Social media as information source: Undergraduates' use and evaluation behavior

Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting

Volumn 48, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kim, Kyung Sun ^a   Yoo Lee, Eunyoung ^b   Sin, Sei Ching Joanna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Social media; Source evaluation; Source use; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861430467     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15508390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/meet.2011.14504801283     Document Type: Conference Paper

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