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Publication Date: 1998
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Cruising Is Believing?: Comparing Internet and Traditional Sources on Media Credibility Measures.
Johnson, Thomas J.; Kaye, Barbara K.
Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, v75 n2 p325-40 Sum 1998
Contributes to research on media credibility and media use by surveying politically-interested Web users online to examine whether they view Web publications as being as credible as their traditionally-delivered counterparts. Finds online media tended to be judged more credible than their traditional versions, but that both online and traditional media were only judged as somewhat credible. (SR)
Descriptors: Credibility, Internet, Journalism Research, Mass Media Use, News Reporting, Newspapers, Political Issues
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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