News media credibility of the internet and television

In this study, a survey design was used to determine the factors influences the perception of media credibility to decipher how respondents perceive the Internet and television in terms of credibility for news information. A survey with 270 non-academic professional staff was conducted to determine...

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Main Authors: Mehrabi, Davood, Abu Hassan, Musa, Shahkat Ali, Muhamad Sham
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Language:English
English
Published: EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5622/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5622/1/European_Journal_of_Scientific_Research_11.1.151.pdf
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Abu Hassan, Musa
Shahkat Ali, Muhamad Sham
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description In this study, a survey design was used to determine the factors influences the perception of media credibility to decipher how respondents perceive the Internet and television in terms of credibility for news information. A survey with 270 non-academic professional staff was conducted to determine the factors that influence their perception towards media credibility. The systematic sampling method was used to select for inclusion in the sample. The results of the study revealed that television is more credible than Internet to convey news. This study also explored a positive and significant relationship between issue salience, media reliance, and media usage with perception of the Internet and television credibility.
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spelling upm-56222013-05-27T07:24:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5622/ News media credibility of the internet and television Mehrabi, Davood Abu Hassan, Musa Shahkat Ali, Muhamad Sham In this study, a survey design was used to determine the factors influences the perception of media credibility to decipher how respondents perceive the Internet and television in terms of credibility for news information. A survey with 270 non-academic professional staff was conducted to determine the factors that influence their perception towards media credibility. The systematic sampling method was used to select for inclusion in the sample. The results of the study revealed that television is more credible than Internet to convey news. This study also explored a positive and significant relationship between issue salience, media reliance, and media usage with perception of the Internet and television credibility. EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5622/1/European_Journal_of_Scientific_Research_11.1.151.pdf Mehrabi, Davood and Abu Hassan, Musa and Shahkat Ali, Muhamad Sham (2009) News media credibility of the internet and television. European Journal of Scientific Research, 11 (1). pp. 136-148. ISSN 1450-216X http://www.eurojournals.com/ejss_11_1_11.pdf English
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Abu Hassan, Musa
Shahkat Ali, Muhamad Sham
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title News media credibility of the internet and television
title_full News media credibility of the internet and television
title_fullStr News media credibility of the internet and television
title_full_unstemmed News media credibility of the internet and television
title_short News media credibility of the internet and television
title_sort news media credibility of the internet and television
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5622/
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http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5622/1/European_Journal_of_Scientific_Research_11.1.151.pdf