A citizen-eye view of television news source credibility

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-156

  Miller, Andrea ^a   Kurpius, David ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

source credibility; source perception; television news

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956841333     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764210376315     Document Type: Article

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