Responses to conflicting information in computer-mediated communication: Gender difference as an example

New Media and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-24

  Chang, Chingching ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Communication styles; consumer generated comments; electronic word of mouth; gender; persuasion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952917026     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444814535344     Document Type: Article

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