Minimizing information overload: The ranking of electronic messages

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1989, Pages 179-189

  Losee, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; OFFICE AUTOMATION;

ELECTRONIC MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION OVERLOAD;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 0024864306     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: 17416485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016555158901500306     Document Type: Article

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