Part 1: The determination of web credibility: A thematic analysis of web user’s judgments

Qualitative Research Reports in Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-43

  Dochterman, Mark A ^a   Stamp, Glen H ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Grounded theory; Internet credibility; Web credibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015529475     PISSN: 17459435     EISSN: 17459443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17459430903514791     Document Type: Article

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