Exploring online news credibility: The relative influence of traditional and technological factors

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-186

  Chung, Chung Joo ^a   Nam, Yoonjae ^a   Stefanone, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Hypertext; Hypertextuality; Interactivity; Multimediality; Online news

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

CREDIBILITY; HYPERTEXT; HYPERTEXTUALITY; INTERACTIVITY; MULTIMEDIALITY; ONLINE NEWS;

HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84855881650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.2011.01565.x     Document Type: Article

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