An anatomy of the credibility of online newspapers

Online Information Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 669-685

  Joo Chung, Chung ^a   Kim, Hyunjung ^a   Hyun Kim, Jang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic media; Newspapers; United States of America

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; ELECTRONIC MEDIA; FACTOR STRUCTURE; MEDIA USE; MULTIPLE COMPARISON; NEWSPAPERS; ONLINE NEWSPAPER; THREE DIMENSIONS; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; US UNIVERSITIES;

NEWSPRINT;

EID: 79551474743     PISSN: 14684527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14684521011084564     Document Type: Article

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