Online News Exposure and Trust in the Mainstream Media: Exploring Possible Associations

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-42

  Tsfati, Yariv ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

media skepticism; online news exposure; selective exposure; trust in media

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956811819     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764210376309     Document Type: Article

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