Increasing attributional certainty via social media: Learning about others one bit at a time

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 922-937

  Carr, Caleb T ^a   Walther, Joseph B ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributional certainty; Hiring decision; Information seeking; Online information; Social media; Uncertainty reduction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

ATTRIBUTIONAL CERTAINTY; CONDITION; HIRING DECISION; INFORMATION SEEKING; JOB APPLICANT; NEGATIVE INFORMATION; ONLINE INFORMATION; ONLINE SOURCES; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84904504637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10836101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12072     Document Type: Article

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