Units of analysis for internet communication

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  December, John ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT EXCHANGE; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WEB BROWSERS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; GRAPHIC REPRESENTATIONS; TRANSCRIPTS; USERNET SERVERS;

INTERNET;

EID: 0010108318     PISSN: 10836101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1083-6101.1996.tb00173.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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