Accreditation of website credibility: Concept, discourse, and operational framework

Mass Communication Research

Volumn , Issue 106, 2011, Pages 249-283

  Chen, Chi Ying ^a  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Credibility accreditation; Internet credibility; Media credibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951645445     PISSN: 10161007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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