Search engines matter: From educating users towards engaging with online health information practices

Policy and Internet

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Mager, Astrid ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Health policy; Online health information; Reliability; Search engine; STS; User study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867619061     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19442866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/1944-2866.1166     Document Type: Article

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