Credibility of Social Network Sites for Political Information Among Politically Interested Internet Users
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Credibility of Social Network Sites for Political Information Among Politically Interested Internet Users
Scholars have confirmed that political candidates are increasingly turning to social network sites (SNS) to persuade voters to vote for them, and that these sites have become prominent sources of political information. But a fundamental question arises about the sustainability of social networks as a campaign tool: Howmuch do users trust the information they find there?This study employed an on...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1083-6101
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12084