See no evil, hear no evil, judge as evil? Examining whether Al-Jazeera English-language web site users transfer their belief in its credibility to its satellite network

International Media Communication in a Global Age

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 241-260

  Johnson, Thomas J ^a   Fahmy, Shahira ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203881286     Document Type: Chapter

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