How much Klout do you have ⋯ A test of system generated cues on source credibility

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Edwards, Chad ^a   Spence, Patric R ^b   Gentile, Christina J ^a   Edwards, America ^c   Edwards, Autumn ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Loy Norrix High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Klout; Social media; System generated cues

Indexed keywords

CREDIBILITY; EMOTIONAL STATE; KLOUT; SOCIAL CONNECTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS; SOURCE CREDIBILITIES; SYSTEM GENERATED CUES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84878830207     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2012.12.034     Document Type: Article

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