Defining and Measuring Credibility of Newspapers: Developing an Index

Meyer, Philip·1988·Journalism Quarterly

DOI 10.1177/107769908806500301

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Authors: Meyer, P.
Venue: Journalism Quarterly
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Published: 1988-09
Volume: 65
Issue: 3
Pages: 567-574
ISSN: 0196-3031 (ISSN-L)
0022-5533
DOI: 10.1177/107769908806500301
OpenAlex: W2062117700
Cited by: 643
References: 0
FWCI: 3.13
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)

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