A Little Bird Told Me, So I Didn't Believe It: Twitter, Credibility, and Issue Perceptions

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-337

  Schmierbach, Mike ^a   Oeldorf Hirsch, Anne ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Information Seeking; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863550878     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2012.688723     Document Type: Article

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