ABSTRACT. Driscoll claims that the foray by content providers into online distribution of news raises legal and policy issues for both traditional news media outlets and other news distributors. Salwen et al. investigate practical and basic online news use questions. Abdulla et al. investigate the similarities and differences of user perceptions of the credibility of traditional news media delivery systems and the credibility of Web-based online news. Baym writes that CMC involves participants who are often temporally separated and do not share physical co-presence. (pp. 104–109)