From Encyclopædia Britannica to Wikipedia: Generational differences in the perceived credibility of online encyclopedia information

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-374

  Flanagin, Andrew J ^a   Metzger, Miriam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Information credibility; Social media; User generated content; Web 2.0; Wikipedia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953143887     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.542823     Document Type: Article

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