Social media self-efficacy and information evaluation online

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 254-262

  Hocevar, Kristin Page ^a   Flanagin, Andrew J ^a   Metzger, Miriam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility; Information evaluation; Internet; Self efficacy; Social media

Indexed keywords

INTERNET;

CREDIBILITY; INFORMATION EVALUATION; INFORMATION SHARED; INTERNET USERS; REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84907373026     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.020     Document Type: Article

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