Credibility judgment and verification behavior of college students concerning Wikipedia

First Monday

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Lim, Sook ^a   Simon, Christine ^a  

^a ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958731813     PISSN: 13960466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5210/fm.v16i4.3263     Document Type: Article

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