The telepresence era: Global village or "media slums"?

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-35

  Baal Schem, J ^a   Shinar, D ^b  

^a IEEE   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TELECONFERENCING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

TELECOMMUTING; TELEPRESENCE;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 0032022304     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/44.663854     Document Type: Article

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