When citizens meet both professional and citizen journalists: Social trust, media credibility, and perceived journalistic roles among online community news readers

Journalism

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 714-730

  Nah, Seungahn ^a   Chung, Deborah S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen journalists; media credibility; perceived journalistic roles; professional journalists; social trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863872607     PISSN: 14648849     EISSN: 17413001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1464884911431381     Document Type: Article

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