The messaging threshold in computer-mediated communication

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1017-1037

  Reid, Fraser J M ^a   Malinek, Vlastimil ^b   Stott, Clifford J T ^c   Evans, Jonathan St B T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collaboration support; Computer mediated communication; Group interaction; Group interaction process

Indexed keywords

DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COLLABORATION SUPPORT; COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; GROUP INTERACTION; GROUP INTERACTION PROCESS;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0030222198     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964525     Document Type: Article

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