News Recommendations from Social Media Opinion Leaders: Effects on Media Trust and Information Seeking
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1083-6101
DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12127