article

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