Reasons to believe: Influence of credibility on motivations for using social networks

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 544-555

  Johnson, Thomas J ^a   Kaye, Barbara K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blogs; Credibility; Facebook; Twitter; Uses and gratifications

Indexed keywords

BLOGS; INTERNET; MOTIVATION;

CREDIBILITY; FACEBOOK; GRATIFICATIONS-OBTAINED; NEED SATISFACTIONS; NEWS SOURCES; POLITICAL INFORMATION; TWITTER; USES AND GRATIFICATIONS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84929072752     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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