Credibility of information in online communities

Journal of Strategic Marketing

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 238-253

  Hajli, M Nick ^a   Sims, Julian ^a   Featherman, Mauricio ^b   Love, Peter E D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

credibility of information; online health communities; social media; social support; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931572401     PISSN: 0965254X     EISSN: 14664488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0965254X.2014.920904     Document Type: Article

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