Social impacts in social media: An examination of perceived truthfulness and sharing of information

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 278-287

  Li, Huaye ^a   Sakamoto, Yasuaki ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective opinion; Information sharing; Social impact; Social media; Truthfulness

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE OPINION; INFORMATION SHARING; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL MEDIA; TRUTHFULNESS;

EID: 84908450685     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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