Source credibility and journalism: Between visceral and discretional judgment

Journalism Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-67

  Reich, Zvi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Journalism; News production; Newsmaking; Source credibility; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052201635     PISSN: 17512786     EISSN: 17512794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512781003760519     Document Type: Article

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